Setting up a "studio" in my basement, need help

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I've been recording music for about two years, but mostly I record vocals and acoustic guitar. I understand that recording in a basement won't give me the best sound ever, but that's not what I'm shooting for -- I'm perfectly fine with a mediocre sound. I've been wanting to set up something so I can record my drum kit and possibly bass/electric guitar also, but I'm running into quite a few questions.

So far, I've been recording into a condenser mic using my Toneport UX2, and it has done the job well enough for now, but now I will be adding many more microphones and such so I need to upgrade.

What I have are 3 condenser mics, and I just bought a Nady DMK-5 (Drum mics). I was thinking about connecting all of these to a mixer and recording one track at a time (for example, ALL the drum mics at one time, 2 mics for a guitar at one time, 1 or 2 mics for vocals, etc).

I'm not sure what kind of mixer to get though. It does not have to be an amazing mixer and I'm not made of money, but I don't want to keep switching cables every time I want to record something else. I much rather just silence some channels and record with some to get a track done.

I saw a used Behringer mixer at a music shop yesterday that had 5 XLR inputs and I THINK it had a few more normal 1/4th inch inputs right next to the XLRs. Would the drum mics work if connected to the 1/4th inputs?

Sorry for the long, confusing post, I'll clarify anything I need to.

Thanks!