I totally agree we choose Eventide for the algorithms because it's certainly not for the ease and gracefulness of the program changes whether your using MIDI or the switches.
al.dioio, let me ask you, even if Space had the same bank selection as the other factor pedals, would you not still be frustrated with the gap/lag/swell/uncomfortable silence that occurs when changing presets?
I was using MIDI to change presets but I have now disabled the MIDI receive because it would always invoke a program change even if it was mapped to the same preset I was already on!
Anyway, I think for you, the best solution would be to set up Aux Switches. You can assign multiple destinations for the switches so in theory you could have one switch set to bank up and select the preset with a single press. This is something I haven't had the chance to try yet but I'm planning on it.
