Ironically, being a music producer myself, a whole bunch of the things in my mastering FX chain are intended to simulate the inaccuracies of analogue equipment

Ironically, being a music producer myself, a whole bunch of the things in my mastering FX chain are intended to simulate the inaccuracies of analogue equipment that, by happy accident, enrich timbre with warmth through mild saturation, with sparkling high end by emphasising upper harmonics.. I have a whole cavalcade of painstakingly simulated tube amps and preamps, old analogue compressors/mixers/EQs, tape machines, delay plugins that simulate the artefacts of old bucket-brigade chips and the warbling of tape delay systems. Professionals and studios would have 10x as many doodads to, technically-speaking, fuck up the accuracy of the sound in some way.