mc control - surround panner alternative?

had a quick demo in the shop of MC control and PT 10 HD

was pretty impressed with the touch screen - was I imagining it was better than Ipad?

I have SFX track to premix in 5.1 - could this be the thing I need? it would speed up selecting the panner ( ie panner follows selected track! )

thats good!

bit pricey tho!

altho having softkeys that can assign is pretty awesome! ( hot key for automation follows edit -

reveal clip in finder - all time savers -

but if I could jus get the panner 'on screen' to follow selected channel I will be satisfied!

any clues or bad news for me :)