I think the biggest reason for me to keep the QC off the floor and use a separate midi foot controller is that I sometimes have to run to the little man's room in public places while jamming. They're usually disgusting, with piss and fecal matter all over the floor.
Just the thought of going into one of those and then stepping on and later tweaking on the QC makes me feel sick.
Not that it's much better if you have a midi controller and do the same thing mind you. But at least you don't touch the footswitches later and can clean them with Dettol at home (ugh).
It's not a sensible design, unless you are leaving it in a rack or on your desktop, imo. I really, really like the touch screen, it is very responsive, better than I thought it would be. I didn't have much trouble fine-tuning as well. Perhaps later firmware updates will make it even more sensitive.
I have been jamming on this thing for a few hours every day since I got it. Today I hooked it up to my laptop and used it as a soundcard while recording some guitar. The recording was shite because the Fishman pickups I was using were out of charge. But getting somewhere.
First impression three days in remains the same: I think it is perfect for a gig, where the average user won't be able to distinguish between 80% tone and 100% tone (a musician's opinion), unless they are one of those musicians who goes to a gig and stands with his arms crossed looking at the musicians, determined to have a bad time.
I am intrigued, however, about how Neural's plugins sound. I've read the reviews, but I'm wondering what everyone is hearing. Haven't used the trials yet.
