OT: Recording Drums - gear selection

[Rainer Straschill <moinsound@googlemail.com>]

I'm addressing the multitude of drummers and recording engineers here 
for a quick ot question:

I'm about to record a jazz piano trio (p/electric bass/dr) in a sound 
with some slight funk/rock/latin influences, perhaps a mix of Corea's 
80ies self-titled "Akoustic Band" and Brad Mehldau's "Live".

The question is one of recording technology, more specifically, which 
microphones to use for the drumset (bass and piano can be considered 
"taken care of").

The room is average size (ca. 20 m^2), and sounds ok, but not great 
(relatively dry though). The trapset is your standard setup, consisting 
of (20'') BD, SD, 3xTT, HH, RC and 3 Crashes. The drummer is a guy who 
is very capable in tuning and playing a drum kit so it sounds well, so 
those conditions are already "ok".

Soooo, which microphones to use, how to place them, and how many 
channels to use.

There can be up to 20 channels if necessary, however due to logistics 
considerations, I'd prefer to use a maximum of 9 channels for the drums. 
Note also that of the 9 channels, 2 are better quality (TC micpres and 
A/Ds vs. Behringer micpres w/ Behringer implementation of Alesis 
chipset), so it would make sense to recommend which mikes/channels 
should make use of those two better-quallity channels.

The available microphones (this list is not pre-selected in any way, so 
don't be surprised what I list here...):
BD-specific:
AKG D112
E/V N/D 868
Sennheiser e901

others, dynamic:
Shure SM57 (3)
Shure SM58 clone (4)
Beyer M201N (3)
Beyer M88N
Beyer M260 ribbon (2)

others, condenser:
Audio Technica AT 4050
Behringer B2
Rode NT-1A (2)
Rode NT-1
Studio Projects C4 (2) (matched pair) - these come with omni and 
cardioid capsules
Beyer Opus87 (4)
Crown PZM-20D
Behringer ECM8000 (2)
AKG Solidtube
AKG C1000S (2)


I think we all know about that minimum stereo config (and stereo is a 
requirement for me) of 1xBD, 1xSD and 2xOH...which still gives us 5 free 
channels (in the "small" setup): Toms with the Opus87? Additional 
bassdrum e901? And another mic on the hh or ride (which one, and which)? 
Or something different altogether? Does it make sense to have an 
additional pair of "trashy overheads" (SM57), or is it more 
ressource-friendly to get that same effect from the normal OHs and 
processing?

What to use for the SD? What for the OHs (I'd choose C4s with omni 
capsules, because I like omnis)?...

Questions, question.

Thanks for your input,

             Rainer

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