Analog tape imparts sonic characteristics that many people find highly desirable and pleasant.
Analog tape also provides you with some 'glue' that helps tracks work and mix together more cohesively, and a bit of tape compression that can soften the sometimes overly-harsh sound of digital, especially on transients.Īnalog tape gives you subtle (or not so subtle, if you intentionally hit it really hard) distortion - especially on transients / loud hits / peaks, wow and flutter (think 'subtle pitch vibrato' and you won't be too far off), a 'head bump' (increased bass usually somewhere around 100Hz, although it varies with different machines and tape speeds), and added hiss and noise.
