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
179.7BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
9/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.334 sec
2.995 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.336 sec
0.749 Hz
Delay length
0.751 sec
1.331 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
9/16
751.3 ms
2 reps
9/8
1502.6 ms
3 reps
27/16
2.254 sec
4 reps
9/4
3.005 sec
5 reps
45/16
3.756 sec
6 reps
27/8
4.508 sec
7 reps
63/16
5.259 sec
8 reps
9/2
6.01 sec
9 reps
81/16
6.762 sec
10 reps
45/8
7.513 sec
11 reps
99/16
8.264 sec
12 reps
27/4
9.015 sec
13 reps
117/16
9.767 sec
14 reps
63/8
10.518 sec
15 reps
135/16
11.269 sec
16 reps
9
12.02 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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