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You are going to have to experiment to see what works in the room- getting a balance with two mics is possible but it would be better if they were condensers.
Try them as overheads but I reckon what will work better is one close to the hi hats and snare and one close to the kick/ride cymbals and then use the pan controls to try to get some sort of limited stereo balance.
You'll get a degree of spill from the other 'side' as it were but because of proximity effect you'll find they are thinner and lower in volume.
If that doesn't work then try a mid depth stereo room mic type of affair- about 1m form the kit and pan each side a bit.
Don't go too wide- it won't sound natural.
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You can use your phone as a cheap drum room mic ... place it as far away in the room as poss and once recorded import the audio file into the daw so it sits with the other tracks
One thing you could try is positioning a single mic somewhere near the drummer's right knee, pointing at the snare. That should get you a reasonable balance of all the different drums, then if any of them aren't loud enough you can position the other mic to capture that.
I think in this situation it's always going to be some quite severe compromising, I'd position the mics based on the part and the song - ie if it's a jazzy thing try a pair of overheads, if it's heavier stuff and the kick will be important, put one of them down near the kick to get more of that and put the second one somewhere complimentary.
Sometimes you can get good snap off the kick and snare with a mic a couple of feet out near floor level at the side of the kit so it can see the kick batter head and snare underside. Or if the part's got lots of toms, try the "weedywet" method - a mic in front of the kit quite close in, kinda looking at the snare over the high tom at around belly height, and a mic at the side of the kit at hip height, kinda looking at the snare over the floor tom. position for stereo image and balance of toms to rest of kit.
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However, having a mic on the kick as well will definitely improve things, if you can find a way to get an extra mic in there.