This isn't true. If you want to, you can set the bottom footswitches to select presets and the top row for other things. It's up to you. When I had an AX8, I had the bottom row switches select Presets 1-4 in a bank and the top switches did different things depending on the preset. As a bonus, for the preset I was currently on, the Preset switch was set as an Amp X/Y or Scene 1/2 switch (depending on what was most useful). So when I was on Preset 1, the bottom row switches were: Amp X/Y, Preset 2, Preset 3, Preset 4. If I hit Preset 2, the bottom row would change to Preset 1, Scene 1/2, Preset 3, Preset 4. Etc... Now, it's true that you can't bank through presets this way, but there is plenty of flexibility there once you wrap your mind around it.
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Austin