Okay Roby, it seems you might not be using the USB port on the Virus but only MIDI, so I'll start again from the beginning for you:
The Virus TI is not your average synth, it integrates within your DAW thanks to its USB interface unlike a regular synth, which only receives and sends MIDI data streams through MIDI in/out ports
In the case of the Virus, which can also be used as an Audio Interface, the synth sends it's own Audio to the computer so that the user (you, me, anyone with a Virus TI) can add processing thanks to plug-ins.
For example, let's say you've assigned your Bass on Virus Midi Ch1 to Stereo USB 1, you can process it further in your sequencer with a nice Compressor plugin, let's say Waves' C1 compressor.
Does that start to make sense?
Now, as I said in my earlier post, when you choose the USB outputs on the Virus Control, the Virus sends its Audio to the computer. The computer then does its magic and the sound comes out of your audio interface/speakers.
BUT when you choose the Analogue output on Virus Control, the Virus still transmits the Audio to the computer for potential processing (such as my earlier example with the C1 plugIn compressor), and sends it back down to the Virus. Hence the increased latency.
You are right in saying it doesn't need a computer to run, but when it is connected to a computer via USB, that is the way it works.
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