Church Recording

[loudog212]

Hello all. After reading some posts i feel like i found the right place to get help and answers. I will start by saying that i searched the forum but couldnt really come up with the answers i'm looking for.

Looking to record our church sermons. I'm a complete noob in the recording area but have done some research on stuff so i'm learning.

We currently have a Mackie SR24.4 mixer. Maybe i'm wrong but do i have a few different options for my connections. I can go to the "tape out" or one of the aux sends? right? or even main out? 2 of the aux sends are being used for personal listening devices and another for the aux speakers throughout the building. Those both sound great but the recordings to the PC dont sound so great. Theres a bunch of noise but i think i can live with it. Thru messing with Audacity i learned to remove the noise and it works pretty well.

My main issue right now is with volume/over modulation/compression issues i think. I am using the on board Line in jack on the PC. I tried one of the berhinger interfaces and it didnt make a big difference. The send on the mackie that i'm feeding to the pc is it just a matter of playing around to find the right spot on the fader for best quality or should it be always set at the "U". As far as compression goes should i just use the default setting in audacity?

I know i'm all over the place in this post but any help will be greatly appreciated.

THANKS
Robbie.

 

[Thurgood]

As far as sening to your PC, find the best level that does not distort the input to your card. The "U" makes no diference. (it does but that is a little more involved) I take it you are using the onboard card it may be hard to determine what the level is arrving at the input of your soundcard. I bet the behringer would ultimately be better as I bet it is calibrated. (allegedly). For starters switch the aux send now used for public broadcast (other speaker elsewhere) to the input of your card. Use tape out to drive your Other speakers. Second, what you describe may be attributable to what is called gain-staging. Do a google on "gain staging analog mixing board" or some such. Now a question for you: Are the input faders (and trim know if you have one) set lower drastically lower than your output faders/knobs? You really want your inputs and your outputs relatively close to one another. Gimme a sec to look up your board. be back....Ok I am back. Do not do waht I said UNLESS Aux