I recorded on an electronic drumkit for a company who did music for tv (a while ago)

everything was early...by the same amount of time....we were recording a punk track - the people there firstly wondered what was wrong with their system until i mentioned to them that they wanted a pacey, fast groove...

Drummers will often either be early or late depending on the style - which is why one records drummers instead of programming - to get that pushed or pulled groove going

what you should remember is that any tempo synced effects (such as delays etc) will still be in time....as long as one is consistantly early or late from the beat.

You could also try replacing your metronome 'click' with a more musical simple percussion loop or similar, because sometimes a straight click can be annoying rather than helpful and actually take away from the groove and lead to a 'lesser' performance..clicks IMHO are generally not very musical and quite cutting....

....i remember a thread in this very forum regarding 'best' kinds of click tracks to use with a drummer - and some useful ideas - damned if I can find it now.....


one would usually then lose the click after the drummers done his stuff - so the other instruments groove with the drum rather than work against the groove with a metronome....

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