Dave Mackintosh (DragonForce) comments

The track that has the sweetest drum sound

‘As I Am’

Dream Theater

“The drum sound on this track is so organic but it’s powerful. It’s not over-produced, it sounds like a drum kit. It’s not baked in reverb and gates, it’s just Mike hitting them really hard. I do producing and engineering and I find that if you get your gain structure right, basically you don’t need to EQ anything. If you’re having to gate and compress everything on the way in, you’ve already blown it. Keep it simple.”