Tons of drums & no knowledge

[GorillaProblem]

Howdy...
I need some real basic knowledge on how to put together a drum set, how to mic it, adjust it,
... all the stuff I need to do to record it.

I inherited several drumsets from my late brother in 1993.
Rogers, Yamaha... about 20 sabian cymbals, paiste etc... double kicks and tons of
other stuff I don't have a clue about...

Since then, I've been trying to continue recording in the studio without him using drum machines, ie...
http://members.rogers.com/schmange5/Scary.mp3

... but I'm constantly being told that the 'canned' drums sound awful. (which they do)

Soo.. what I'm intending to do is partially assemble his old drumsets and re-record, one at a time,
each piece... ie, re-do the hi-hats, toms and cymbals and then sample the kick and snare and
assemble the whole thing.

Is there a half decent web site anybody knows about that would help me, with diagrams, how to put
this stuff together, how to mic it... sampling advice etc etc...

[postalblue]

try using the search function, and reading everything you can find about the subject.
also try getting a couple of books on the subject, like the 'drummer's studio survival guide' and the bob gatzen drum tuning video.
a few links-
http://www.drumweb.com/profsound.shtml
http://www.prorec.com
http://www.musicbooksplus.com/prorec.htm

[postalblue]

also, try this thread-
http://homerecording.com/bbs/showthr...threadid=23824

[pratt]

check out this page:

http://www.drumsdatabase.com/


there are links to numerous pages covering various drumming topics -
there are a couple of topics specific to what you want (setting up a drumset, tuning)

here's the best tuning page that I've seen (Professor Sound's Drum Tuning Bible) - this isn't linked from the previous page:

http://www.drumweb.com/profsound.shtml