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
145.6BPM
Beats per bar
3 beats
Delay fraction
13/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.412 sec
2.427 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.236 sec
0.809 Hz
Delay length
1.004 sec
0.996 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
13/16
1004.5 ms
2 reps
13/8
2.009 sec
3 reps
39/16
3.014 sec
4 reps
13/4
4.018 sec
5 reps
65/16
5.023 sec
6 reps
39/8
6.027 sec
7 reps
91/16
7.032 sec
8 reps
13/2
8.036 sec
9 reps
117/16
9.04 sec
10 reps
65/8
10.045 sec
11 reps
143/16
11.049 sec
12 reps
39/4
12.054 sec
13 reps
169/16
13.058 sec
14 reps
91/8
14.063 sec
15 reps
195/16
15.067 sec
16 reps
13
16.072 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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