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
89.7BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
13/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.669 sec
1.495 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.676 sec
0.374 Hz
Delay length
2.174 sec
0.46 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 13 bars

1 reps
13/16
2.174 sec
2 reps
13/8
4.348 sec
3 reps
39/16
6.522 sec
4 reps
13/4
8.696 sec
5 reps
65/16
10.87 sec
6 reps
39/8
13.044 sec
7 reps
91/16
15.218 sec
8 reps
13/2
17.391 sec
9 reps
117/16
19.565 sec
10 reps
65/8
21.739 sec
11 reps
143/16
23.913 sec
12 reps
39/4
26.087 sec
13 reps
169/16
28.261 sec
14 reps
91/8
30.435 sec
15 reps
195/16
32.609 sec
16 reps
13
34.783 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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