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
7/16 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
0.465 sec
2.152 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 7 bars

1 reps
7/16
464.6 ms
2 reps
7/8
929.2 ms
3 reps
21/16
1393.7 ms
4 reps
7/4
1858.3 ms
5 reps
35/16
2.323 sec
6 reps
21/8
2.788 sec
7 reps
49/16
3.252 sec
8 reps
7/2
3.717 sec
9 reps
63/16
4.181 sec
10 reps
35/8
4.646 sec
11 reps
77/16
5.11 sec
12 reps
21/4
5.575 sec
13 reps
91/16
6.04 sec
14 reps
49/8
6.504 sec
15 reps
105/16
6.969 sec
16 reps
7
7.433 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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