Youtube FTW indeed.
The one thing I'll offer is that if your drummer hasn't already, he needs to go ahead and cut a hole in his front kick head, so you can get a mic all up in there, and very likely get some damping in there, like a pillow or blanket, not necessarily through the hole
. This is the easiest quickest way to get the tight thumpy kick practically everyone wants. If he has no front head, he needs to get one, and then likely get some damping in there like a pillow or blanket, and then cut a hole in the head and put it on
, this is the easiest quickest way to get the tight thumpy but still thick and punchy kick sound practically everyone wants. This of course is for standard pop/rock; trad jazz, extreme metal, etc. have their own aesthetics which will need to be followed.
Oh also new heads, and tune those bad boys, and then break in the new heads so they hold the tune, and tell him to do this the day before so it's not on studio time. And go down to the music store and get every kind of muting/ring controlling thing, gels, rings, tape, etc. so you have some options there. I like the extra thin rings myself, instant punch but still plenty of tone. YMMV.
Good luck, let us know how it goes!