Analog summing makes a big difference. More headroom=punchier sound...Unless your running your whole thing through an L2. The Empirical Labs Fatso is kinda like a stripped down distressor and makes almost anything sound better. I almost always run my synths into a DI into a pre. It just fills things right up. I'd take a good DI and stereo preamp over compression, etc any day. Software w UAD, Waves, Sonnox is great for EQ and comp, but you can't emulate a nice transformer.
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