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
152.9BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
3/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.392 sec
2.548 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.57 sec
0.637 Hz
Delay length
0.294 sec
3.398 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 3 bars

1 reps
3/16
294.3 ms
2 reps
3/8
588.6 ms
3 reps
9/16
883 ms
4 reps
3/4
1177.3 ms
5 reps
15/16
1471.6 ms
6 reps
9/8
1765.9 ms
7 reps
21/16
2.06 sec
8 reps
3/2
2.355 sec
9 reps
27/16
2.649 sec
10 reps
15/8
2.943 sec
11 reps
33/16
3.238 sec
12 reps
9/4
3.532 sec
13 reps
39/16
3.826 sec
14 reps
21/8
4.121 sec
15 reps
45/16
4.415 sec
16 reps
3
4.709 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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