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Originally Posted by duckoff  ditto - they sound great, but then so does the whole kit.... and that groove........ so simple, but pushed, pulled & accented in just the right spots.
things that might help ......
1. try to get some vintage hats
2. bury them in the garden for a few months - it helps take the edge off ( also don't clean em )
3. try to play on the hat surface rather than the edge
4. don't play too hard
5. track to tape
6. resist adding top end |
I wasn't particularly familiar with this song (of course, I've heard the title and snippets of it for decades -- I just have avoided the kind of radio that plays that sort of thing since pretty much the 60s).
Putting it on I notice it appears to have an overdubbed hi hat part -- there's what sounds like the hat from the main drum track in the middle and then another, likely overdubbed hat on the left. (You guys probably all know that, I'm guessing, since it's pretty obvious -- but I didn't see it mentioned this far.)
I really have to say that I fail to see the charm of this drum sound. To my ear it's washed out, lacking body and definition. Of course, it's that lite disco thing and you don't exactly want Bonham, so it's probably somewhat appropriate.
But it's certainly not a sound I would
go for -- even if I was producing the modern equiv of this type of music.