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
90.5BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
15/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.663 sec
1.508 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.652 sec
0.377 Hz
Delay length
2.486 sec
0.402 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 15 bars

1 reps
15/16
2.486 sec
2 reps
15/8
4.972 sec
3 reps
45/16
7.459 sec
4 reps
15/4
9.945 sec
5 reps
75/16
12.431 sec
6 reps
45/8
14.917 sec
7 reps
105/16
17.403 sec
8 reps
15/2
19.889 sec
9 reps
135/16
22.375 sec
10 reps
75/8
24.862 sec
11 reps
165/16
27.348 sec
12 reps
45/4
29.834 sec
13 reps
195/16
32.32 sec
14 reps
105/8
34.806 sec
15 reps
225/16
37.292 sec
16 reps
15
39.779 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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