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
146BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
15/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.411 sec
2.433 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.644 sec
0.608 Hz
Delay length
1.541 sec
0.649 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
15/16
1541.1 ms
2 reps
15/8
3.082 sec
3 reps
45/16
4.623 sec
4 reps
15/4
6.164 sec
5 reps
75/16
7.705 sec
6 reps
45/8
9.246 sec
7 reps
105/16
10.787 sec
8 reps
15/2
12.329 sec
9 reps
135/16
13.87 sec
10 reps
75/8
15.411 sec
11 reps
165/16
16.952 sec
12 reps
45/4
18.493 sec
13 reps
195/16
20.034 sec
14 reps
105/8
21.575 sec
15 reps
225/16
23.116 sec
16 reps
15
24.657 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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