Colin,

I agree about it sounds better (without) the this particular drum track and also know that several types of percussion style would work as well. I may throw a few light cymbal hits in with plug-ins, not sure.

I was experimenting and striving for a "unique" and more contemporary percussion track--and probably was a little guilty of rationalizing that track as well. I also remember the issue last year on a song in which we discussed where I had a drum track that had a few beats off, but more so it wasn't aligned correctly which would have been more my fault--don't remember if it was the same drummer however. I have been guilty of inadvertently mis-aligning a track. I'm still learning and hopefully improving with my DAW software with every song I produce and engineer for sure.

Thanks for popping back in for a follow up. I've marched to the beat of a different drum all my life--but you know that!

steady-eddie.