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
98.1BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
13/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.612 sec
1.635 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.447 sec
0.409 Hz
Delay length
1.988 sec
0.503 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 13 bars

1 reps
13/16
1987.8 ms
2 reps
13/8
3.976 sec
3 reps
39/16
5.963 sec
4 reps
13/4
7.951 sec
5 reps
65/16
9.939 sec
6 reps
39/8
11.927 sec
7 reps
91/16
13.915 sec
8 reps
13/2
15.902 sec
9 reps
117/16
17.89 sec
10 reps
65/8
19.878 sec
11 reps
143/16
21.866 sec
12 reps
39/4
23.853 sec
13 reps
169/16
25.841 sec
14 reps
91/8
27.829 sec
15 reps
195/16
29.817 sec
16 reps
13
31.805 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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