That’s right, we have been discussing a feature like this for a while that we refer to as “blocks” but it is essentially a group. It will look and behave almost exactly as it has been suggested here only with some added bonuses like being able to have saved control assignments so that when you drag a block onto a board it will automatically assign to controls.
One reason to do it is to avoid having to recreate the same sections on every board as you have suggested. The user would be able to create their own blocks and share them so that people can assemble boards with these premade building blocks
The other reason is that we see this as being a necessary element for an on the fly pedalboard builder. Since there is a lot of variation in plugins, we need to containerised them so they have consistency and can be easily assembled on a board on the device and since the control mappings are saved to the blocks, you don’t need to do control mapping when assembling a board on the device
I mentioned in another thread recently, it’s currently not in the roadmap because it’s a big project and we already have a lot of things to finish. It is in the backlog and we see it as being something that will make a huge improvement to the workflow
It’s really great to see this thread to be honest because it’s almost identical to what we have been discussing and it’s really great to have the need for this confirmed by you guys as users!