Question on home recording quality.

[musicforthemasses]

Me and my band are considering investing into a MRS 1608CD to record ourselves. Our other option was going into the studio with a real producer to be recorded. However, we would have to record everything in a short amount of time and we could record fewer songs. however weve been at the studio before and the quality of the final product was amazzzingg.
http://www.purevolume.com/ifallelsefailsny <--those are them if ur interested
The only problem my bandmates have with recording ourselves is the quality of the recording. im sure the guitar and bass will coem out fine but how would drums sound? the guy at my guitar store says we could get away with 4 mics. im not expecting to get the sound of a studio but i dont want it to sound like someone put a cassete player in their practice area and hit record either.
does anyone have any samples of drums recorded on 4(cheaper) mics at home?

[NoMoreHate]

My band (coincidentally called Opium4themasses) recorded drums using ONE, fairly cheap, mic. Doesn't sound like cassette quality but doesn't sound anywhere near studio quality. Decide for yourself. www.purevolume.com/opium4themasses

[moaner]

4 mics is plenty for drums, amnd if 2 are condensor it'll be the qyality, rather than the number of the mics that'll be the thing reducing quaity. as a rule, go into a real studio for a high end EP or an album, but demos, and maybe Eps are ok to do yourselves. Just remeber to put time and effort into it. high quality home recordings don't make themsleves.

[KKKKKocaine]

Study, Study and study more.
Make notes of useful e.q. frequencies, Research into drum miking techniques, Whether you are best off DI'ing guitars and basses or miking them up.
Are your instruments perfectly tuned?
Trust me on this one, a bad sounding drum kit cannot be compensated with e.q. and nice mics, a good mix starts with a good recording, spend alot of time miking the kit and experimenting with setups.
If you are home producing this and do not have experience with studio work and techniques, you need to take things slow, spend alot of time on each song, don't get worked up about doing 5 songs in 10 hours, in reality, setting up and perfecting things.

Your frist attempt may not produce the best results, but stick at it, learn every single trick with your recording unit, they all have their own little advantages and techniques that will help improve recordings.

Before your session plan everything, will the drummer need a click track? Would a MIDI backing track help more?
Do you know roughly where you want to put your mics?
Do you have a pop filter?
Are you familiar with the unit? This last one is important, play with the unit first, just record a guitar maybe some vocals in your spare time, Do you know any problems that may occur and how to sort them out e.t.c.

Just be prepared and take your time with the recordings.
Good luck.

[NotForSale.co.za]

I recorded my band's drums with only 4 mics, and the result was amazing. 2 overheads, 1 Shure SM57 and 1 bass drum mic. If u use msn messenger, give me you're address, and i'll send a clip to u.

[musicforthemasses]

first off thanks everyone for answering(especially KKKKKocaine. u rule)
and notforsale, sry i dont have msn but my email is nyguitargeek511@yahoo.com

like i said we have been in the studio for 2 songs so i gota look at how the producer did things. and yes ill do plenty of research. if our band goes in this direction expect me to be around here alot more.