Posting again -- the forum glitched.....
PA9 (the final version of PA) does not have volume envelopes (AFAIK). It does support DX but not VST (there is a VST wrapper) but you can't get VSTi no matter what you do.
Although not so easy if your projects have lots of midi tracks, in the Console view you can group the midi sliders, enable Record Automation (red dot in tool bar of console view), and then at the appropriate time drag one of the sliders down. They will all go down together.
Seems like there should be an easier way....I'll think about it.
PS: It would be good to identify what product you are using, along with the midi synths and soundcard setup.