This won't help you fix the problem with your current recorded files, but for next time, you should know these few important tips that are often ignorantly overlooked:
1) Did you know (did your drummer know) that drumsticks made of maple (rather than standard hickory) are much softer sounding? They're perfect for recording, but not that great for live if you really want the cymbal ping to carry through the mix. Seriously a HUGE difference here on the ride.
2) Did you know that the type of stick and it's tip style will DRASTICALLY change the tone of the cymbal? The big bulbous acorn style are just terrible imo or any of the "rock" models stick manufacturers are putting out these days. They may be more expensive, but I find Vic Firth's standard stick tip style perfect for cymbals and couldn't use anything but. Tell you drummer to get some Vic Firth American Heritage (maple version) and try those out. They break less too, even thought they are a softer wood! Weird. Also the tips don't chip away as badly.
3) Thicker and/or cheaper cymbals have a much clangier, denser attack and are just plain unusable imo. Especially when you hear them by themselves. These include pretty much all low cost entry level B8 bronze cymbals (
Sabian B8,
Zildjian ZBT, etc.), even in their thinner B8 models. Clangy/harsh cymbals also include "Heavy", "Rock" or even sometimes "Medium" models. For recording, (style dependent of course) you can never go wrong with some good mid-sized crashes between 16-19 in a thinner style. No thicker than say Medium-Thin. Good examples for recording are
Sabian AAX studio and AXXplosion crashes,
Sabian HHX Studio and HHXplosion crashes,
Zildjian A Custom crashes, etc. Same goes for rides...the heavier/thicker they are, the more ping and click you'll get.
Just some rambling food for thought.
