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
145.2BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
14/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.413 sec
2.42 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.653 sec
0.605 Hz
Delay length
1.446 sec
0.691 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 8 delays = 7 bars

1 reps
7/8
1446.3 ms
2 reps
7/4
2.893 sec
3 reps
21/8
4.339 sec
4 reps
7/2
5.785 sec
5 reps
35/8
7.231 sec
6 reps
21/4
8.678 sec
7 reps
49/8
10.124 sec
8 reps
7
11.57 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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