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
165BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
13/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.364 sec
2.75 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.455 sec
0.688 Hz
Delay length
1.182 sec
0.846 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
13/16
1181.8 ms
2 reps
13/8
2.364 sec
3 reps
39/16
3.545 sec
4 reps
13/4
4.727 sec
5 reps
65/16
5.909 sec
6 reps
39/8
7.091 sec
7 reps
91/16
8.273 sec
8 reps
13/2
9.454 sec
9 reps
117/16
10.636 sec
10 reps
65/8
11.818 sec
11 reps
143/16
13 sec
12 reps
39/4
14.181 sec
13 reps
169/16
15.363 sec
14 reps
91/8
16.545 sec
15 reps
195/16
17.727 sec
16 reps
13
18.909 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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