I only read a few responses and this one caught my eye...
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I don't hear anything when using them. Not that they don't do anything, but maybe for how I mix (and my source material, number of tracks, how I highpass/lowpass the tracks) I'm just not getting any benefit from them.
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This is similar to Nebula which had a similar heyday IMHO. When I first tried the free version and used some preamp presets, I wasn't sure I was hearing anything at all. Then I figured out it became more noticeable when I put the preamp on every single track and the busses and the master. I quit doing that because I realized there are as many things I don't like about analog as things I do like which was nothing against Nebula which I still love when I use it.
I still use nebula for reverbs, tape emus or to tame things that are out of control but I don't really have a reason to go through this whole recreate an analog console ritual as I don't see the payoff being that big, YMMV of course. It's just so easy to get micro-focused on tiny things that no one cares about but me, and if enough time passes, even I forget it's there LOL.
I have AW but haven't loaded any up yet, my main interest will be that same tame the harshness when needed approach.