Hardware synths are under control as long as you don't record them to audio. Earlier I always recorded my synths to audio and then took another patch and recorded it and so on.. Now I DON'T record anything. I control all my synths from logic audio and automate cutoff's etc. I still store the patches in my synths' own memory but I give every midi track a name of the synth & used patch so I always know what patch was used for the track.
All my synths are directly connected to a multi input audio interface and I use software effects for the hardware synths too, like TC reverbs & UAD comps. It's (like) using hardware quality synths & fx in software domain. I don't feel much difference anymore whether I am using a software synth or a hardware synth in a project because they work flawlessly together. It depends on the style you're producing but in my case I usually still get better sounds from hardware than native software.
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