Recording

[harps2cool]

Me and the guitarist from my band are trying to record our songs.
I've got an 8-track with 2 mic inputs and (lordy it sounds like I don't know what I'm talking about haha) dual inputs where we can record 2 things at once. I've got a pretty nice condenser mic and a regular vocal mic.

What do you suggest is the best way to record the drums? We've tried hanging the condenser overhead, and that works fairly well. I think we're going to try doing the condenser above and using the vocal mic from below to pick up the bass drum and toms a little better.

Any advice at all would be immensely helpful!

[Ill Mitch]

Put the vocal mic in front of the bass and put the overhead above the drums, ideally above the snare about a foot or so above the highest cymbal.

That's how I've always done it, but I'm no expert. You definitely want the overhead centered over the snare though.

[harps2cool]

Thanks man! I'll give that a shot tomorrow when we record.