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
7/16 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
0.928 sec
1.078 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
7/16
927.5 ms
2 reps
7/8
1855.1 ms
3 reps
21/16
2.783 sec
4 reps
7/4
3.71 sec
5 reps
35/16
4.638 sec
6 reps
21/8
5.565 sec
7 reps
49/16
6.493 sec
8 reps
7/2
7.42 sec
9 reps
63/16
8.348 sec
10 reps
35/8
9.275 sec
11 reps
77/16
10.203 sec
12 reps
21/4
11.131 sec
13 reps
91/16
12.058 sec
14 reps
49/8
12.986 sec
15 reps
105/16
13.913 sec
16 reps
7
14.841 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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