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
75BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
1/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.8 sec
1.25 Hz
Length of 1 bar
3.2 sec
0.313 Hz
Delay length
0.2 sec
5 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 1 bars

1 reps
1/16
200 ms
2 reps
1/8
400 ms
3 reps
3/16
600 ms
4 reps
1/4
800 ms
5 reps
5/16
1000 ms
6 reps
3/8
1200 ms
7 reps
7/16
1400 ms
8 reps
1/2
1600 ms
9 reps
9/16
1800 ms
10 reps
5/8
2000 ms
11 reps
11/16
2.2 sec
12 reps
3/4
2.4 sec
13 reps
13/16
2.6 sec
14 reps
7/8
2.8 sec
15 reps
15/16
3 sec
16 reps
1
3.2 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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