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Originally Posted by Jaguar Dreams

2) On the verses, it sounds like they have the drum overheads muted. Sounds like just kick, snare, and hi hat close mic'd. With the high hat slightly off to the side so it stays out of the way of the guitar. When the chorus hits, boom, overheads are in. But they're actually not pushed all the way to the side, they are more like maybe 55 degress off center. Listen carefully to that first verse, Taylor Hawkins hits a cymbal in the middle and it sounds *nothing*like the cymbal hits during the chorus. It sounds like it got picked up through the hit hat mic - just a clue that the overheads are muted during the verse. BTW, Incubus did a lot of this approach on Make Yourself.

3) Also notice that those drum overheads have a lot of reverb on them, while the snare just has a little bit of plate on it. Which can work well on rock songs. Listen to the intro of Hells Bells by ACDC - the overheads sound like they're in a different friggin room. The kick of course has none. Also, that is a beefy snare, with a lot of low end, but also a lot of crack to it.

I would almost bet money on that the cymbals are recorded separately from the drums on Everlong. Not on any of the other tracks on that album, but this one sounds like that to me. It also sounds like Dave Grohl is drumming on that track.


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