Yes, Joe... No substitute for it on plug-ins, yet. They keep trying, but so far, no luck. The hard part has been getting hold of new tape stock that matches the characteristics of the old stuff. The whole Quantegy fiasco really woke some people up to how important tape is, even in the digital world.

But, on the other side of the fence, it's getting pretty amazing what you can do with a plug in like BFD, if you output all it's channels individually to the SSL, and process it just like a real drumkit feed... I can't remember if BFD's drum samples were tracked to tape, but if not, I can see it as the next logical step. Vive la tape!