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
3/16 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
0.924 sec
1.082 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 3 bars

1 reps
3/16
924 ms
2 reps
3/8
1848 ms
3 reps
9/16
2.772 sec
4 reps
3/4
3.696 sec
5 reps
15/16
4.62 sec
6 reps
9/8
5.544 sec
7 reps
21/16
6.468 sec
8 reps
3/2
7.392 sec
9 reps
27/16
8.316 sec
10 reps
15/8
9.24 sec
11 reps
33/16
10.164 sec
12 reps
9/4
11.088 sec
13 reps
39/16
12.012 sec
14 reps
21/8
12.936 sec
15 reps
45/16
13.86 sec
16 reps
3
14.784 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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