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
144BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
13/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.417 sec
2.4 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.667 sec
0.6 Hz
Delay length
1.354 sec
0.738 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
13/16
1354.2 ms
2 reps
13/8
2.708 sec
3 reps
39/16
4.063 sec
4 reps
13/4
5.417 sec
5 reps
65/16
6.771 sec
6 reps
39/8
8.125 sec
7 reps
91/16
9.479 sec
8 reps
13/2
10.834 sec
9 reps
117/16
12.188 sec
10 reps
65/8
13.542 sec
11 reps
143/16
14.896 sec
12 reps
39/4
16.25 sec
13 reps
169/16
17.605 sec
14 reps
91/8
18.959 sec
15 reps
195/16
20.313 sec
16 reps
13
21.667 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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