Freeze tracks that use instrument objects: explode by midi channel?

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I've hit a CPU and/or Disk speed wall and need to start freezing tracks. I've setup my environment to use "instrument objects" to control my sampler instruments, allowing for most of my instruments to access multiple articulations from one track. Great method for composition/arranging, but unfortunately it makes freezing instruments a challenge!
I know other users employ a similar method in their own Logic setups, and was wondering how do you guys deal with freeze files? Is there an "explode by midi channel" function which will separate a single track into multiple tracks per midi channel, which I can then easily freeze?
In a somewhat related question, how do you guys with similar setups use folders? Can I put all these "exploded" parts back into a folder for organizational purposes?
Thanks in advance for your reply!

Jonathan,
I'm very very slow to adopting the freezing of tracks to free up resources. I highly doubt that I'll be using it much in the future, because I don't like the fact that the behavior of simple commands like CMD-A doesn't work to select frozen tracks. There are other things about freezing that interrupt my work methods.
I'm very seriously considering getting a second computer to act as an orchestral "module" which I can play via MIDI (over a network, preferably). Based on my experiences during my latest project, doing 4 complex orchestrations, I can see that the amount of time and trouble it takes to freeze tracks/disable instruments to free up resources, and then re-enable them if a change is needed to any given part, will get very long in the tooth after a while. The biggest problem with this is running the risk of Logic crashing when it runs out of RAM.
So for now I'll use the occasional frozen track, or print parts as needed to free up instruments, but budget willing, not for much longer.
Best,
-=iS=-

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