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
94.1BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
10/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.638 sec
1.568 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.551 sec
0.392 Hz
Delay length
1.594 sec
0.627 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 8 delays = 5 bars

1 reps
5/8
1594.1 ms
2 reps
5/4
3.188 sec
3 reps
15/8
4.782 sec
4 reps
5/2
6.376 sec
5 reps
25/8
7.97 sec
6 reps
15/4
9.564 sec
7 reps
35/8
11.158 sec
8 reps
5
12.753 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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