Oh, ok thanks for the explanation, I can see the utility of it there. I thought it was more like "hey here's a stompbox but you can't stomp it and we switched those pesky knobs with a touch-senstive surface like cars did and everyone hates".
All without a DAW too I'm guessing? I use an FCB-1010 for a lot of things but yeah it's obviously pretty useless without a DAW.