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
15/16 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
1.159 sec
0.863 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 15 bars

1 reps
15/16
1159 ms
2 reps
15/8
2.318 sec
3 reps
45/16
3.477 sec
4 reps
15/4
4.636 sec
5 reps
75/16
5.795 sec
6 reps
45/8
6.954 sec
7 reps
105/16
8.113 sec
8 reps
15/2
9.272 sec
9 reps
135/16
10.431 sec
10 reps
75/8
11.59 sec
11 reps
165/16
12.749 sec
12 reps
45/4
13.908 sec
13 reps
195/16
15.067 sec
14 reps
105/8
16.226 sec
15 reps
225/16
17.386 sec
16 reps
15
18.545 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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