You'll want to do it in RB, rather than BiaB for recording multitrack purposes.
You can record multiple takes etc. with the 48 audio tracks.

We have done this many times and it is a valid approach.
We used the realdrums to build the idea, then called the drummer in.

Do you have a multiple input soundcard, or are you going to mix them down to stereo?
This is where some people get confused. If you have only a stereo soundcard you'll only be able to get a left/right mix of the drums.
We use M-Audio Delta soundcards (mentioned in Jim's post) with 8 ins each so each drum can have a separate track.. which is preferable to me, but not a deal breaker if you can get a good mix.

We would mic the snare (sm57), put a mic on the kick pedal (57 or 58), then use a speaker-mic in front of the bass drum (10"), then spread the rest of the mics out around the set. If using 'ambient' mics or overheads, try to keep them the same distance from the snare to avoid snare phasing. We usually tried to keep the close mics in a direction where they would reject the snare sound as much as possible, because that will be the one that bleeds over everything if doing rock. Another trick for rock drums (shhh) is to put a metal folding chair beside the snare drum and point a mic at it, to pick up the metalic ring and mix in to suit.

Then remind the drummer to try not to hit any mics while he is flailing away...

Last edited by rharv; 07/17/10 05:22 AM.
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