Hello:

My church group will be playing at a college gym with 1000+ people in attendance. I would like to get a "good" recording of our performances but have limited equipment and an even more limited budget. I have 2 Beheringer C-2 Condensor mics, and Alesis 8 track mixer and my laptop with firewire interface box running cubase.

I know that condensers require phantom power which my mixer has, but I have no clue where to put them or how how high up they should be. There will be a sound tech running a board/PA but I don't think the drums will be mic'd and I won't have a feed from the board available.

I would really appreciate any ideas including mic placement (how far back can I go), basic mixer settings (e.g. if distance = 30 feet then adjust eq...bla bla), etc.

Thank You in advance.