New modeler: Analysis paralysis (book)

[Sascha Franck]

Fractal can do that in a single path with channels.

On a loopswitcher based board, it'd likely be a better idea to have them physically separated, though. As you can do with, say, an HX Stomp. That way you can place two different amps in two loops, which is my prefered way of working with such setups.

 

[Sascha Franck]

if you’ve been in the home recording space since the 90s, have owned many modelers going at least as far back to HD500 and STILL don’t know what amp you want, I honestly don’t know what to say. Talk about analysis paralysis.

Well, while I almost second that, it's really just almost.
Thing is, to this day, all modelers have huge shortcomings regarding one or the other aspect (even more so once you start using things live), so there's plenty of things to consider beforehand. And as we live in "good times", there's lots of options and even more options in case you're willing to combine things.
Personally, I ended up with a setup that really never seemed to become a likely combination of things before I actually could fool around with it. Wouldn't have happened in case I didn't wade through at least somewhat comparable thought processes as the OP.

I absolutely don't get some of the OP's statements, though. But hey, might be personal preferences. Some of it is nonsense, though.