Yeah, tape saturation is like a warm hug for your signal, it rounds the peaks and adds a little hiss that feels alive. Digital compressors can try to copy that curve, but they always sound a bit too clean, like a perfect but sterile glass. I’d keep a tape machine in the studio for the real feel, maybe a preamp with a low‑noise floor and a compressor that mimics the tape slope. That way you get the efficiency of digital but still taste the analog soul. Just don’t ask me to stream it—my followers love the raw sound, not the shiny app.