The analog vs digital domain (rant kind of)

Every now and then i find myself trying to explain why analog gear, particularly analog consoles are so common in the studio and why i prefer them, to someone who is typically around a digital setup and in the live world, and a lot of the time they just dont really understand, which is fair considering they are in the live world and most likely do not have a lot of experience working in a studio setting, recording and mixing a track in that context. 

The live world and the studio world are two very different things with a different set of requirements, the live world is on a very basic level just simply trying to amplify a sound source, and theyre trying to do it fast because theres hardly ever enough time in a live setting, whereas in the studio you are trying to capture a representation of a sound, and typically as accurately as you can or in a stylistic manner, youre playing into the artistic side of things a lot more in the studio, and thats one of the reasons why analog gear is so cool, because its colorful and at times unpredictable nature can be incredibly musical and add so much to a recording or mix.

For me i also love the tactile and what you see is what you get nature of analog gear, when you adjust an eq on an analog desk, youre typically moving some pots and hearing whats happening with no bells and whistles attached, no fancy gui with a spectrum in the background, and this helps avoid unnecessary placebo adjustments, you can also adjust multiple eqs (or any parameter) on multiple channels at once, something a great deal of digital consoles just dont allow because of their reliance on a single preamp, eq, dynamics section and select buttons, you just get less face value control in that context. As far as signal path goes, youre realistically getting less from a digital console too, a well kept analog signal path is higher and i guess seemingly infinite resolution in comparison to the digital signal path in a digital desk thats at some point going through some sort of conversion therefore locking it to a sample rate, like its just a glorified audio interface and midi controller, once again great for the live world, but just lacking for the studio world.

I could go into more about compressors etc but idk that it for now i might come back and edit this to add more later.