“It’s a $20 plugin. It makes it sound like it’s coming off a tape that’s been recorded over three or four times”: Steven Wilson reveals his go-to guitar plugin – and why digital can successfully coexist with analog

Steven Wilson, founding member of progressive rock group Porcupine Tree, photographed at his home in Hemel Hempstead on February 17, 2015.

The analog versus digital debate is one that gets many guitarists and bassists riled up. But perhaps, like a lot of things in life, it's not a case of picking one and excluding the other – but recognizing the beauty of both, and combining them in a way that makes sense for your project.

Steven Wilson's favorite cheap guitar plugin, which he used throughout his latest prog epic The Overview, adheres to this middle ground – as it makes "things sound like they're coming off a cassette tape. It’s a very lo-fi thing".