Programming midi controllers can just be a pain sometimes. It’s not very rewarding work, it doesn’t make music. It gets a little exhausting, especially if you’ve had the chance to use Helix or the Fractal FC stuff. Those newer options are just easier/faster/better. You sometimes gain some interesting capabilities with the very top tier of standalone midi controllers, but you’re in pretty rare air with the limited number of people that appreciate and will use those capabilities.
The FM3/VP4 combination @Orvillain mentioned would be a solution that’s pretty easy to understand and operate. Gain structure over here, effects over there, can leave one alone and change the other, less programming for synchronization, etc. You could do the same thing with an FM9 and keep it all in one box (use scenes for either the effects or the gain structure and use independent footswitches for the other with those switches set to ignore scene changes). But, it’s going to be more complicated to initially program that and maintain it.
Personally, I’d rather stay in one box but I totally see the appeal of the two box solution.
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There are a handful of great songs on there though.
Love it every time you post it!
wife has been very enabling lately..... 
