[who_would_fardels_bear]

In a related story, the drummer responsible for most of the music in the 80's was found dead yesterday after he had accidentally slipped and fallen into a bathtub:

[CommerceComet]

I was talking to a professional musician once who mentioned that the first part of the recording that is done is the percussion track which is laid down by a studio drummer who he described as a human metronome. I didn’t get a chance to ask him, so I’ll ask you, why not use a machine? Is there a tonal difference or some other way to tell if it is human or a machine?