As regards to your 6) suggestion, it would be a good idea for Eventide to construct "dual algorithms" (there are already some on the Eclipse, not necessarily the one's you want) which take up only FXA. Then you could the Xfade on more programs. That said, a global Xfade allowing transitions between all programs would be more welcome (regardless of whether the algo uses one or both FX engines), instead of the occasional mutes/dry signal bleeds and pops/overloads.
Faster switching would also be welcome as always.
