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
6/16 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
1.034 sec
0.967 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 8 delays = 3 bars

1 reps
3/8
1034.5 ms
2 reps
3/4
2.069 sec
3 reps
9/8
3.103 sec
4 reps
3/2
4.138 sec
5 reps
15/8
5.172 sec
6 reps
9/4
6.207 sec
7 reps
21/8
7.241 sec
8 reps
3
8.276 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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