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
156BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
15/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.385 sec
2.6 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.539 sec
0.65 Hz
Delay length
1.442 sec
0.693 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
15/16
1442.3 ms
2 reps
15/8
2.885 sec
3 reps
45/16
4.327 sec
4 reps
15/4
5.769 sec
5 reps
75/16
7.212 sec
6 reps
45/8
8.654 sec
7 reps
105/16
10.096 sec
8 reps
15/2
11.539 sec
9 reps
135/16
12.981 sec
10 reps
75/8
14.423 sec
11 reps
165/16
15.866 sec
12 reps
45/4
17.308 sec
13 reps
195/16
18.751 sec
14 reps
105/8
20.193 sec
15 reps
225/16
21.635 sec
16 reps
15
23.078 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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