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Lets take a hardware synth for example, The Virus. You can run that straight into the computer via usb, or you can take the analog outputs, run them into an audio device and run that into the computer. A heck of a lot of users prefer running into an audio device over connection via usb - the theory being that the virus analog outs add a touch of 'something' to the sound due to its D/A conversion at that stage. Obviously a lot of it depends on the audio device you're running into too.

I've decided in as much as I'll definitely need the apollo, sure! I'd still be interested to hear peoples thoughts on usb vs analog output though.

If I used the usb out, wouldn't that be the same as using the native plugin, so missing out on the 'magic' of the D/A conversion in the helix / apollo?

I use a lot of vsts, so latency values are important to me. From what I've read the latency of the helix isnt great in that regard so the apollo still plays an important role.

Hi, I'm new to the helix and have a couple of questions. If anyone could help, it'd be really appreciated. I have a mac and a UAD Apollo twin. What's the usual way of routing the helix with this kind of setup - from helix direct into the mac, or into the apollo? Is there any audible or performance differences in using the USB vs the audio outs of the helix? Cheers :)