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
9/16 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
2.109 sec
0.474 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
9/16
2.109 sec
2 reps
9/8
4.219 sec
3 reps
27/16
6.328 sec
4 reps
9/4
8.438 sec
5 reps
45/16
10.547 sec
6 reps
27/8
12.656 sec
7 reps
63/16
14.766 sec
8 reps
9/2
16.875 sec
9 reps
81/16
18.984 sec
10 reps
45/8
21.094 sec
11 reps
99/16
23.203 sec
12 reps
27/4
25.313 sec
13 reps
117/16
27.422 sec
14 reps
63/8
29.531 sec
15 reps
135/16
31.641 sec
16 reps
9
33.75 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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