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
94BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
5/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.638 sec
1.567 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.553 sec
0.392 Hz
Delay length
0.798 sec
1.253 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 5 bars

1 reps
5/16
797.9 ms
2 reps
5/8
1595.8 ms
3 reps
15/16
2.394 sec
4 reps
5/4
3.192 sec
5 reps
25/16
3.989 sec
6 reps
15/8
4.787 sec
7 reps
35/16
5.585 sec
8 reps
5/2
6.383 sec
9 reps
45/16
7.181 sec
10 reps
25/8
7.979 sec
11 reps
55/16
8.777 sec
12 reps
15/4
9.575 sec
13 reps
65/16
10.372 sec
14 reps
35/8
11.17 sec
15 reps
75/16
11.968 sec
16 reps
5
12.766 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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