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The best you can hope for is to "approach" analog sound. To do this, you will need better converters. I use Apogee Rosetta 800's and a Big Ben clock - they make quite a difference. The details you are losing with your current setup will be better represented with a converter upgrade. Use you ears when you choose a new converter, find a vendor who will let you try a few different ones for more than a day or two.
Analog summing is another area to consider. Either a console or summing box will be a nice step. Each one will have advantages. One of my clients has the Manley 16x2 tube mixer - sounds great, but might not be the best for an aggressive rock recording.
Part of the "analog sound" is distortion - pleasant distortion. The best digital sound is (to my ears) clean, accurate, and musical - indefineably pleasing. To get analog-style distortion you have to do some work. I find the Phoenix plug-ins very interesting. I have been putting them across each of my 8 stereo outputs before going to a Dangerous 2 BussLT. This is the closest I get to analog sound. It helps to have them inserted early in the recording process.
Ribbon and dynamic mics are other things to consider. Slowing down the transients that condenser mics into digital are capable of seems to be a way to get more analog sounding.
Still, we are only "approaching" analog sound.
Best....H
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