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
99.9BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
7/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.601 sec
1.665 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.402 sec
0.416 Hz
Delay length
1.051 sec
0.951 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
7/16
1051.1 ms
2 reps
7/8
2.102 sec
3 reps
21/16
3.153 sec
4 reps
7/4
4.204 sec
5 reps
35/16
5.255 sec
6 reps
21/8
6.306 sec
7 reps
49/16
7.357 sec
8 reps
7/2
8.408 sec
9 reps
63/16
9.46 sec
10 reps
35/8
10.511 sec
11 reps
77/16
11.562 sec
12 reps
21/4
12.613 sec
13 reps
91/16
13.664 sec
14 reps
49/8
14.715 sec
15 reps
105/16
15.766 sec
16 reps
7
16.817 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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