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
226BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
11/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.266 sec
3.766 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.062 sec
0.942 Hz
Delay length
0.73 sec
1.37 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 11 bars

1 reps
11/16
730.1 ms
2 reps
11/8
1460.1 ms
3 reps
33/16
2.19 sec
4 reps
11/4
2.92 sec
5 reps
55/16
3.65 sec
6 reps
33/8
4.38 sec
7 reps
77/16
5.11 sec
8 reps
11/2
5.841 sec
9 reps
99/16
6.571 sec
10 reps
55/8
7.301 sec
11 reps
121/16
8.031 sec
12 reps
33/4
8.761 sec
13 reps
143/16
9.491 sec
14 reps
77/8
10.221 sec
15 reps
165/16
10.951 sec
16 reps
11
11.681 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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