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artCROSS
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I have a very crappy pulse drum set (sells about 150 on musiciansfriend) but i love it to death. It does what i need it to do, which is mainly to let out some aggression
However, i've been wanting to record it, in a mix with piano, distorted, clean, and acoustic guitar, and a bass, and I'm completely new to drum micing. My question is, is it worth it to buy an atm25 for the bass and a sm57 for the snare (using my existing condensers as overheads) or should i just buy one of those nady/samson/at drum mic kits that are $200 or less. Since the drums aren't high quality, would it be a waste of money to shell out for a nice kick/snare mic that would be limited in recording a decent sound source, or would using crappy mics just make a crappy set sound crappier?
also, i heard i could make the worst set sound better if i just put some decent heads on it...true or false? Any constructive advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

also, i heard i could make the worst set sound better if i just put some decent heads on it...true or false? Any constructive advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!