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
139.9BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
3/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.429 sec
2.332 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.716 sec
0.583 Hz
Delay length
0.322 sec
3.109 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 3 bars

1 reps
3/16
321.7 ms
2 reps
3/8
643.3 ms
3 reps
9/16
965 ms
4 reps
3/4
1286.6 ms
5 reps
15/16
1608.3 ms
6 reps
9/8
1929.9 ms
7 reps
21/16
2.252 sec
8 reps
3/2
2.573 sec
9 reps
27/16
2.895 sec
10 reps
15/8
3.217 sec
11 reps
33/16
3.538 sec
12 reps
9/4
3.86 sec
13 reps
39/16
4.182 sec
14 reps
21/8
4.503 sec
15 reps
45/16
4.825 sec
16 reps
3
5.147 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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