Our town is so hurtin' for drummers that they actually let me play in a band once!
Our drummer moved away last winter. So we are on the bum again, We steal this amazing guy Mike but he is also in 2 other bands.
The way he does it, is the first band to call him and book a payed gig gets his 100% commitment.
He will come do recording with me if I supply the drums, and beer. He loves to play and he is very supportive of my originals.
I don't need to edit his playing ever. But I will replace the kick sometimes.

I had purchased a Tascam us1800 and could not get ot to work correctly. Tried for a week then decided to return it. Got a mackie blackbird. $500, awesome mic pre s  plus it has ADAT lightpipe ins outs.

As far as recording drums go. I get stuck in this mindset that I have to mic every drum and have overheads. I spend a lot of time placing mics and mixing. Then I go back and listen to recordings where I just threw down a kick mic, snare mic and 2 overheads. Spent 5 mins placing mics and off to recording. And am frustrated to say they sound pretty dang good! Seems like the more mics you place you need to have more skill to place and mix in the end. More editing or gating to rid crosstalk bla bla bla. I agree with cactus on this one.  Would much rather have a great live drum performace with only 4 mics then have a canned drum track that sounds great but is not "humanized".