Yeah, DAW plugin automation isnt there yet, but you could get very creative with midi automation.  It really is a lot of fun and considering you can spread algorithms across series and parallel paths you can do a lot of really creative stuff.  Currently, you cant route between the 4 blocks internally (I understand there will be a SW update for that), but I get around that by connecting the digital I/O and then route thru the matrix.  This opens up the depth of what you can do.  Anyway, I love this thing.