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
7/16 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
1.562 sec
0.64 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 7 bars

1 reps
7/16
1562.5 ms
2 reps
7/8
3.125 sec
3 reps
21/16
4.688 sec
4 reps
7/4
6.25 sec
5 reps
35/16
7.812 sec
6 reps
21/8
9.375 sec
7 reps
49/16
10.937 sec
8 reps
7/2
12.5 sec
9 reps
63/16
14.062 sec
10 reps
35/8
15.625 sec
11 reps
77/16
17.187 sec
12 reps
21/4
18.75 sec
13 reps
91/16
20.312 sec
14 reps
49/8
21.875 sec
15 reps
105/16
23.437 sec
16 reps
7
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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