Keeping the AX8 as a 'back-up-...Just unpacked the AXFXIII & FC-12. Whew! Getting (ever so slowly) the lay of the land...no more 'banks' like AX8 where I hit the top right button, they show up and I hit the appropriate 1-8 #. I guess that's now called 'layouts' haven't tried switching from one ... which video addresses this different vernacular? Watching Rosh now.
Preset banks are still called Banks. Layouts refer to different 'pages' of switch configurations. The FC Controller Guide,
https://www.fractalaudio.com/fc-download/ , will help with some of the new features and terminology. With the FC-12, you can still have a switch dedicated to banks (inc/dec or specific #) but if you want it on a particular switch, you will need to assign it to the switch. Before trying to program the FC, try the default setting and learn to navigate through scenes and presets.
When it comes to programming the FC, I will admit that it was a bigger learning curve for me, even coming from the FX8 and AX8. It was overwhelming, every switch is capable of doing anything. Not as simple as just learning what particular a switch does or is limited to. I ended up sitting down and making a list of what I wanted to accomplish within a preset and what was needed to control what I wanted to do. Then it was a matter of creating/editing the different layouts to fulfill those requirements. My FC (FC-6 in my case) ended up with these layouts that I use consistently:
Layout 1 = Presets (preset switches use Layout Links to my first effects layout)
Layout 2 = Scenes
Layouts 3-5 = Performance pages: Effects, Scene Toggle/Number(s) and Control Switches.
Start simple, use one layout (default Layout 3 is where I started) and configure a switch to toggle between 2 presets. Then assign another switch to select a specific scene. I like Control Switches so I assigned a 3rd switch to use as a Control Switch by attaching a few modifiers to it. Once you get a handle on programming switches, you can move on to Layout Links, Per-Preset Switches and Per-Preset Overrides if you feel the need.
Point is to start simple and gain an understanding of the workflow. It appears daunting but once you program a couple of layouts it starts to make sense.
This guy does a good job giving an overview of features:
Per Preset Switches: