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
48.7BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
11/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
1.232 sec
0.812 Hz
Length of 1 bar
4.928 sec
0.203 Hz
Delay length
3.388 sec
0.295 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
11/16
3.388 sec
2 reps
11/8
6.776 sec
3 reps
33/16
10.164 sec
4 reps
11/4
13.552 sec
5 reps
55/16
16.94 sec
6 reps
33/8
20.328 sec
7 reps
77/16
23.717 sec
8 reps
11/2
27.105 sec
9 reps
99/16
30.493 sec
10 reps
55/8
33.881 sec
11 reps
121/16
37.269 sec
12 reps
33/4
40.657 sec
13 reps
143/16
44.045 sec
14 reps
77/8
47.433 sec
15 reps
165/16
50.821 sec
16 reps
11
54.209 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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