I'm the same on the guitar side. I'll go weeks using a fractal fm9 straight into the PA. it's like playing through a computer which is awesome. however...

I'll get real sick of the complexity and go back to my cranked tube amp and one overdrive pedal.

If I had to choose one, I couldn't.

100%, there's weeks I just plug straight into an amp because that feels right! At the end of the day it's great to have options.