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
94.9BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
11/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.632 sec
1.582 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.529 sec
0.395 Hz
Delay length
1.739 sec
0.575 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 11 bars

1 reps
11/16
1738.7 ms
2 reps
11/8
3.477 sec
3 reps
33/16
5.216 sec
4 reps
11/4
6.955 sec
5 reps
55/16
8.693 sec
6 reps
33/8
10.432 sec
7 reps
77/16
12.171 sec
8 reps
11/2
13.91 sec
9 reps
99/16
15.648 sec
10 reps
55/8
17.387 sec
11 reps
121/16
19.126 sec
12 reps
33/4
20.864 sec
13 reps
143/16
22.603 sec
14 reps
77/8
24.342 sec
15 reps
165/16
26.08 sec
16 reps
11
27.819 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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