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
167.4BPM
Beats per bar
3 beats
Delay fraction
9/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.358 sec
2.79 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.075 sec
0.93 Hz
Delay length
0.605 sec
1.653 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
9/16
604.9 ms
2 reps
9/8
1209.7 ms
3 reps
27/16
1814.6 ms
4 reps
9/4
2.419 sec
5 reps
45/16
3.024 sec
6 reps
27/8
3.629 sec
7 reps
63/16
4.234 sec
8 reps
9/2
4.839 sec
9 reps
81/16
5.444 sec
10 reps
45/8
6.049 sec
11 reps
99/16
6.653 sec
12 reps
27/4
7.258 sec
13 reps
117/16
7.863 sec
14 reps
63/8
8.468 sec
15 reps
135/16
9.073 sec
16 reps
9
9.678 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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