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
178.1BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
15/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.337 sec
2.968 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.348 sec
0.742 Hz
Delay length
1.263 sec
0.792 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 15 bars

1 reps
15/16
1263.4 ms
2 reps
15/8
2.527 sec
3 reps
45/16
3.79 sec
4 reps
15/4
5.054 sec
5 reps
75/16
6.317 sec
6 reps
45/8
7.58 sec
7 reps
105/16
8.844 sec
8 reps
15/2
10.107 sec
9 reps
135/16
11.37 sec
10 reps
75/8
12.634 sec
11 reps
165/16
13.897 sec
12 reps
45/4
15.161 sec
13 reps
195/16
16.424 sec
14 reps
105/8
17.687 sec
15 reps
225/16
18.951 sec
16 reps
15
20.214 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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