Nev,

i think he would like that there is a patch window like in a console.
So that you only tell Catalyst to have like 8 layer, 8 mixes, 8 volumes, e.g. fixtures 1-24 and then could say 1 thru 24 at 1

If you have an ipad go and get the catalyst remote software you can get in the app-store... Works great and does a lot of this stuff