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
7/16 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
1.164 sec
0.859 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 7 bars

1 reps
7/16
1164.1 ms
2 reps
7/8
2.328 sec
3 reps
21/16
3.492 sec
4 reps
7/4
4.656 sec
5 reps
35/16
5.821 sec
6 reps
21/8
6.985 sec
7 reps
49/16
8.149 sec
8 reps
7/2
9.313 sec
9 reps
63/16
10.477 sec
10 reps
35/8
11.641 sec
11 reps
77/16
12.805 sec
12 reps
21/4
13.969 sec
13 reps
91/16
15.133 sec
14 reps
49/8
16.297 sec
15 reps
105/16
17.462 sec
16 reps
7
18.626 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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