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Is there a way to write automation into an audiotrack clip but pass audio from the timeline?

Why, you ask?

Current setup: Midi track with FunkyNoiseGenerator --->Percussionerizer. Percussionerizer needs automation to work correctly which I've organized into clips.

Problem: FunkyNoiseGenerator is a Crashy von CPU Hog.

So I'd like to record 5 minutes of FunkyNoiseGenerator to the timeline. Then, I could pass it to Percussionerizer. Unfortunately to do this, I would need an audio track which seems to force me to put audio into my clip therefor muting the timeline audio.

Am I as stuck as I think I am?

Record the percussion clips onto Track A.
Record a little bit of silence and drop the silent clip onto Track B. (This is known as a "dummy clip.")

Set the routing of Track A to go to Track B.
Set Track B's monitor type to In.

Any automation in the dummy clip now affects the audio from Track A.

Awesome. You rock.