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
95.1BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
7/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.631 sec
1.585 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.524 sec
0.396 Hz
Delay length
1.104 sec
0.906 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
7/16
1104.1 ms
2 reps
7/8
2.208 sec
3 reps
21/16
3.312 sec
4 reps
7/4
4.417 sec
5 reps
35/16
5.521 sec
6 reps
21/8
6.625 sec
7 reps
49/16
7.729 sec
8 reps
7/2
8.833 sec
9 reps
63/16
9.937 sec
10 reps
35/8
11.041 sec
11 reps
77/16
12.145 sec
12 reps
21/4
13.249 sec
13 reps
91/16
14.354 sec
14 reps
49/8
15.458 sec
15 reps
105/16
16.562 sec
16 reps
7
17.666 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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