how do i record drums please please help

[colorfastmusic]

I have a digi 001
2 FMR audio RNC comps
an avalon 737 sp
2 octava overheads
an ev re20
an a sm57
a studio projects c1
a rode classic tube mic

what do i need to do to get a good sound, becuase its not working, im not talking about the obvious, yes the drummer is good, spends a ton of time tuning, the room is fine, everything is good, but my knowledge of how to do it. how many more MIC PRES do i need? Do I need EQ, any more compression channels?
I want to bypass the digi 001's preamps because they are harsh and blow ass on any recordings i have done.

I am thinking i may need a sytek, or a focusrite octopre, or??

Give me some suggestions on what I should do.. help me out..

 

[regebro]

what do i need to do to get a good sound, becuase its not working, im not talking about the obvious, yes the drummer is good, spends a ton of time tuning, the room is fine, everything is good, but my knowledge of how to do it. how many more MIC PRES do i need?

Isn't there a drum forum? Anyway, you are throwing gear at a non-gear problem.

I'm definitely no master of micing up drums, but if you have a good souding kit in a good sounding room, you should basically be able to do it by putting up two mics in your favourite stereo recording way, and go ahead. That should be it. If it isn't the kit or the room is not "good sounding".

And then you'll need to compensate. For example, to get less room noise, move the mics closer. if the crashes and toms are too loud, aim one mic at the kick (where the beater hits the head) and one at the snare (from above). When the kick and the snare sounds good, try it out, pan them slightly, one to the left, one to the right, and you have a stereo sound.

If you can't get a good kick and snare sound without putting the mic in the kick and stick the mic straight to the snare head, then you'll need overheads to get the rest, and maybe a couple of other mics to get some toms up to level.

Then, of course, if you don't want the drums to sound like they sound in real life, you have a completely different problem. But then you'd probably be better off putting closeup mics on everything, in a dead room, and then processing the hell out of every sound separately.

And of course, even with a stereo recording, you can experiment with compressing and EQ:ing the hell out of it.