Yes, I think the USB only midi-keyboards are primarily for controlling VST-Is.
I guess the best of both worlds would be a controller keyboard with both USB and MIDI output[s], so you can hook it up to your external sound modules (Virus) directly if ever you wished to bypass the computer for jamming purposes or the like.
That said, for recording you'll probably use the computer to do the sequencing, so you'll likely record the MIDI data into the iMac (via USB keyboard) while monitoring the Virus. Then playback will be routed from iMac>Saffire>Virus for final recording.
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PS > And another thing! Will the Ti|3 have user customisable/importable wavetables?  A ribbon-controller or XY-Pad might be nice, too, please! Thanks!
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