Yeah I found that confusion with the Afterneath... it can be amazing and can make some unreal sounds, but waaay too complex without having to use the manual all the time. I guess once you find your fav setting(s) you just forget about the rest... but that also makes me wonder, is a pedal like the Afterneath worth it? Definitely finding the price of pedals harder to justify as everything else catches up, but I like stuff that is intuitive and you know what you're gonna get, if you know what I mean. I feel like being able to save presets to pedals will become common place in future maybe? Certainly eliminates having to frantically change settings mid-gig and hope you didn't F something up.