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Click below to hear an example of microphone placement around a drum kit using only two mics.

drum kit

The first position (0-1.00) is using a SM58 snare side and a PG56 floor tom side. Both are snare height and in line with the batter side of the kick, two feet from the kit pointing towards the snare.
 
The second position (1.00-2.00) is using two PG56s. Both are one foot from the floor and five feet apart, approx three feet from the from the resonant side of the kick, pointing upwards at 45 degrees.
 
The third position (2.00-3.00) is using an RV10 condensor and a PG81. Both are approx seven feet high and six feet in front of the kit, approx fifteen feet apart, pointing slightly downwards towards the centre of the kit.