Softube Flow Studio

This is my first control surface device/software bundle I have ever bought and I can only say that I am disappointed. Firstly, the effects and flows are really nice and they can get you to the sound that is much better then you have on your track or a bus, or give you some pointers what you can do with the sound yourself. However, the unit is a mess, to say the least. Around 90% of time it will fail to load on startup so it forces you to use 'activity monitor' to force close it and relaunch it , after which it usually works, until your next session of course. Still, sometimes it refuses to work even after that 'procedure' and you are kind of stuck. You can use the software without the unit because all the flows have micro controls in the software apart from the main knob which determines how much you 'saturate' the sound with an effect chain, so again you are sort of stuck. I postponed my review of the unit because I was hoping that some kind of software update will be available but nothing happened and it is quite discouraging to see a 'known issues' tab in the software rather than a real fix. I don't know how persistent this issue is and I must add that I am still on Sequoia 15.7.7 so your experience may be different than mine, however I expect a hassle-free experience form the company the tries to encourage you to buy a subscription for a mastering suite plugins.