Need advice: First time recording live sound

[Mike1604]

I need some help trying to figure out what would be the best equipment for my particular situation to be able to record sound from a live show. The stage is small and the recording would be for plays. I have all of the gear set up for live sound but want to incorporate recording now. The mixer is the Mackie Sr24. These are pictures I found online of the front of the mixer and back panel. http://medias.audiofanzine.com/images/normal/mackie-sr-24-4-vlz-256886.jpg
http://www.mackie.com/products/sr32-4vlzpro/images/24_4VLZPRORear.jpg

There are 2 passive speakers connected to an amp for the live sound. On stage there are 6 hanging mics and we use 3 wireless mics as well. So my question would be: what would be the best way to record just the sound from the mics that are going into the analog board already?

 

[gecko zzed]

Probably the easiest and cheapest way of doing this is:

1 Get hold of a Behringer UCA202 interface.

2 Down load Audacity (free) or Reaper (not free, but still cheap and more powerful) onto a laptop.

3 Connect the recording outputs of the mixing desk to the UCA202's inputs.

4 Connect the UCA202 to the laptop via USB.

5 Load up Audacity (or whatever) and hit record.