# USB and midi latency?

**URL:** <https://forum.dadamachines.com/t/usb-and-midi-latency/80>\
**Category:** FAQ / Support\
**Created:** [March 9, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.dadamachines.com/t/usb-and-midi-latency/80 "2018-03-09T17:47:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![benjamin](https://forum.dadamachines.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@benjamin](https://forum.dadamachines.com/u/benjamin)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.dadamachines.com/t/usb-and-midi-latency/80/1 "2018-03-09T17:47:51Z")

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Hello,

We would like to use the nice dadamachine for live drumming with an Akai MPC  
Is it possible to have an idea of the latency (in ms) between a midi signal which would come from USB or MIDI DIN and the beginning or the end of the solenoid action you are selling ?

many thanks !  
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b

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**Author:** ![johannes](https://forum.dadamachines.com/user_avatar/forum.dadamachines.com/johannes/32/11_2.png) [@johannes](https://forum.dadamachines.com/u/johannes)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.dadamachines.com/t/usb-and-midi-latency/80/2 "2018-03-09T18:57:05Z")

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@benjamin I did not measure the roundtrip exactly but the latency for direct hits \> without mallet mechanic is around 10ms i think. Depending on your setup \> distance of the object to the striker it goes up.  
So probably you will notice a delay if you have samples and robotic action at the same time.

Moritz from sonicrobots wrote some general information about the topic in this post: [http://learning.sonicrobots.com/2012/05/04/a-latency-control-concept-for-midi-driven-mechanic-robotic-instruments/](http://learning.sonicrobots.com/2012/05/04/a-latency-control-concept-for-midi-driven-mechanic-robotic-instruments/)

Maybe someone out there tried it with a MPC already. I don’t own one currently.

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**Author:** ![benjamin](https://forum.dadamachines.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@benjamin](https://forum.dadamachines.com/u/benjamin)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.dadamachines.com/t/usb-and-midi-latency/80/3 "2018-03-09T20:22:28Z")

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ok thanks @johannes for the infos, looks good

If anyone have feedbacks of live drumming with any midi controller, I would be curious

best++  
b