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
75.1BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
9/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.799 sec
1.252 Hz
Length of 1 bar
3.196 sec
0.313 Hz
Delay length
1.798 sec
0.556 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 9 bars

1 reps
9/16
1797.6 ms
2 reps
9/8
3.595 sec
3 reps
27/16
5.393 sec
4 reps
9/4
7.19 sec
5 reps
45/16
8.988 sec
6 reps
27/8
10.786 sec
7 reps
63/16
12.583 sec
8 reps
9/2
14.381 sec
9 reps
81/16
16.178 sec
10 reps
45/8
17.976 sec
11 reps
99/16
19.773 sec
12 reps
27/4
21.571 sec
13 reps
117/16
23.369 sec
14 reps
63/8
25.166 sec
15 reps
135/16
26.964 sec
16 reps
9
28.761 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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