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
98.9BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
7/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.607 sec
1.648 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.427 sec
0.412 Hz
Delay length
1.062 sec
0.942 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
7/16
1061.7 ms
2 reps
7/8
2.123 sec
3 reps
21/16
3.185 sec
4 reps
7/4
4.247 sec
5 reps
35/16
5.308 sec
6 reps
21/8
6.37 sec
7 reps
49/16
7.432 sec
8 reps
7/2
8.494 sec
9 reps
63/16
9.555 sec
10 reps
35/8
10.617 sec
11 reps
77/16
11.679 sec
12 reps
21/4
12.74 sec
13 reps
91/16
13.802 sec
14 reps
49/8
14.864 sec
15 reps
105/16
15.925 sec
16 reps
7
16.987 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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