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Micing drums for a rock band in my studio for the 1st time

I own a small semi private studio in which i've done a lot of & gotten pretty good with recording & engineering vocals, electronic/digital gear and Guitars. However i have been asked by a friend to consider recording a project with a rock band using all real instruments and have no experience at all with Micing drums. I have listed my euipment below..

Making a Band Sound Better Than They Are

how do let a band now that if you boost the bass frequencies any more on guitar that you won't be able to here anything but rumble, but they insist that they wnat more bass? i know it will soundn like ass and i dont want this coming out of my studio, but they are pretty sure they want more bass on guitars. should i play dumb? i am sure someone has encounterd this problem before...

Multitracking a band on my laptop

I would like to record my band, live, in a multitrack format with my laptop using Sonar as my software. I've determined that I need some type of interface in-between my mixer and my USB port, the majority of which (USB interfaces) seem to only have 2 inputs. Is this maneuver even possible considering that the drums will take 6 tracks, 2 guitar tracks and a bass?