I am getting an api 3124. I will be running my kick and snare through it and don't know if I should run my OH's or my 2 toms through it to take up the other 2 channels. This is my first nice preamp so I don't what would get better use out of the 3124.

Greetings,

My studio is located in a large production house. I have one iso room that's fairly small (11' x 11') with an 8' height. I've always recording drums in there with pretty decent results (or at least to my young ears.) right outside my studio is an enormous warehouse. I've always heard that you should always use the highest ceiling possible for recording drums, but is this overkill?

how do the RODE NT5 condensers fare as drum kit overhead mics?

What would you guys suggest for drum overheads? So far I've been looking at AKG 451's or AKG C414's.

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I really have never done a mic kit. I will prolly go with the infamous Shure setup. I will use 4 mics for the toms/snare, one for the bass drum. .i am sure i need to mic the cymbals. so i was guessing 2 overhead mics would do(which ones are good and inexpensive).

I'm buying drum mics this month. .this is what I've decided on:

Snare: sm57 X2
Toms: Sennheiser e604 X3
Kick: D112

Should I be getting different mics?

I still need OH's. .I don't know what to use for that. I don't have much room in the budget, will samson's work ok? or some other cheap-o condensor?

Hi. I have my whole studio ready to go except I dont know how much 4 inch foam to put above My drum platfoam. The platform is 8ft by 8ft 64 sq. feet. Please help if you have any suggestions.
Thanks,
Nippdog

I'm a drummer, but I really don't know how to EQ my kit. Well I can eq the bass drum, but can some of you guys and girls give me some EQ settings like, Where my highs, mids and Lows should be for each drum. Disregard the fact of what kind of music I'm playing I'm just curious to hear how you guys do it. So i can give it a shot.

Thanks a lot.