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
85.5BPM
Beats per bar
5 beats
Delay fraction
14/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.702 sec
1.425 Hz
Length of 1 bar
3.509 sec
0.285 Hz
Delay length
3.07 sec
0.326 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 8 delays = 7 bars

1 reps
7/8
3.07 sec
2 reps
7/4
6.14 sec
3 reps
21/8
9.211 sec
4 reps
7/2
12.281 sec
5 reps
35/8
15.351 sec
6 reps
21/4
18.421 sec
7 reps
49/8
21.491 sec
8 reps
7
24.562 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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