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Types of Mics needed to get professional sound

Ive been in a band for 2 years and we have 3 members; 1 vocalist/electric guitar, 1 bass player, 1 drummer... we have an emx5014c mixer, and two Yamaha br-15 speakers, the music we play is mostly hard rock/punkish/scremo. .we will be using a mac book to record. can anyone recommend professional mics for vocals, guitar, bass,and hi-hat mics.

My drum mic setup

I was hoping to rob some of you of your hard work and experimentation. I have an M-Audio Large Diaphram, Blue Bluebird, AkG perception 150 cardoid, Shure cardiod, and an sm58A Beta. I have a sure m-268 4 channel mixer and an Mbox2 which will allow me to use all 5 mics. What would be a solid arrangement to at least start tracking with (i.e.