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
162BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
11/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.37 sec
2.7 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.482 sec
0.675 Hz
Delay length
1.019 sec
0.982 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 11 bars

1 reps
11/16
1018.5 ms
2 reps
11/8
2.037 sec
3 reps
33/16
3.056 sec
4 reps
11/4
4.074 sec
5 reps
55/16
5.093 sec
6 reps
33/8
6.111 sec
7 reps
77/16
7.13 sec
8 reps
11/2
8.148 sec
9 reps
99/16
9.167 sec
10 reps
55/8
10.185 sec
11 reps
121/16
11.204 sec
12 reps
33/4
12.222 sec
13 reps
143/16
13.241 sec
14 reps
77/8
14.259 sec
15 reps
165/16
15.278 sec
16 reps
11
16.297 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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