If you use scenes together with recall-safe for updating only parts of the desk e.g. your FX settings or mute settings then the recalled scene would perfectly represent the current state of your desk (concerning FX or mutes respectively). Just think of it as a named macro which you can activate with a user defined button. And even if you already changed something you still know where you started off.
In my eyes there is a good reason you can find something like current-scene and/or next-scene on almost every desk surface.
