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
5 beats
Delay fraction
15/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.714 sec
1.4 Hz
Length of 1 bar
3.571 sec
0.28 Hz
Delay length
3.348 sec
0.299 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 15 bars

1 reps
15/16
3.348 sec
2 reps
15/8
6.696 sec
3 reps
45/16
10.045 sec
4 reps
15/4
13.393 sec
5 reps
75/16
16.741 sec
6 reps
45/8
20.089 sec
7 reps
105/16
23.437 sec
8 reps
15/2
26.786 sec
9 reps
135/16
30.134 sec
10 reps
75/8
33.482 sec
11 reps
165/16
36.83 sec
12 reps
45/4
40.178 sec
13 reps
195/16
43.526 sec
14 reps
105/8
46.875 sec
15 reps
225/16
50.223 sec
16 reps
15
53.571 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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