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
84.9BPM
Beats per bar
3 beats
Delay fraction
11/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.707 sec
1.415 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.12 sec
0.472 Hz
Delay length
1.458 sec
0.686 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
11/16
1457.6 ms
2 reps
11/8
2.915 sec
3 reps
33/16
4.373 sec
4 reps
11/4
5.83 sec
5 reps
55/16
7.288 sec
6 reps
33/8
8.745 sec
7 reps
77/16
10.203 sec
8 reps
11/2
11.661 sec
9 reps
99/16
13.118 sec
10 reps
55/8
14.576 sec
11 reps
121/16
16.033 sec
12 reps
33/4
17.491 sec
13 reps
143/16
18.948 sec
14 reps
77/8
20.406 sec
15 reps
165/16
21.864 sec
16 reps
11
23.321 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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