Mic Choice/Placement Advice

[cthulhu]

I was recently hired at a rehearsal "barn" with a studio in it. Our band gets unlimited studio time, and we want to begin recording a DIY EP. Our mic choices are as follows: 2 Shure KSM44's, 3 Sennheiser E604's and 1 Shure Beta 52A. The drumset is a PDP with one rack tom, one floor tom, hi hat and crash on left side.. ride, zil bell, another crash and china on right side.

My question is: how should I utilize this gear to its best potential? The bass drum will most likely be "drumagog'd", as that is the sound we want out of it and 90% of all death metal bands trigger the kick.

I also would GREATLY appreciate a list of some useful plugins and/or EQ tips and tricks to make the snare get that "punch in the chest" feel and the cymbals to sound pillowy. Any help would be very appreciated.

Thanks all!

 

[moresound]

Most important thing to do, to start, is have the drums tuned perfectly.
If this isn't done and done good.....than all else is lost.

 

[Newbie-Doo]

So in 500 words or less you'd like someone to explain to a complete noob how to use somebody else's studio to make an EP for your band?