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
92.9BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
7/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.646 sec
1.548 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.583 sec
0.387 Hz
Delay length
1.13 sec
0.885 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
7/16
1130.2 ms
2 reps
7/8
2.261 sec
3 reps
21/16
3.391 sec
4 reps
7/4
4.521 sec
5 reps
35/16
5.651 sec
6 reps
21/8
6.781 sec
7 reps
49/16
7.912 sec
8 reps
7/2
9.042 sec
9 reps
63/16
10.172 sec
10 reps
35/8
11.302 sec
11 reps
77/16
12.433 sec
12 reps
21/4
13.563 sec
13 reps
91/16
14.693 sec
14 reps
49/8
15.823 sec
15 reps
105/16
16.954 sec
16 reps
7
18.084 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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