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
80BPM
Beats per bar
3 beats
Delay fraction
1/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.75 sec
1.333 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.25 sec
0.444 Hz
Delay length
0.141 sec
7.111 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
1/16
140.6 ms
2 reps
1/8
281.3 ms
3 reps
3/16
421.9 ms
4 reps
1/4
562.5 ms
5 reps
5/16
703.1 ms
6 reps
3/8
843.8 ms
7 reps
7/16
984.4 ms
8 reps
1/2
1125 ms
9 reps
9/16
1265.6 ms
10 reps
5/8
1406.3 ms
11 reps
11/16
1546.9 ms
12 reps
3/4
1687.5 ms
13 reps
13/16
1828.1 ms
14 reps
7/8
1968.8 ms
15 reps
15/16
2.109 sec
16 reps
1
2.25 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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