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
150.1BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
7/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.4 sec
2.502 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.599 sec
0.625 Hz
Delay length
0.7 sec
1.43 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 7 bars

1 reps
7/16
699.5 ms
2 reps
7/8
1399 ms
3 reps
21/16
2.099 sec
4 reps
7/4
2.798 sec
5 reps
35/16
3.498 sec
6 reps
21/8
4.197 sec
7 reps
49/16
4.897 sec
8 reps
7/2
5.596 sec
9 reps
63/16
6.296 sec
10 reps
35/8
6.995 sec
11 reps
77/16
7.695 sec
12 reps
21/4
8.394 sec
13 reps
91/16
9.094 sec
14 reps
49/8
9.793 sec
15 reps
105/16
10.493 sec
16 reps
7
11.192 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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