Important feature - missing?

Question

Re: 'How do I...' query below
All Pro audio software applications that I have used so far allow enabling of an effect/plug-in at any given instance along a timeline, and then disable it again, by way of the bypass control (using an automation channel). But, under the controllable parameter options (drop-down list available in the effects column) in STP I can find no such option.
Is this feature missing in STP? Is it handled differently? Surely you do not need a new track for every different effect you want to apply.
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Answer 1

You might consider adding Buses.
Here is an example:
We shot a film inside a large, 1920's stone room. So I added a Bus called Echo. I then clicked on my dialgue tracks and clicked SEND to ECHO. Soundtrack will then play Track1 and the Bus at the same time. So I added EXTREME echo to my Echo Bus to give the illusion his voice echoes in speakers L, R, SR and SL. When ever we aren't in the large room, I take the volume of the Bus and drop it to zero. When we return to the room, I bring it back up to my default level.
If you want an Alien sound, just create another Bus called Alien and send your tracks to that Bus.
In this case, Track 1 has two Sends (Echo and Alien) and there are two busses, Echo and Alien. Whenever you want to add an effect, just bring up the volume on your bus.
It's a pain to route, but it's better than adding the effects to each clip and then 'save as' RickVoice_A.aiff, RickVoice_B.aiff, and so on.
Hope that helps