One of the very useful features of Eventide Stompboxes is that they can transmit MIDI Program Change and MIDI Continuous Controller messages. This means that in addition to having great sounding effects, they are also MIDI footpedals that you can use to control your entire rig. Since they have MIDI Program Maps for both transmitting and receiving presets, you can select exactly which sounds will load on all your gear when you press the Preset footswitches.
One disadvantage might be that you won't have as many buttons as the axess. However if you don't need that many buttons at once for accessing presets, then you can leave the axess home.
Try it out and let us know what you think.
Alan
