Recording Drums With 2 Inputs

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I Have A 2 Input Sound Card ..a Behringer Mixer And A Couple Of Oktave Mc012 Condensers....whats The Best Way To Record Drums With Only 2 Inputs?should I Add A 3rd Or 4th Mic And Mix Down To 2 Tracks When Recording Od Just Go Stereo Pr?? Ive Been Recording 2 Condensors In Ft Of The Kit With Pretty Good Results
But Would Like Better..????
 
use 3 of those mics (if u have more thatdbe great)
one input for the bass and snare
and the other input for everything else
(u need 2 mixers for this)

if u want, just get a new card
a couple of audiophiles by m-audio would be good
delta 44, 66, 1010lt, 1010
 
use one overhead mic and a kick drum mic cuz if u mix the drums in the mixer then send a stereo signal to the card u wont have as much control and ull have to get the mix right the first time
 
I Experimented This Weekend With Oktavas Overhead Panned L And R Through Mixer ...and 2 Dynamic Mics One In Bass And One On Snare..in Center..and It Sounded A Lot Better....
 
One In Bass Drum And One Overhead Wont Give The Stereo Image I Want....i Soon Will Upgrade To 4 Input Card..so I Can Tweak Levels In Mixdown ....as For Now I Think Ill Do The 4 Mic Method And Carefully Tweak Before Recording.....
 
thts wut i used to do with my fostex now and i wish i had more control after recording but now i do computer recording and i have a delta 66 4 trs ins and outs so i can do the 4 mic technique with ease
but im sure gonna miss using a mixer to record to the fostex i had a cfx 12 and i ran 6 mics 2 overheads snare kick and i used my friends pair of mk12's as room mics its was beutiful but ide rather get more postrecording expeirience with the individual instruments then later on ill get more inputs
 
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recording into a stereo mix worked for the beatles right?
 
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