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
90.2BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
13/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.665 sec
1.503 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.661 sec
0.376 Hz
Delay length
2.162 sec
0.463 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
13/16
2.162 sec
2 reps
13/8
4.324 sec
3 reps
39/16
6.486 sec
4 reps
13/4
8.648 sec
5 reps
65/16
10.81 sec
6 reps
39/8
12.971 sec
7 reps
91/16
15.133 sec
8 reps
13/2
17.295 sec
9 reps
117/16
19.457 sec
10 reps
65/8
21.619 sec
11 reps
143/16
23.781 sec
12 reps
39/4
25.943 sec
13 reps
169/16
28.105 sec
14 reps
91/8
30.267 sec
15 reps
195/16
32.429 sec
16 reps
13
34.59 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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