DIGITAL SCREAMS: I agree with you on there as well...
I personally always start by compressing the signal(before any other effect, otherwise the compressor introduces quite a bit of unwated artefacts) so I will only use the virus effects in the writing process...
For me the TI is mostly going to be a writing too(I will lay down my tracks with TI without worrying about my precious CPU...Then I will pick each synth that I want to use for each sound).
Hopefully it's going to work well
