I am retired, on a modest pension, and attend an acoustic music jam session once a week The jam is held in a local restaurant with anywhere from 8 to 18 musicians sitting around a large round table. We have some REALLY good musicians here and a few good voices.
Instruments usually include guitars, mandolins, banjos, stand-up bass plus whatever else shows up and I would LOVE to be able to record some of these sessions.
I envisions an ideal setup being 4 to 8 wireless mics (to avoid running cables across the floor where people will trip on them), a mix of dynamic and capacitor mics, including volume control for each on the receiver(s). Each mic would feed to one channel on a digital recorder.
After the session I would load the digital files on to a PC to do the mixing (maybe with Audacity?) and mastering to produce a digital stereo "master" which I would then make available to the musicians (in whatever format they prefer).
Being retired, finances are limited and the operation would be non-profit so I am wondering what I could afford (under $1,000) to accomplish this. Maybe it isn't even possible on my budget?
Thanks for your consideration and suggestions!
Instruments usually include guitars, mandolins, banjos, stand-up bass plus whatever else shows up and I would LOVE to be able to record some of these sessions.
I envisions an ideal setup being 4 to 8 wireless mics (to avoid running cables across the floor where people will trip on them), a mix of dynamic and capacitor mics, including volume control for each on the receiver(s). Each mic would feed to one channel on a digital recorder.
After the session I would load the digital files on to a PC to do the mixing (maybe with Audacity?) and mastering to produce a digital stereo "master" which I would then make available to the musicians (in whatever format they prefer).
Being retired, finances are limited and the operation would be non-profit so I am wondering what I could afford (under $1,000) to accomplish this. Maybe it isn't even possible on my budget?
Thanks for your consideration and suggestions!