Muse:

I've not frequented this board for a while; did anyone answer your question about muting EFX? I'm away from my keyboard just now, but I think you just have to go into the EFX routing page for the part and set your patch routing to MIX, then you bypass the insert EFX entirely. If you want to bypass the reverb/chorus as well, in the same page set your send levels to 0.

I'll check this afternoon (my internet connection is all hosed today) and get back. One way or the other, we'll get your question answered.

Good luck.