3 drum mics & 2 tracks?

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Hey everyone,
can some give me a little insight on what the best way to mic a drum set with 3 mics, and 2 tracks. . . either using a pair of overhead condensers, and a kick mic, or a single overhead, and a kick, and snare mic-- what's the simplest method, and what mics should go to what tracks?

The plan is to use a 4 channel sub-mixer, and plug the 3 drum mics into the mixer, and send that to my 424mkII, recorder using 2 tracks.
 
I myself would do overhead/kick on one track and snare on the other.
 
Depending on the mics, I would go with two overheads in an X-Y or Modified Spaced Pair and panned Left and Right to taste, and a kick mic panned dead center. Run the L and R outputs out of the mixer into the two tracks and pan the two tracks hard Left and Right on your recorder. Then submix the three mics as suggested before. It'll take a little bit of work to get the perfect balance, but it'll work.
 
it depends on two things, what style of music are you recording and how confidant you are in commiting your sound to tape.

for rock- heavy pop, i would go kick in one channel, snare and o/h (or perhaps front of kit) in the other channel

for soft pop- jazz - blues etc. kick and stereo o/h mixed and commited!!

this is pretty general advice and would probably vary depending on the mics you have at hand, and other inumerable factors
 
hmmmm, interesting

well, I was hoping to get my kick on its own separate track, (*just to have more control over the lower bass drum sounds) and the pair of overheads on track 2. But, with that configuration-- basically its a mono drum sound (which is not bad) But, I was hoping to get that stereo sound.

However, if I go with the kick on Track one and OH's on Track 2, then I only have to use one condenser mic, . .right? since it will be recording in mono anyway. . .?

Also, the music is Pop, light rock, R&B/Soul stuff. .
 
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