I thought that there was a way to turn Effects on and off and use sliders and have those recorded into the Edit track? I thought it was right click or something similar, and turn things on and off as the track is being played; do I have to add something else for that to work?
The easiest way to create Automation is to record it. This can be done by clicking, holding and moving a Track Effect’s slider with the right mouse button while playing back the song. Depending on the Automation setting in the Pattern Editor’s Control Panel, your changes will then be recorded as either Effect Commands or as graphical envelopes.