@1pauper1 I know this is an old thread, but what has worked for me: to bounce a mono track to a new track in order to destructively reflect the volume automation used on the source, set both the output of the source channel and input for the destination channel to mono-- along with confirming everything else folks have mentioned--and you do have to check "include volume/pan automation". This is my first posting, but I have followed this site for some time and wanted to say thank you to all of you, especially to David. Stay safe everyone.