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
9/16 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
1.266 sec
0.79 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
9/16
1265.6 ms
2 reps
9/8
2.531 sec
3 reps
27/16
3.797 sec
4 reps
9/4
5.063 sec
5 reps
45/16
6.328 sec
6 reps
27/8
7.594 sec
7 reps
63/16
8.859 sec
8 reps
9/2
10.125 sec
9 reps
81/16
11.391 sec
10 reps
45/8
12.656 sec
11 reps
99/16
13.922 sec
12 reps
27/4
15.188 sec
13 reps
117/16
16.453 sec
14 reps
63/8
17.719 sec
15 reps
135/16
18.984 sec
16 reps
9
20.25 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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