Throughout recent years, the music industry has shifted how people listen to and create music. The move has been away from analog – using circuitry alongside a variety of other physical techniques – to using a fully digital approach, from recording to storage. The vinyl record and cassette tape have seen a vast decline in their use for music playback while digital consumption has risen exponentially. This essay will discuss the distinctions between analog and digital with regards to their role in music processing in the mixing and mastering stages of production, attempting to suggest when one may.