There's a fundamental difference between analog and digital, though. On digital you have to stay well away from the limits or you will get extreme artifacts.

There's a fundamental difference between analog and digital, though. On digital you have to stay well away from the limits or you will get extreme artifacts. On analog, you can stomp on the limits, and reconstruct the original signal with filters (analog or digital) after the fact, because tape doesn't simply stop responding, it just responds less as the inputs get more extreme.