Recording from live to cd

[dabo]

Hi,
I work in a small Arts Centre and got landed the job of upgrading our sound equipment. We want to be able to offer people the basic service of recording their shows on to CD. At the moment we can only record to cassette. I've been trying to see what sort of equipment we would need but honestly it's all a bit confusing. I've seen a lot of different ways to record but I was wondering if anyone has a suggestion on the sort of equipment I should get for just basic live to CD recording.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Dabo

[tourettes5139]

For just straight, two-track recording, the easiest way would be to get a rackmount CD burner, and just run a mixer feed to the recorder, and just use it like you would the cassette. Straight from the board to CD.

[dgatwood]

Originally Posted by tourettes5139

For just straight, two-track recording, the easiest way would be to get a rackmount CD burner, and just run a mixer feed to the recorder, and just use it like you would the cassette. Straight from the board to CD.

Agreed. Word of warning, though. If it's something you care about, I'd have two units separated by a few feet of distance and run them both. CD burning is much more sensitive to sudden shocks than a cassette deck. Nothing would suck more than getting a dropout right in the middle of a critical recording because you stumble and catch yourself by grabbing the rack....

[tourettes5139]

Originally Posted by dgatwood

Agreed. Word of warning, though. If it's something you care about, I'd have two units separated by a few feet of distance and run them both. CD burning is much more sensitive to sudden shocks than a cassette deck. Nothing would suck more than getting a dropout right in the middle of a critical recording because you stumble and catch yourself by grabbing the rack....

That's really good advice. I didn't even think about that.

If you can only afford one burner, at least backup on cassette.

[dabo]

Thanks guys!