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
97BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
3/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.619 sec
1.617 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.474 sec
0.404 Hz
Delay length
0.464 sec
2.156 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 3 bars

1 reps
3/16
463.9 ms
2 reps
3/8
927.8 ms
3 reps
9/16
1391.7 ms
4 reps
3/4
1855.7 ms
5 reps
15/16
2.32 sec
6 reps
9/8
2.784 sec
7 reps
21/16
3.247 sec
8 reps
3/2
3.711 sec
9 reps
27/16
4.175 sec
10 reps
15/8
4.639 sec
11 reps
33/16
5.103 sec
12 reps
9/4
5.567 sec
13 reps
39/16
6.031 sec
14 reps
21/8
6.495 sec
15 reps
45/16
6.959 sec
16 reps
3
7.423 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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