realization

Today, while recording, I realized that I tend to do a LOT better staying in the pocket while soloing if I tap my foot to the beat while playing. How the hell it took me until now to realize that is beyond me. :lol:

"Realization" is probably the wrong word here, but anyway.. I just mixed down an arrangement, and I'm wondering why it's so fucking hot. Note the discrepancy between the peaks on my master, and the peak in the analyzer. :spock:

I've never been 100% happy with my rhythm tone. I always figured it was something to do with the SM57, because it always sounded very notched and narrow and filtered whenever I used one. I'd finally started to get sounds I liked out of the Nomad, but then I had a change of heart and went for a...