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
160BPM
Beats per bar
3 beats
Delay fraction
13/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.375 sec
2.667 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.125 sec
0.889 Hz
Delay length
0.914 sec
1.094 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 13 bars

1 reps
13/16
914.1 ms
2 reps
13/8
1828.1 ms
3 reps
39/16
2.742 sec
4 reps
13/4
3.656 sec
5 reps
65/16
4.57 sec
6 reps
39/8
5.484 sec
7 reps
91/16
6.398 sec
8 reps
13/2
7.313 sec
9 reps
117/16
8.227 sec
10 reps
65/8
9.141 sec
11 reps
143/16
10.055 sec
12 reps
39/4
10.969 sec
13 reps
169/16
11.883 sec
14 reps
91/8
12.797 sec
15 reps
195/16
13.711 sec
16 reps
13
14.625 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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