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
165.8BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
9/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.362 sec
2.763 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.448 sec
0.691 Hz
Delay length
0.814 sec
1.228 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
9/16
814.2 ms
2 reps
9/8
1628.4 ms
3 reps
27/16
2.443 sec
4 reps
9/4
3.257 sec
5 reps
45/16
4.071 sec
6 reps
27/8
4.885 sec
7 reps
63/16
5.7 sec
8 reps
9/2
6.514 sec
9 reps
81/16
7.328 sec
10 reps
45/8
8.142 sec
11 reps
99/16
8.956 sec
12 reps
27/4
9.771 sec
13 reps
117/16
10.585 sec
14 reps
63/8
11.399 sec
15 reps
135/16
12.213 sec
16 reps
9
13.028 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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