Connecting instruments to computers, laying out a small studio desk and making the first signal chain work.
A two-meter desk can hold a complete studio if the monitor screen, keyboard and speakers each get their proper zone; a layout guide for small rooms.
One USB cable handles notes; recording the actual sound takes a second path. The two-cable reality behind every keyboard-and-computer setup.
Both connectors carry the same forty-year-old messages; the choice is about how many boxes you chain, not about sound quality.