I JUST REALIZED THAT LuZeke POSTED THIS IDEA ALREADY IN ANOTHER THREAD. (He made a very good picture of it anyway).
You know how in alot of music programs they have a series of bars, under the sequencer, that can be drawn into a shape to controle volume, cut, res, and other effects? Well, I think it would be amazing to have some of these automation features, and have them be drawn verticaly on each track, You could have a small selector under the mute and solo tabs, and switch between each effect. You could draw a resolution, then select the pan effect and draw that in on top.
I would susspect this would require something like a 3-in-1 EZ flash V ram pack or some-such.
Is this idea too far fetched?