No offense taken at all. This is nowhere nearly as complex in use and the whole idea, after using dup tracks over 40 years of mixing is that you learn that muscle memory and simplifying is the friend of creativity; you are just looking at the end product and its helpful to have programmed eg Siemens PLC early in my life so this has become quite easy
This (bass) is the most “complex” section that takes a lot of time each time and high repetition demands freedom from its slavery. You either do it all on the left hand side or the right hand side or somewhere in the middle. This is illustrated in the Mcleamy curve as a paradigm. Have you ever worked in a fully analog studio and looked at the patchbay on large projects “of most beautiful songs” ? This is no different except I documented it. You think those old school studios are simple…think again…just doing basic stuff: we dont know how good we have it.
Its helpful to do all the right side brain work you do when you are not working on a job…then when doing the work, the left side has creative freedom because your options are related to known tools which you get much better at…else you bog down in options paralysis
Remember too that it might be part of a larger system of workflow automation that you might not be aware of ie that need fixed tracks structures
Hence trying to revise and make it better over the years. After decades and now prob the last 5 years of deconstructing the best mixers/songs in the world, using tools that are far better than subwoofers, the zoom is incredible. Im also in touch and make audiophile speakers for a breed of listener that care very much about the visceral experience as well as the actual music so bass is one area Im confident I have come a long way in, by pursuing the science and therefore the art (by understanding the components/brushes/paints)
Im on a current project that is still in tracking but will be happy to share for critique to see if translates to others. The art is the proof.
Im not being arrogant but if you play the same song on violin for a while eg decades you are def going to get better at it and I way more passionate right now than I have ever been 
Each to their own and if you are happy with where you are at…then excellent. I was just wanting to get better at what I do re: above and I had thought Cubase had progressed in this area.
Int the end; I discovered reaper can actually have plugins on the track channel sidechannel…wow…problem solved and super simple jftr
