@optilude Thank you, but that last paragraph, especially the phrase "program it" just does too much heavy lifting The AI idea is out; even if I didn't disapprove of this area for 1000 ethical reasons, my approach to making is that I want to "know what's inside", to understand how it works - e.g. when I built that A/B pedal I re-constructed the entire circuit in a simulator app before doing a single solder... Here's the terrible, janky project https://makertube.net/w/ukvR6Z9kHwv3e9JkDkLRpX

@ambergrey have you tried rotosounds yet? If so what did you think? They are my favourite, Ernie balls second, and i agree with you about elixirs, they seem to qlmost have some sort of coating that tarnishes, dulls the sound, and makes them break before they should be breaking.