audix hm i think we dont even get those here in germany :)
hey wired, miking the side of the snare sounds like an interesing idea i´ll try that sometime :D
about the snappy stick sound for the sm57s on toms...thats exactly the sound i prefer most of the time...its a matter of preference i guess :)
hey suffer, if those shure mics are to high-priced for you, theres lots of copies out there...but unfortunately i cannot really tell you which ones are great and which ones arent...
if you find a cool music store, try renting some mics to check them out ... might spend a couple of bucks for rental fees (5-10 $ per mic/day around here), but its a lot cheaper than spending gazillions of dollars on mics and then discovering that they are not at all what you were looking for ...
