The bit of benchmarking was helpful. In order to build a PC/Mac UI, I don't think I need to mimic Apple's Logic Pro, exactly. The Line6 Helix Native is fairly basic in its UI design. Today, though, I went ahead and started working on the basics to load audio plugins, each of which would contain the exact same effect that is loaded in the hardware..... In this way, I can either deliver the audio plugins to strictly Mac or iPad, or to the hardware.