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
184.1BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
5/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.326 sec
3.068 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.304 sec
0.767 Hz
Delay length
0.407 sec
2.455 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 5 bars

1 reps
5/16
407.4 ms
2 reps
5/8
814.8 ms
3 reps
15/16
1222.1 ms
4 reps
5/4
1629.5 ms
5 reps
25/16
2.037 sec
6 reps
15/8
2.444 sec
7 reps
35/16
2.852 sec
8 reps
5/2
3.259 sec
9 reps
45/16
3.666 sec
10 reps
25/8
4.074 sec
11 reps
55/16
4.481 sec
12 reps
15/4
4.889 sec
13 reps
65/16
5.296 sec
14 reps
35/8
5.703 sec
15 reps
75/16
6.111 sec
16 reps
5
6.518 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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