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
86BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
15/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.698 sec
1.433 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.791 sec
0.358 Hz
Delay length
2.616 sec
0.382 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 15 bars

1 reps
15/16
2.616 sec
2 reps
15/8
5.233 sec
3 reps
45/16
7.849 sec
4 reps
15/4
10.465 sec
5 reps
75/16
13.081 sec
6 reps
45/8
15.698 sec
7 reps
105/16
18.314 sec
8 reps
15/2
20.93 sec
9 reps
135/16
23.547 sec
10 reps
75/8
26.163 sec
11 reps
165/16
28.779 sec
12 reps
45/4
31.395 sec
13 reps
195/16
34.012 sec
14 reps
105/8
36.628 sec
15 reps
225/16
39.244 sec
16 reps
15
41.861 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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