Hey, I have about £500 - 600 pounds to spend on 4 microphones for recording drums. I want to get interesting mic's more then anything i guess, no sm57's and the like.

Any suggestions on a pair of overheads, snare and kick for that price?

Or different setup suggestions would be cool.

would be much appreciated as I'm sure a lot of you know more about it then me through practical experience.

a pair of oktava mc012 for overheads.
EV RE20 or AKG D112 for bass drum.
Beyer m201 for snare.

I think it fits your budget.
eliya.

I'll second Eliya's suggestions.

cheers, was thinking of the Oktava 012's and the AKG D112 but never seen that beyer before, looks nice.

Cheers

The Beyer M201 is also really good guitar amps. One of my favorite double duty mics.

well that's perfect then , may have to get 2

I'll second the D112. I borrowed one from my father-in-law and am basically impressed. Easy to get a good sound.

i like the way the sennheiser md21 sounds on kick. i don't think they make them anymore, but there's one on ebay right now.

less bouncy than the d112, more oomf. (i guess that means, what? the attack is slower?)

z00york wrote: I want to get interesting mic's more then anything i guess, no sm57's and the like.

in my opinion the sm57 is still one interessting mic in accordance to snare recordings. it is the only mic that stands an extreme high SPL level...i think (not absolute sure) around 147dBspl.
and your snare is the loudest instrument on takes...mics that do not stand such a high spl level distract the sound of them snares, because they distort easier.

just to defend the sm57!!!

I always get sounds I like better with a Shure Beta52 as compaired to the AKG D112.

Said better sounds are much easier for me to get too.

Never A/B'ed the two on a bass cabinet or floor tom.