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
97.7BPM
Beats per bar
3 beats
Delay fraction
3/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.614 sec
1.628 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.842 sec
0.543 Hz
Delay length
0.345 sec
2.895 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
3/16
345.5 ms
2 reps
3/8
690.9 ms
3 reps
9/16
1036.4 ms
4 reps
3/4
1381.8 ms
5 reps
15/16
1727.3 ms
6 reps
9/8
2.073 sec
7 reps
21/16
2.418 sec
8 reps
3/2
2.764 sec
9 reps
27/16
3.109 sec
10 reps
15/8
3.455 sec
11 reps
33/16
3.8 sec
12 reps
9/4
4.145 sec
13 reps
39/16
4.491 sec
14 reps
21/8
4.836 sec
15 reps
45/16
5.182 sec
16 reps
3
5.527 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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