help me out with this budget set of mics!

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hey, my band has some shows coming up next weekend so we're gonna lay down drum tracks for our demo tomorrow. its kind of in a hurry and most of my mics are 5 hours away. what i've got to work with is this

audio technica dr-vx1 - we have 2 of these, they're pretty low budget dynamics, 60-12k range (cardiod)
cad kbm412 - large dynamic for the kick drum, 25-15k range (cardiod)
cad tsm411 - a little tom dynamic, 50-15k range (supercardiod)
shure sm48 - crummy dynamic, 55-14k (cardiod)
shure bg5.0 - a condensor, 70-16k (cardiod)

i'd like to get a decent stereo image but its not REALLY necessary. we're a posthardcore band so we rock the drums pretty hard, 3 toms and 3 cymbals and a hihat.
given that information, what would you do? i've thought of these scenarios


(1) mono
kbm412 - kick
sm48 - snare
bg5 - overhead

(2)
kbm412 - kick
bg5 - snare
tsm411 - floor tom
sm48 - front toms
drvx1 - dual overheads

(3)
kbm412- kick
drvx1 - (2) front toms
tsm411 - floor tom
sm48 - snare
bg 5 - cymbals

(4)
kbm412 - kick
sm48 - snare
bg5 - overhead
drvx1 - (2) front toms
tsm411 - floor tom


on those cheap ass audio technica dynamics, do you think they'd be decent overheads if i unscrewed the grill? or is getting a stereo overhead a lost cause?
 
Kick - cad kbm412
Snare - cad tsm411
Rack toms - dr-vx1
Floor Tom - dr-vx1
Over Head - shure bg5.0
H-Hat - shure sm48
 
i'll definitely try that out. my previous idea of bussing 2 tracks to the computer and another 2 to a fostex mr8 isn't gonna work so i might just settle with a mono track. i'm probably gonna try all 5 of these and i'll let you know :)
 
i ended up doing bg5 as an overhead, tsm411 on the snare and the kbm412 on the kick. it sounds really good. theres a little bit of bleed on the snare/kick mics but i guess i'll try my best to get rid of that. i'm excited to mix everything :) :)
 
treymonfauntre said:
theres a little bit of bleed on the snare/kick mics but i guess i'll try my best to get rid of that.
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Bleed is good.
Use it to your advantage.
Just check and make sure your phase OK.
 
unfortunately the bass drum track has quite a bit of terrible sounding snare drum bleed in it. actually not even "quite a bit".. just annoying when i listen to it on its own. but i'll be honest, its just a demo.. i'm not gonna slave over gating anything
 
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