[Jay Kahrs]

I read the whole thread. My response was based on the last paragraph of the post before it. I got the feeling he wanted to go to a studio and do all that stuff in 2 days. I get people asking me to do that all the time and rushing around just ain't worth it. Most people have all they can do to setup and cut drums for 3-4 songs in a 10 hour day.

The key to minimal miking on drums (3 mics or less) is to have a great player followed by a good room. The gear is secondary to the source. YMWV on that. If the goal is to record drums just for a demo throw out a pair of mics. Something like a PZM and Beta 52 or D112 in the kick. That'll be good enough to get the basic idea down, might even be cool enough to use for a NIN-sytle thing in the final product. It's happened to me once or twice.