 Re: Drum mics?
Admittedly, the only place I can record my drums is in a garage which has your typical garage stuff in it. It's a horrible room but it's what I've got. As far as mics go I have a Peavey PVM DMS-5 kit which I DON'T recommend for recording...at least not my drums. The kick drum mic in particular does not handle spl the way I expect a kick drum mic to. I will get either the Audix D-6 or the AKG D112 shortly. For snare I already use an SM57 cuz to hell with the supposed snare mic that came in the Peavey kit. I've only ever mic'd the top of my snare but I'll see what happens if I mic the bottom too.
I've heard micing both sides of the kick drum can be good too if you've got two good kick drum mics?
As far as overheads go, that's pretty much out of the question in the room I'm working with. The ambience is disgusting. I've found my best bet is using dynamics to mic individual cymbals. I lose A LOT by doing this but it sounds better than hanging a pair of condensers to pick up that beautiful room boom.
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