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
84BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
9/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.714 sec
1.4 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.857 sec
0.35 Hz
Delay length
1.607 sec
0.622 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
9/16
1607.1 ms
2 reps
9/8
3.214 sec
3 reps
27/16
4.821 sec
4 reps
9/4
6.429 sec
5 reps
45/16
8.036 sec
6 reps
27/8
9.643 sec
7 reps
63/16
11.25 sec
8 reps
9/2
12.857 sec
9 reps
81/16
14.464 sec
10 reps
45/8
16.071 sec
11 reps
99/16
17.678 sec
12 reps
27/4
19.285 sec
13 reps
117/16
20.893 sec
14 reps
63/8
22.5 sec
15 reps
135/16
24.107 sec
16 reps
9
25.714 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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