al12, this is some comments on your recent post. First, let me say that I listened on some very lowly "office" type multimedia speakers, through the PC's built in sound. That said, I loved it, and would aspire to make similar recordings myself. I do wonder how it was recorded, and would love a more detailed account. The first thing that occurred was that I could hear many individual things quite distinctly -- so distinctly that I'm guessing these were electronic percussion? Panning is very distinct for each sound. Nice sounds, though (with the exception of the Bass drum, which had too much beater sound for me, something that could be caused by my speakers, I suppose). But overall I like the whole drum set sound. If these sounds are samples, would you mind letting me know what kind? On the guitar I am guessing that there is a good deal of direct sound from a good set of internal pickups. Again, I'd love more details on what was used. Bass: makes me want to give this song a listen over my studio monitors. Good punch, and I suspect the tone is nicer than these speakers will tell. I'm guessing this also was recorded direct to mixer or through a preamp. The balance is so good on these speakers that I suspect there may be too much bass... I need to hear this out in the studio!