Sorry for the delayed reply. I wrote a long response that didn't go through and was lost, so I got a bit discouraged.
I'm definitely aware that everything can be automated within the DAW, which is great, and one of the reasons I picked up the Native VST was to be able to do that.
However, I've loved having a physical HX Stomp hooked up for just sitting down and playing, coming up with ideas and triggering different FX with my feet and using the expression pedal. I use volume swells and wah quite a lot on my stomp. What I was HOPING to be able to do was leave the HX Stomp in my gig bag, and with my Monogram CC, be able to do all the things I could do with my HX Stomp, just in terms of playing around and coming up with ideas, without having to setup automation and whatnot. With the exception of the volume/wah thing, I have everything else assigned to a button I can press (Dist, Echo, Trem, verb mix and decay increase, wah), but I can't currently control the volume without changing a preset or clicking into the VST.
I know it's nitpicky, especially in a studio, rather than live environment, but it's just kind of irking me that I can't do the simple thing of simultaneously bypassing a volume block and engaging the wah block. I know that I can record the different sounds on separate tracks, or just click them, but I'd prefer just to get the same flow going that I have with my physical unit, without the clutter of having the HX Stomp at my feet.
Thanks for chiming in. It seems to me that this is a bug, but I understand that I'm trying to get a VST Plugin to act more like a live tool (even just "live" in the studio), which is not its intended purpose. If there's anything that can be done to fix it, or any clever workarounds, I'd be very grateful!
Thanks