I wish I could share a method for all of you, but the fact of the matter is that I only have one decent microphone, a Sennheiser e835, and no budget to purchase any more equipment. I'd like to record a 4-piece Slingerland (1965) kit and still end up with something worthwhile. There ought to be one place to put a microphone and still get something that sounds resonably balanced. I assume that it just involves a lot of experimentation and ingenuity, but any suggestions are welcome.
If this fails, I have three more microphones I could use: two high-impedance box mic from a 1960's RCA stereo reel-to-reel – practically no bass, really piercing high-midrange; a piece-of-crap computer microphone. Any more suggestions?
edit: A last resort is just recording the drums from a distance and boosting individual hits with recorded samples of the drums (or just using a drum machine, but I would am really curious about the above question)
If this fails, I have three more microphones I could use: two high-impedance box mic from a 1960's RCA stereo reel-to-reel – practically no bass, really piercing high-midrange; a piece-of-crap computer microphone. Any more suggestions?
edit: A last resort is just recording the drums from a distance and boosting individual hits with recorded samples of the drums (or just using a drum machine, but I would am really curious about the above question)