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
66.1BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
11/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.908 sec
1.102 Hz
Length of 1 bar
3.631 sec
0.275 Hz
Delay length
2.496 sec
0.401 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
11/16
2.496 sec
2 reps
11/8
4.993 sec
3 reps
33/16
7.489 sec
4 reps
11/4
9.985 sec
5 reps
55/16
12.481 sec
6 reps
33/8
14.978 sec
7 reps
77/16
17.474 sec
8 reps
11/2
19.97 sec
9 reps
99/16
22.466 sec
10 reps
55/8
24.962 sec
11 reps
121/16
27.459 sec
12 reps
33/4
29.955 sec
13 reps
143/16
32.451 sec
14 reps
77/8
34.947 sec
15 reps
165/16
37.444 sec
16 reps
11
39.94 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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