drum kit mic choices

[thejoe]

my buddy is looking at getting his drum mic'd and right now were looking at getting:

4 SM57's (snare, three toms)
1 Beta 52 (bass)
1 Pair MXL 993 Condensers (cymbals)

does anyone on here have any experience with this, i know there arent many drummers, but help if you can.. and i know those probably arent the greatest condensers, but with the bill for everything being well over a $1000, they should do

[Beauford33]

You might consider getting more mics for the cymbals. Two at least (one on each side if it is a balanced set). If not, take a tom Mic and use it, and just put a mic in between two toms.

[thejoe]

ok, so just put one mic between every 2 toms?
and that is a pair of condensers... does he need anything for the hihat?

[Beauford33]

ok, so just put one mic between every 2 toms?
and that is a pair of condensers... does he need anything for the hihat?

Yes, Im going to assume its is a balanced though, so basically a hihat and crash on the left of the bass, a crsh and a ride on the right of the basedrum. I will also assume that it he has to two rack toms and only one floor tom (please correct any of this if it wrong). If we are going for the lowest number of mics, I would say share a mic between the crsh on the left and the hihat, share a mic between the crash and the ride. Then share a mic between the two rack toms with the floor tom gettting its own mic. Snare and kick get there own. But please correct my assumption of the set up so I actually know what you are dealing with.

[thejoe]

thats exactly what he is set up with!

this will minimize the cost a little, thanks a lot for the help

[Beauford33]

No problem, but take what I said as a starting point. Be sure to move things around just to see what sounds best.

[thejoe]

will do

i'll post some kick ass recordings once we get these mics