Recording drums w/ 2 mics

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I've got an Apex condensor mic, and then just another Apex mic (the kind you'd been used to sing live)

Anyways, I've got the second apex right by the bass drum, but I don't know where to place the condensor?

I want to get the snare drum and hi-hat sound most.
 
Well you could keep the second mic by the bass drum and use the condenser as an overhead positioned above the snare and the hi-hat or you could try the "Recorderman" technique. I'm not sure how it would work with one dynamic and one condenser, but you can look it up and try it out for yourself.
 
+1 for Recorderman

I did some goofing using Recorderman in a lousy room with a couple of cheap dynamic mics and the results were surprisingly good...
 
The recorderman technique might not pan out to the sides nicely or evenly with vastly different mics. It's worth a try, though. Here are some other things I might try in your situation:

Dynamic mic in front of the kick, condenser over the drummer's shoulder or overhead pointing at the snare.

Dynamic mic in front of the kit, about two feet out, pointing at an imaginary point right between the kick and snare, condenser back say ten feet as a room mic.

Condenser in between the snare and kick (i.e. next to the side of the snare), pointed at the drummer's leg that's operating the kick pedal. Dynamic in between the lowest two toms, at top skin level. You might think I'm crazy with that condenser position, but if it's a relatively wide cardioid then I'd try that in the hopes that both the kick and snare will fall within the edges of my pickup pattern. The dynamic would just reinforce what I'd be missing from the rest of the kit.

What kind of condenser is it? If it has selectable patterns with a figure-8 pattern, you might be able to work out a Mid/Side setup.

Since the mics don't match, stereo might be a little funny anyway and you might have to go mono. If you decide that's the case, try a few different positions for each mic just by itself. In a good room (this is key), I got great results once with a single mic suspended over the drummer's head.
 
Looks like you can run the Apex 415 in a figure-8. It will take some work, but I think you should really look into mid/side micing if you want stereo. It might be your best bet for a good left-right balance given your microphone selection.
 
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