Most mixers have a variety of outputs. There's no reason you can't use more than one output simultaneously. Heck, in a pinch you can get "Y" adapters to split the sound into the CD recorder, a computer for hard drive recording, and into the camcorder. If your camcorder only has a mic input then you'll have to get an attenuating patch cord as the output from the mixer will be way too hot.

I do like the idea of feeding the audio into the camcorder. This way you'll get a combined audio/video signal as you record and won't have to do any sync after wards.

No straight to DVD recording. We need to edit. I like mutliple audio capture options and the feed into the video camera. We need two "prosumer" cameras (Sony and/or Cannon, HD), a switcher, a computer, and probably the accessories that come with that (adapters, tripods, backup drivesetc.). We have a 40 channel Yamaha IM-8 sound board (not sure of the outputs on it) and a tascam 750 recorder.

Lighting is pretty decent. Want to be able to get video from 1) switcher feed and 2) the two individual cameras (from their hard drive or miniDV). I'm a video guy just learning the audio stuff.

I'm not sure I understand. Editing takes time, and yet you want to distribute these right after the service??

brighterside,

The OP is talking about realtime multiplexing. It's nearly a lost art, but one guy, two cameras, a deck, and a paddle was the "only" way to go for live event shooting up until the late 1990s. I know exactly what he is talking about and I still have dozens of event tapes done that way, some quite well.

With a fast DVD replicator it should be no problem at all to get the discs in the hands of the faithful by the end of luncheon.

GBI: When you say "We need to edit" do you mean that after the services you're going to sit down and edit on the Vegas timeline from the multiple sources and then render for DVD and make copies? It seems like that will take quite a bit of time. (But maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean by having CD's and DVD's available "right after services".)

If you really want DVD's ready at the end of the service, you might be best off with a regular DVD recorder -- like people use to record TV shows. Get a 4-input video switcher and you can have your two cameras feeding into it, plus maybe the output of your power point prejection screen (if you have one) feeding into it, then run the output of the video switcher to the input of the DVD recorder. Run audio from the soundboard to the audio inputs of the DVD recorder.

Hit record at the start of the service, do the camera switching live, and finalize the DVD at the end of the service. Make copies in a dedicated DVD duplicator. This is pretty much what musicvid was referring to. No computer required.

Tim L