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
143BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
13/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.42 sec
2.383 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.678 sec
0.596 Hz
Delay length
1.364 sec
0.733 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 13 bars

1 reps
13/16
1363.6 ms
2 reps
13/8
2.727 sec
3 reps
39/16
4.091 sec
4 reps
13/4
5.455 sec
5 reps
65/16
6.818 sec
6 reps
39/8
8.182 sec
7 reps
91/16
9.545 sec
8 reps
13/2
10.909 sec
9 reps
117/16
12.273 sec
10 reps
65/8
13.636 sec
11 reps
143/16
15 sec
12 reps
39/4
16.363 sec
13 reps
169/16
17.727 sec
14 reps
91/8
19.091 sec
15 reps
195/16
20.454 sec
16 reps
13
21.818 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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