using the analog outs while recording (midi events) doesn't prevent you from switching back to USB afterwards, so you get the best of both worlds. the latency to be expected these days is much smaller than when we wrote that paragraph. for one, the software and drivers improved over time, the average DAW is much more powerful and therefore can handle low latency settings better.
and as for the 44.1/bit aspect mention i would challenge anybody to hear the difference. we are not talking about headroom and summing here. the loss in quality by doing a D/A-A/D conversion will very likely harm the signal much more.
best, marc
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