YOu can do alot with 8 tracks. Try the mic technique I suggested above. (ooops, forget to mention that you should use close micing so the drums won't bleed into each other). You'll have to experiment with the exact positions, but get a good sound and save eq's for fine tuning. You'll probably want a noise gate, compresser, and maybe a reverb device. Also, a bass drum mic is essential for a crisp sound if you don't already have one. You should be able to keep well under $1000 with that. With the noise gate, you should turn the threshhold up high enough so that when you hit a drum which is not the one that a particular mic is in front of, you won't here it. This will give your drums more individuality, and prevent bleeding. After recording, apply some eq and reverb to create space. If you want a drum up front, cut the low's a bit. If you want it in the back, cut the high's. Now try some reverb. You can add some to the whole set, or to individual drums. If you get the Roland effects cards, select the reverd for the appropriate drum. It will give you a good starting point. Then go into edit, and agujst the controlls as you see fit. ONce you get a good sound, save your settings as your own reerb for future projects.
There is really no single way to fo this, I'm just giving you one way that I like. Listen to your favorite bands, and try to emulate their placement, and levels as best you can until you decide on your own. If you have any questions specifically on the 1680 (I think that;s what u use), go to
www.vsplanet.com I am by no means an expert on the 1680. Hopefully this should give you something to go on. There are also a coupl eof other topics of drum recording floating around here somewhere...try searching for them.