Hey - thanks for that. I have audacity but isnt it just an audio editing tool?
Audacity is an audio editing tool, but you can definitely record with it as well.
You start with your mics. Once you have those, you need a mixer or an Audio Interface. I'm pretty sure the Audix DP7 has 7 mics, so if you're going the multi-track route, you need an audio interface with at least seven inputs. I would recommend visiting
this website to find out which audio interface would work best for you.
If you're mixing it before you record, and you only want a single recording of the whole kit, then Audacity would be fine.
If you're planning on adding effects to your multitrack mix (EQs and Reverb etc.) then I would recommend
Reaper, which (as far as I'm aware) has an unlimited free trial period. It is also really cheap, and does essentially the same thing as more expensive programs. It's not exactly industry standard, but if all your doing is drum covers, then that's all you need.
What you will probably want to do is record audio and video at the same time.
You can use a webcam for video if you want, if you have another video recorder then you can probably use that too (provided you can import the video onto your computer).
So the Audio recording goes into your DAW (Digital Audio Workstation, in other words whichever program you choose to edit audio with) and the video would go into some form of video editor either directly from your webcam, or by importing the video file.
I'm sure there's a bunch of free video editors that would do the job, I use Adobe Premiere, which isn't cheap. Essentially all you need to do is be able to remove the audio from your video track, and replace it with the audio from your DAW. Most video editors should be able to do this.
Hey presto! Once you export your final video, you have a recording with the polished audio. Then you're free to upload it to Youtube.
I hope that answers your questions and makes some sense