Still waiting for the Holy Stain I ordered to arrive. Apparently it was permanently borrowed by some unidentified person working for the shipping company here. I have just read through all comments and suggestions on the thread and look forward to plugging the Stain in to see and hear for myself.

Yes, then I can see the point of a Bi-Muff (somewhat like the Mutron Stereo Bi-Phase). Two separate Muff units, each with their own set of dedicated controls, can be played in parallel through Mono/Mono Out, in parallel through Stereo Out (with the option of different settings in each unit), A > B through Dual Mono Out, or B > A through Dual Mono Out. And, of course, there would be endless possibilities of adding different effects and loops to either one or other, or both, of the Signal Out(s).

That is not so good. Of course some software packages demand a lot of ressources from PCs and notebooks, so often the trouble can be with RAM, processor, sound card and graphic card rather than the software itself. Fuzzy tracking, bad sync, glitches and freeze are the reasons I decided to use Magix rather than one of the pro brands which my laptop cannot deal with. And a nice large monitor helps a lot too.

Sorry, I am not a great fan of Digitech, all respect to them. I have been trying to persuade my fellow guitarist Werner to use some other brand however he has been happily using Digitech for years now and is a strong believer. And, yes, I do know these pedals and in the event of having to decide between them I would take the Digitech Whammy.