[chrisi]

Yeah, I mean you are not wrong to assume this. If the Field Kit FX was "more CV matrix" and "less effects unit", it very likely could have been solved like this. It would mean that any incoming CV is read by a microcontroller, possibly worked on and then sent to the desired locations. But the FKFX is already chock full of circuitry, so adding all this extra overhead was not possible. So the microcontroller in the FKFX only reads the button presses of the CV assignment buttons and then lets a shift register open / close the correct analog switches.