Scotty: LOL with the midi stuff! I just spit coffee all over! Hahahahahahaha! Yeah that Taylor is sick sounding...sick in a good way. :) Yeah drums for this sort of stuff will always be subjective I feel. When I listen back to some of the older music, it almost sounds like they used their hands or brushes more than a stick attack....so I'm cool either way with that. I was just blown away by the quality, performances and production on this. Then again, you always outdo yourself...so you've spoiled us. :)
Shad: you won't get a beating from me....there's never enough reverb on things for me! LOL!! That's one of my old 80's habits that I've been trying to get out of for years. But just about everything I hear can use a bit more verb. Hahahahaha! One thing I have learned about that though, the better the reverb, the more you hear it yet it's not over-dominant. I've been using the EMT 250 from UAD, really good impulses and the Lexicon stuff. They are so lush and transparent, you can use them a bit more and they don't sound like over-kill. As long as you keep decay tails to a minimum, they really do a nice job.
-Danny