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
138.8BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
15/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.432 sec
2.313 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.729 sec
0.578 Hz
Delay length
1.621 sec
0.617 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 15 bars

1 reps
15/16
1621 ms
2 reps
15/8
3.242 sec
3 reps
45/16
4.863 sec
4 reps
15/4
6.484 sec
5 reps
75/16
8.105 sec
6 reps
45/8
9.726 sec
7 reps
105/16
11.347 sec
8 reps
15/2
12.968 sec
9 reps
135/16
14.589 sec
10 reps
75/8
16.21 sec
11 reps
165/16
17.831 sec
12 reps
45/4
19.452 sec
13 reps
195/16
21.073 sec
14 reps
105/8
22.694 sec
15 reps
225/16
24.316 sec
16 reps
15
25.937 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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