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
136BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
10/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.441 sec
2.267 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.765 sec
0.567 Hz
Delay length
1.103 sec
0.907 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 8 delays = 5 bars

1 reps
5/8
1102.9 ms
2 reps
5/4
2.206 sec
3 reps
15/8
3.309 sec
4 reps
5/2
4.412 sec
5 reps
25/8
5.515 sec
6 reps
15/4
6.618 sec
7 reps
35/8
7.721 sec
8 reps
5
8.824 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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