Conversely, with the bass amp and microphone located in another room there is no evidence of Todd's drumming on my allocated track on the tape machine. The same holds true for all the guitars, keyboards, and percussion as well. This is when Todd willsit at his drum kit and will be asked by John or the engineer to continually pound the snare drum until a kick ass sound is acquired along with a good recording level. The engineer is the guy who tweaks the recording levels and deals with microphone selection and placement. It is his job to capture the purest tones on tape.
Engineers are usually experts in the field of electronics and sound reproduction.
Most producers are engineers while not all engineers are capable of being producers. John Keane is an excellent engineer and you will see that this is the first album where John actually had someone engineer the recording for him. This process getting sounds can be rough on drummers, as their particular skill is such a physical one. After Todd has been through the ringer it is Sunny's turn. Due to the large number and sensitivity of the microphones on his percussion rig he gets his own room.