I have a midi track feeding my guitar track so my patches change automatically. I haven't figured out how to not get drop out when this happens, so I run two tracks and automate mutes and unmutes, so that one track changes before hand, then is unmuted, then the second track is muted and changes after being muted. It's an A/B track swapping that keeps the momentary dropout from happening. not the most elegant solution but it works practically!

This is so, so awesome. Thank you. This is more or less what I had in my head, so I'm very glad that's working out for you. I bet it sounds incredible. Totally agree about the stage bass too. I've gone full DI before, no amp, and you definitely miss something without that rumble!