for me If there every was to be an FM7 or whatever , I would really want it to have at least 1 of the Keystone chips that is running the AX3.
Really at this point a larger board with more switches and a new screen with same processing for me personally would not make sense for my needs , (although for a first time buyer an all in one might be more attractive .)
We already have the FC6 that can be added and allows more flexibility to take the FM3 alone to studio and then add the FC6 live
At the moment the only thing Axe3 has over the Fm3 is Dual amps, Drive Block , Pitch and Ultra res 4 IR blocks
I had the Axe fx3 and I personally did not use the dual amps, while there are a couple of the new drives that I would like to have "the Horizon"
I am more a plug in and play guy not a drive afficiando at all and used the Amp boost drive 99% of the time on the 3 for drive tones
Pitch again would be great to have a seperate "drop" block perhaps that was stable but with a lower range like up to 3 semitones
I m not a big Djent guy so low tuning is not essential
So really there is not much the FM3 can't do that is a huge issue, the fact that we are getting the full version of Cygnus I think is pretty
awesome too
I also would give a huge shout out to Matt for his OMG series of layouts , whatever comes next a FM6 or 7, or 9 , they should 100% incorporate the OMG switching layout as a factory default (that you can change or customize) somehow