Interesting tune.
Very alien and unsettling.
I think maybe the bass could be just a little bigger, and some of the mid range overpowers the kick at points, so I think the overal blanace needs to be evened out.
Some sounds seem to breal up a bit as well.
Quirky stuff, I`d just see about getting more solidity into the bass area.

As for your recording, yeah man, stream it down, don`t live record it, if it is PC based, as you will lose out on quality.
And NI stuff being hard to automate?
It`s dead easy, what sequencer do you use?