Im not sure why but over headphones, IEMs and near fields software FX sound fine, but Im a live player mostly and software effects never sounds as good translating them to stage monitors or larger arrays.
Just recently bought a Strymon Big Sky and was loving that, at the gigs even its precise digital clarity was not getting the sound I wanted that is warmer without those excessive long canyon tails.
Broke out one of my old TC Fireworx and tweaked a good medium hall sound, as I want a splash of reverb, not a bucket of cluttery crap.
So I went from VST to DSP to Analog.
Should've known not to go around the cycle and just go to the Hardware.