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I want to record songs I and my band wrote, so there is a guitarist a keyboardist, a singer, a drummer, and a bassist. what is the minimum amount of equipment i need to use to record all those into one track? and i dont wanna spend thousands of dollars. If it will be thousands of dollars, does anyone know a recording studio near Napa that i can use?

If you want it to sound anywhere near like a professional recording, don’t use a single microphone and a recording device. It will sound generally awful and muddled.

You need a microphone for each instrument/person (Shure’s SM57 is a good all-rounder), a mixer and a decent audio capture box for the computer. Something like the Firebox is a good start, or if you’re on a strict budget, Creative’s Audigy line are acceptable.

The built-in microphone preamp and line-in capabilities of all computers are not good enough for your uses. Don’t use them as your track will come out sounding tinny and "thin".

A four-channel mic mixer can be had for fairly cheap second-hand – try ebay.

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