lol this is gonna be long, but I WILL answer these lol
We recording into a Digi 002 RACK using a DMP3 preamp. using Pro Tools 7.3 onto my laptop.
I can record 6 tracks at one time (thats how many tracks have pres)
I do not (at the moment) have any outboard processors
I AM able to eq and compress every track though, I did NOT in this session
I use a fusion Audix drum set mic kit. (2 toms and a the kick) and a 57 on snare
I have a Naiant X-Q on the left and a Blue Bluebird (thats all i had..) on the right (OVERHEADS)
They were all close mics except the OHs
And yes WE ALWAYS use a click...ALWAYS.. THOUGH some parts may be kinda screwy
KEEP IN MIND WE ARE GOING TO RETRACK ALOT OF THINGS! lol
So there ya have it... not the best set up BY FAR! but I work with what I have for now and I hope I do an ok job with it.
Thanks for the patience and the time! Hope this list helps!
PS... We used a line-in on the guitar (GUITAR RIG) doubled with a 57 near the edge of the cone on my fender deville using a paul and an american tele. on most guitar tracks
OK....
The good news is that you have everything you need to make a great recording, with the possible exception of drum overhead mics.
As far as I can tell, the 002R comes with all the plugins you could possibly need to mix some slammin' tracks. That said, the thing I don't know is if your computer is powerful enough to do all of the real-time processing you would need. All is not lost, if the computer isn't up to the task, as I'm sure you can do off-line processing if you really need to.
The sound of a track always starts with the drums. If you can get a good drum sound, and then add the bass to go with them, it seems like everything else just falls into place. The thing giving you the most trouble in your drum sound, I think, is your using the Naiant X-Q for an overhead mic. That mic is an omni directional electret condenser, and is giving you horrible results. While I'm no expert, you are lucky, because I used to use a very similar set of mics for drum overheads, and I found a way to get around the sound. With these omni mics, you get way too much of the room, and therefore you can only rely on them as a small portion of your drum sound. As an example, I dug up this old track from when I was using those mics as overheads, to give you and idea of what you can achieve
These drums were recorded with a 57 on the snare (like yours) and the electret condensers overhead mics. The one difference was the beta 52 we used in the kick, but the audix you have will give satisfactory results. If you listen to my track on some decent sized speakers, you'll see that I was able to get a pretty powerful drum sound. It's not the best sound by far, not the most organic, but it's in your face and kickin'. What I did was got most of the sound from the close mics. In my opinion, you need to compress all your close mics fairly heavily, and spend lots of time EQing them to get a good sound. Do this without listening to the room mics. When you have a decent sound going, add in a bit of the blue mic, panned center, to give you the cymbals.
You can take the sound from the omni and possibly get some cool results by using it as what I call a "geek mic." What I'll do some times is set it up and record it, and during the mix, compress the hell out of it, and then run it through some kind of emulated tube distressor, or a guitar amp modeler (to give it sort of a "pssst" sound when the drummer hits the high hats), with some distortion. Sometimes, if you play around with the EQ, it can make your drums sound like they're about to catch fire! Add just a little bit of this mic in the overall mix, and make sure to try reverb on it... maybe even a phaser guitar effect.. (think John Bonham, "Kashmir") You don't want to add so much of it that someone would listen to it and think to themselves... "hmmmm... I wonder why the drums are all distorted".... just a smidge to make things interesting.
In my opinion, the compressor and EQ are the two biggest tools you need to master in order to make your tracks sound like your favorite bands. Spend lots of time experimenting with them. Some folks seem to think that "compressor" is a dirty word. Well, to an audiophile, "distortion" is a dirty word. BUT, what would a modern guitarist do without it? To make our recordings sound like we want them to sound, we need lots of compression the way a modern rock guitarist needs distortion. Hopefully, this analogy means something to you, since it seems you are a guitarist.
So, lets work on these drums first. Work on them, and post a drums-only mix for us to listen to, won't you?
Peace!
~Shawn
posted about it! lol... I just really need some feedback.. i really want to get better at this and right now this is the only way i know how 
I really hope you guys will give me some feedback this time!
