Is it possible to automate GR5 parameters in X1?

Like say I want to have the distortion or other effects increasing/decreasing throughout a track or have specific effects turn on or off for certain sections? How about swapping out amps and modules? Or is this the type of thing that would be done with cloned tracks, having set effects and settings on each and then blending/splicing? Hope you are all having a good day. Thanks.

These are some awesome ideas guys. Thank you so much. I'm kind of a stickler when it comes to capturing a take in one pass instead of splicing or punching in and out. It's kind of silly but it satisfies my hard headed "purist" nonsense. Seeing as how my guitar isn't the greatest and I'm forced to work with sims almost exclusively these days (my amp and mics kind of suck too and I can't really drive the amp where I live) I'd like to keep my volume and tone controls on the guitar maxed out so I just get the full signal which can be tweaked later. I also don't own the Rig Kontrol foot pedal so I can't do it on the fly (which wouldn't work out so great anyway because I can't trust my feet and I'm assuming it would create more abrupt changes and perhaps even pops due to extra CPU usage when switching things out in the take which I'd like to avoid for obvious reasons). So yeah... awesome. Thanks, doodz!

I like to set up an ACT controller, then assign my footpedals to the control the wha wha or pitch dive bomb. Then, in the Gtr rig 5 gui you hit the write enable button. ('W' Then it will record all of your foot pedal movements as a midi envelope. Of course for multiple takes of the envelopes you'll need more tracks. (or perhaps re-assign to a different CC for each take). Anyway that's what I do.