Roll off toppy top ends (digital doesn't compress/saturate them naturally) and dont forget the mid lows.

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I like how you went straight to the core of the issue.
I didn't intend opening the analog/digital diatribe although it might be inevitable.

Let's see how it progresses.

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cit. "Back then people danced to a dj set. Nowdays they are recording it with their smart phones."

Try adding chorus.

Woolly socks.

Yesss, it would filter out the coldness. Hmm what puttin on a Hi Hat it can warm the head without ducking or you might loose track.

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soft clipping.

Vacuum tubes. I attach them to everything in my studio.

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Originally posted by cryophonik I attach them to everything in my studio.

I bet you do

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Often it is believed that the pitched sounds (like piano,organ,choir,etc.) for a single note have a frequency, it's actually harmonics and nothing more. Many people try to synthesize a sound using an exact frequency+harmonics and observe that the result sounds too “artificial”. They might try to modify the harmonic content, add a vibrato, tremolo, but even that doesn't sound “warm” enough. The reason is that the natural sounds don't produce an exact periodic; their sounds are quasi-periodic. Please notice that not all quasi-periodic sounds are “warm” or pleasant.

from http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/zynaddsubfx_manual
In the first chapter it has some graphs that illustrate the idea pretty nicely. I realize this is a manual for an opensource synth plugin but their explanations of "warmth" are very helpful.

You mean warmth in a mix?

you create warmth with a careful combination of mixing techniques:

compression
multibandcompression
sidechaining/routing
filters/eq
note selection
sound design
FX/send/return tracks
song arrangement

and some others too...

Analog synths, a la Juno-106.