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
184.6BPM
Beats per bar
3 beats
Delay fraction
15/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.325 sec
3.077 Hz
Length of 1 bar
0.975 sec
1.026 Hz
Delay length
0.914 sec
1.094 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
15/16
914.2 ms
2 reps
15/8
1828.3 ms
3 reps
45/16
2.743 sec
4 reps
15/4
3.657 sec
5 reps
75/16
4.571 sec
6 reps
45/8
5.485 sec
7 reps
105/16
6.399 sec
8 reps
15/2
7.313 sec
9 reps
135/16
8.227 sec
10 reps
75/8
9.142 sec
11 reps
165/16
10.056 sec
12 reps
45/4
10.97 sec
13 reps
195/16
11.884 sec
14 reps
105/8
12.798 sec
15 reps
225/16
13.712 sec
16 reps
15
14.627 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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