Insert plugin automation doesn't copy between instrument and audio tracks

Steps to reproduce:

• Create an audio track with a channel eq
  Create an instrument track with a channel eq
  Automate an eq parameter on one track
  Select the automation by dragging over it while holding down shift key
  Copy
  Select the other track
  Paste
  

Expected result:

• Eq automation should copy from one track to another

Actual result:

• The copied automation is orphaned

That is due to the automation<->fader-event's Ch# allocation discrepancy between an audio and a software instrument.

For a same automation parameter the audio track's one will have different Ch# than the software instrument's one.

That could be verified in the Automation Event List editor (default US: key-command: Ctrl-Cmd-E).

Then, the procedure would normally be to copy the selected automation, and by pressing the Option key to open and select from the menu to choose the destination parameter to automate.

A dialog box should then appear offering the options to either convert or copy-convert to the destination.

Although that doesn't always work reliably.

In such case, I resort to copy paste between the Automation's Event list editor windows and then change the destination fader-events' Ch# accordingly.