I don't think we could operate if we had to pull down everything each week.
I'd stick with a mixer and get a usb sound card with a line in on it.

People like mixers. Also, we use something called A Level Devil which means
that even the most ham fisted person cannot overload the recording, a thing
which you will find is much worse digitally than in analogue.
Save your money on new mixers and tell the committee you need a room to
use permanently. Play the blind card with the council and offer to do
their accessible stuff cheaper than anyone else does and you will find
things suddenly change... grin.
Brian, Kingston Upon Thames TN.
We are not actually fully digital yet, but the plan is to use existing
resources mixer wise, indeed, at home where some bits are prepared ahead of
time, I have a mixer connected to a computer .
Bg

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"Mike Scott" wrote in message
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Any ideas please on the cheapest and/or best way of getting 6 channels of
microphones connected to a laptop?

I'm looking at upgrading a Talking Newspaper's systems from the current
'70's-standard analogue system. There's a need to minimise the number of
boxes, and to de-skill the setup (it has to be taken apart each week -
we'd love a dedicated home for the studio!!)

We don't really need a full mixer - my thoughts are to get the signals in
and do any needed switching or mixing in software, possibly bespoke.

Any other thoughts and pointers welcome.

TIA.

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Mike Scott (unet2 at [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk)
Harlow Essex England