jerrysh1 wrote: I made my own Ribbon Mics and they sound like royer 121's

:shock:
That's a big statement.
Can you back it up with pics and samples?

earth works drum mic kit

cool! Pics and samples please!

My current mic list is:
Overheads QTC50's
Low Tom Rode NT2
Mid Tom AKG C3000
High Tom AKG C3000
Snare 2 SM57's
Kick ATM25 Skin, D112 Inside
ROOM: U87

4x km184 Neumann (oh, sn bot, hh)
2x sennheiser 904
1x sm57 shure
1x beta91 shure
1x audix d6

usually ms for roomsound: tlm103+c414buls

Snare- SM57
Rack Toms - 2 x SM57
Low Tom - D112
Kick - EV RE20
OH - 2 x Rode NT55 (Cardioid)
HH - NT5

All of the mics in my studio could be considered to be drum mics.......

I usually use :

snr: SM57(old) SM57(newer) Audix D2,i5,D4,D1

sml toms: SM57,Audix D2,D4, AT4033, ADK A51, SM81

Lrg toms: SM57, Audix D2,D4 AT4033 ADK A51, Shure PG52, ATM25

Kik: ATM25 Kel HM1 Shure PG52 SM57 Audix D4 U87

Room: U87, AT4033, ADK SC-T, Octava MK 319, SP B3, SM81

Its all about the tuning. ANY mic will capture sound. Some are purposefully designed to do certain things. Its good to find 'other' things these purposeful designs work well on.

Kik In - D12, D112 or D6 (contemplating Beta 98 )
Kik Out - AEA R84, Peluso P47, 414 or D6
Sn Top - Beyer M110
Sn Bottom - 57
X-Stik - Beyer M110 or Beta57
R1 - 421
R2 - 421
R3 - 421
R4 - 421
Ride - Beyer M110
OH - Either Royer SF-12 or Matched Pair of Peluso P12's
Room - Either RCA 44BX, AEA R84, Pair of NT2's, or Pair of 4033's

All SM57/58s here.