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
5 beats
Delay fraction
11/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.75 sec
1.333 Hz
Length of 1 bar
3.75 sec
0.267 Hz
Delay length
2.578 sec
0.388 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 11 bars

1 reps
11/16
2.578 sec
2 reps
11/8
5.156 sec
3 reps
33/16
7.734 sec
4 reps
11/4
10.313 sec
5 reps
55/16
12.891 sec
6 reps
33/8
15.469 sec
7 reps
77/16
18.047 sec
8 reps
11/2
20.625 sec
9 reps
99/16
23.203 sec
10 reps
55/8
25.781 sec
11 reps
121/16
28.359 sec
12 reps
33/4
30.938 sec
13 reps
143/16
33.516 sec
14 reps
77/8
36.094 sec
15 reps
165/16
38.672 sec
16 reps
11
41.25 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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