Do you use 3rd party summing plugins like Waves NLS Non-Linear Summer or Slate Digital Virtual Console collection? If I understand these correctly, you'll insert a plugin on the channel as well as the bus, and they will give a subtle mixing desk vibe to the mix.
It seems that the bus and channel plugins can be linked, so I'm wondering if I have an instance on a channel and I freeze the plugins on that channel if I'm losing some of the functionality/effect of the plugin such as the grouping function.
I'm asking because I'm looking for alternatives to the console emulations in SPLAT since I plan on migrating to another DAW.