Efficient way of recording tracks

[VasanthDavid]

Hi,
I would like to introduce myself as Vasanth david.J from india.. am at present doin my diploma in Audio Engineering in SAE (India).I have another four months before i finish this course.. as i come near to completion i have an 8 track live band recording assignment which i have to finish in about couple of days..
The problem am facing in recording a Live band within 8 tracks is the no availablity of space.. i even cant mic the whole drum kit!!..but i have planned out something which i dont know for sure wether it will work.. my plan goes like this..

Am planning to use
One mic for the bass drum.......Dynamic..Cardioid
One mic for the snare drum.... .Dynamic "
One mic for the first tom...........Dynamic. "
One mic for the next tom..........Dynamic "
One mic for the Floor tom.........Dynamic. "
One for the Hihat......................Dynamic.... "
Two overhead mic's...................Condensors.
So its totally goin to be 8 drum mics just for the drum kit... What i want to know is can i Eq the three toms, Pan them Left center,right and bus them to one channelAnd then Eq The two overheads pan them Left and right and bus them to another channel.. say channel 2 in my A-dat.. now i would be using only 5 tracks for the whole Kit.. is this a sensible thing to do?and is this possible?!! will it tough for me to Eq the Toms and the overheads after i record them to my A-dat..
This is how my drum setup plan goes
and then am planning to record bass guitar with one amplifier (Mic in) and one Line in to D.I box..am latter planning to bus both these channels to one channel which would make it six alltogether so far..the next track i would take in the electric guitar and then the vocals. so by doin this i would be able to take a whole drumkit .
am not very sure whether this will work out..i would be really happy if anyone can give thier suggestions on this..
We have a Mackie 32 channel mixer.. alesis 8 track Adat recorder..
I will be more than happy if anyone out there can help me out in this by givin in thier suggestions..
My mail addy is Vasanthdavid@hotmail.com
or David.vasanth@mailcity.com

 

[Sound Cracker]

Welcome!

If I am not mistaken, isn't that WHAT they are supposed to be teaching you for the $20,000 US dollars you are paying for that school? Okay, maybe it isn't that much for tuition, but no matter what you are spending this question MUST have been discussed till nausea in one of your classes eh?

One thing that can never be taught in a recording school, and can only be learned from experience is that you can do a live mix to a mono recorder and still have stellar sound. Any other tracks available are just bonuses! I am sure that you are not going to get a non-passing grade for trying your idea there, and you will learn far more from actually trying it then waiting for validation for the process.

Give it a try and tell us how it turned out! Maybe upload an mp3 of your work after it is done to be critiqued. I have made clients very happy with less tracks, and didn't even have the benefit of the low noise floor digital recordings have. If you have a pretty good vision of what you want to hear for the song, and a decent room to work in, and accurate monitors, it will turn out just about as good as you apply yourself to it.

Good Day!

 

[Ziller]

If you bus the toms down to one channel, you will loose the left, center and right pan effect. Same with the overheads. Each channel on the recorder is mono. You would have to mix each down to stereo pairs, using up 7 channels for the drums, for the tom and overhead pan to have any effect.