Hey!
 
Dunno if this have been mentioned here before but I'm having a helluva good time with Curve 2 synth from Cable Guys! I got this slimmed down Computer Music version and started playing with it and before long I purchased the full version. It's really fun to use and easy to get around. And if you have some hardware knobs to use with it it's even more fun. Check it out here:
 
http://www.cableguys.de/curve.html
 
They also have a really cool freebie called Pan Cake which is a pretty intuitive auto paner. Never thought I'd have fun with a auto paner but there ya go...
 
http://www.cableguys.de/pan-cake.html

I was trying not to read this post and fall into temptation.......now, I have to go and Demo it. Thanks Maurice.....
 
 
 
 
 

Thanks for the heads-up on PanCake, could be something special if I can figure it all out.

LOL - no worries Mesh, I hope you enjoy it
 
PanCake is a really complex little thing but really fun when you get the hang of it. You just draw in the pan-shapes you want, and there are some great tools along the right side to create the shapes you want. You can also set the speed of the movement in sync for some truly extreme paning. The real fun is when you find the numbers on the top of the left side. You can set up 10 different pan paths (in various tempos IIRC) and automate change between them on the fly. This is of course automatable as well.
 
It's good fun and, to me, a potentially really usefull tool. And for free it's worth every penny