Audio delay calculator

Give the tempo and the time signature

Express the length of the delay as fractions of a bar

Musical tempo

Beats per minute
133.9BPM
Beats per bar
3 beats
Delay fraction
11/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.448 sec
2.232 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.344 sec
0.744 Hz
Delay length
0.924 sec
1.082 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 11 bars

1 reps
11/16
924.2 ms
2 reps
11/8
1848.4 ms
3 reps
33/16
2.773 sec
4 reps
11/4
3.697 sec
5 reps
55/16
4.621 sec
6 reps
33/8
5.545 sec
7 reps
77/16
6.469 sec
8 reps
11/2
7.394 sec
9 reps
99/16
8.318 sec
10 reps
55/8
9.242 sec
11 reps
121/16
10.166 sec
12 reps
33/4
11.091 sec
13 reps
143/16
12.015 sec
14 reps
77/8
12.939 sec
15 reps
165/16
13.863 sec
16 reps
11
14.787 sec

Visualized

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How to use this page

If you have a 135 BPM song, and you want a phase modulation of 4 beats (1 bar): that is 1777.6 ms
If you have a 128 BPM song, and you want an audio delay of 2/3 of a beat: this is 312.5 ms

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