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
200BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
1/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.3 sec
3.333 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.2 sec
0.833 Hz
Delay length
0.075 sec
13.333 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 1 bars

1 reps
1/16
75 ms
2 reps
1/8
150 ms
3 reps
3/16
225 ms
4 reps
1/4
300 ms
5 reps
5/16
375 ms
6 reps
3/8
450 ms
7 reps
7/16
525 ms
8 reps
1/2
600 ms
9 reps
9/16
675 ms
10 reps
5/8
750 ms
11 reps
11/16
825 ms
12 reps
3/4
900 ms
13 reps
13/16
975 ms
14 reps
7/8
1050 ms
15 reps
15/16
1125 ms
16 reps
1
1200 ms

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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