How to not delete automation

Try Edit > Delete and de-select automation.

From the menu bar, under "Edit"

In the TV Menu deselect Options->Select Track envelopes with clips

Thanks Giannis for the question and FBB for the answer...(once again!) conga

All automation should appear in the Audio track, that's assuming you're running split Audio/Midi tracks for your synths, and not simple instrument tracks, and also assuming there's no Midi Fx you're automating.

I thought that through the Synth Rack you could choose which track to "host" a synth's automation?
 

FWIW, I've just been playing with this.

Steve, you are correct, you can select which track is to contain a synth's automation from the Synth Rack. So, if you wish, you can keep your automation envelopes separate from the MIDI note clips, if you so desire.

I was hoping to be able to create a track for each of the synth parameters that I would ike to automate, but you do not appear to be able to do this, as when you select a new track from the drop down selection thing, what ever automation is contained on the previous track moves onto the newly selected track, and you cannot separate them.

Not to worry, at least I know I can keep the automation envelopes separate from the MIDI clips. I just need to be sure that this gives me some kind of an advantage... it's just a hunch of mine and I will carry on with my experimentation in this area.

@ Jonesey - As far as I can make out, the only automation envelopes that can be created on Audio tracks are those that you would expect to effect an audio clip, and that is Pan and Volume, and also (and I have only just found this out tonight) the various parameters that are tweakable within the ProChannel modules.

Yeah, I noticed that Jonesey, thanks :)

I've never tried that before, in Sonar, that is, tweaking the effects parameters through a song.

Many years ago, I used to have an Electroharmonix Memory Man, and you could get some real strange effects from that by tweaking the delay parameter. I wondering if you could do the same with some of the delays on offer in Sonar, or GR5... I can see another experiment coming on... One day, I'm in danger of perhaps getting down to making some music lol.