As far as organizing plugins into separate columns or groups. Sonar 7 by Cakewalk does this. I used to use Sonar but ever since I got my hands on Pro Tools I won't be going back anytime soon. Pro Tools does a decent job of putting them into the right categories like dynamics, delay, modulation etc. And ooooooo yes I know the pain of the Wave Shells lol. I'll usually check my Email while I'm waiting lol.