recording my bands drum tracks/ 1010lt question on micing the kit

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I Have A Delta 1010lt Card In A 1.5 Ghz 512ram .....p4 With Xp
I Purchased The 1010 To Allow Me To Mic Drum Kit Up With Mics On
Each Drum And 2 Overheads, My Old Setup Was A Stock Sound Card
With 2 Inputs Only , Recorded Drums With 2 Condensers....and Didnt Get What I Wanted So I Upgraded Soundcard .....anyway Typically
How Close Should I Mic The Drums And Angle The Mics Towards The Heads....and How Important Is Compression On Inputs??? I Am Limited As Far As Funds And Dont Have An Outboard Compressor....also I Am Debating On Purchaing A Mixer Or Multi Input
Preamp???it Seems I Would Have More Routing Flexibility With A Mixer Than Preamp ??? Anyway Thanks For Any Help In Tweaking My Drum Rec Setup.....

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What Software are you using?

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cakewlk sonor2.0 xl..