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
87BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
11/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.69 sec
1.45 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.759 sec
0.363 Hz
Delay length
1.897 sec
0.527 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
11/16
1896.5 ms
2 reps
11/8
3.793 sec
3 reps
33/16
5.69 sec
4 reps
11/4
7.586 sec
5 reps
55/16
9.483 sec
6 reps
33/8
11.379 sec
7 reps
77/16
13.276 sec
8 reps
11/2
15.172 sec
9 reps
99/16
17.069 sec
10 reps
55/8
18.965 sec
11 reps
121/16
20.862 sec
12 reps
33/4
22.759 sec
13 reps
143/16
24.655 sec
14 reps
77/8
26.552 sec
15 reps
165/16
28.448 sec
16 reps
11
30.345 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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