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
78.3BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
13/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.766 sec
1.305 Hz
Length of 1 bar
3.065 sec
0.326 Hz
Delay length
2.49 sec
0.402 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 13 bars

1 reps
13/16
2.49 sec
2 reps
13/8
4.981 sec
3 reps
39/16
7.471 sec
4 reps
13/4
9.962 sec
5 reps
65/16
12.452 sec
6 reps
39/8
14.942 sec
7 reps
91/16
17.433 sec
8 reps
13/2
19.923 sec
9 reps
117/16
22.414 sec
10 reps
65/8
24.904 sec
11 reps
143/16
27.394 sec
12 reps
39/4
29.885 sec
13 reps
169/16
32.375 sec
14 reps
91/8
34.866 sec
15 reps
195/16
37.356 sec
16 reps
13
39.846 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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