there’s hell of a difference between applying some effect to a whole pattern and to just a couple of moments of it. for example, you won’t apply → save any «loop» effects to a whole pattern, right? also, currently you apply performance effects to a whole set of selected tracks, but with such automation lanes, on the contrary, you could record different performance activations/deactivations for each track separately. last, but not least, user could render it later.
have you ever used PO-33? recording FXs in real time is fun, it just makes everything 3d. when I bought Play, I actually thought it would be the definitive upgrade in such functionality, not downgrade.