Thanks for taking the time to give your impressions of the Midjay. As you suggested, most of the items that bothered you are not significant for my style of playing.
(14)BTW there is a setting you can make to have the newly-selected style start on Var. 1.
(11) I have used the limited sound editing to successfully alter some sounds so that they are improved, to my ears at least.
(5) I gave $150 for the vocal harmonizer and found a used 13-switch pedal for $85.
The harmonizer is strictly a Vocoder, and I'm having to learn new techniques to use it. The jury is still out. I am able to access volume and sustain by attaching pedals to my controller kb.
I have found several other quirks that I want to be improved, such as: there is no light or indicator to tell you when the vocal harmony is on or off. Also, if you lock the VH settings so they don't change with registrations, then the footswitch won't turn them on or off. If you don't lock them, each must be saved to registration. You should be able to lock all the parameters but still be able to turn it on with the footswitch.
Like you, I wish you could choose whether to use mic effects when using the line out.
Again, thanks for your input.
DonM