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
85.9BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
7/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.699 sec
1.432 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.794 sec
0.358 Hz
Delay length
1.222 sec
0.818 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
7/16
1222.3 ms
2 reps
7/8
2.445 sec
3 reps
21/16
3.667 sec
4 reps
7/4
4.889 sec
5 reps
35/16
6.112 sec
6 reps
21/8
7.334 sec
7 reps
49/16
8.556 sec
8 reps
7/2
9.779 sec
9 reps
63/16
11.001 sec
10 reps
35/8
12.223 sec
11 reps
77/16
13.446 sec
12 reps
21/4
14.668 sec
13 reps
91/16
15.89 sec
14 reps
49/8
17.113 sec
15 reps
105/16
18.335 sec
16 reps
7
19.557 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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