Without purchasing a lot more gear, you are fairly limited in your options. I would set up two microphones close up on stands right in front of the band. Try to do a sound check before the performance, record a little bit into your camera, then check playback balance of vocals and instruments through your headphones. experiment with the mic distance to th PA speakers to get the vocal level right. good luck….Steve Crimmel, Painted Sky Recording
I would just transfer the songs in as 44.1 sixteen bit wav files, that way you lose no sound quality. a 200 gig hard drive will hold over 300 full length CDs…Best regards….Steve C.
Hi Jim, I would recomend a Shure SM7 or an Electrovoice RE20. These are dynamic microphones, used by many radio stations. I use them for V.O. work because they are not as sensitive as my large diaphram condensers, therefore they do not pick up as much mouth noise. They work the best for me….Steve Crimmel, http://www.paintedskystudios.com