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
4 beats
Delay fraction
9/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.375 sec
2.667 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.5 sec
0.667 Hz
Delay length
0.844 sec
1.185 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 9 bars

1 reps
9/16
843.8 ms
2 reps
9/8
1687.5 ms
3 reps
27/16
2.531 sec
4 reps
9/4
3.375 sec
5 reps
45/16
4.219 sec
6 reps
27/8
5.063 sec
7 reps
63/16
5.906 sec
8 reps
9/2
6.75 sec
9 reps
81/16
7.594 sec
10 reps
45/8
8.438 sec
11 reps
99/16
9.281 sec
12 reps
27/4
10.125 sec
13 reps
117/16
10.969 sec
14 reps
63/8
11.813 sec
15 reps
135/16
12.656 sec
16 reps
9
13.5 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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