Video recording live shows?

nitromaster

Okay so basically i'm looking for advice more on the audio side of things.

I currently record clips of band's performing for youtube. (not really very specialised equipment...just a kodak zi8 camera for now..which gives decent enough quality considering it's size)

Of course audio quality wouldn't be the best on these videos.
(using the internal mic on the camera for now..i've looked at external sony condenser type mics...but decided to pass on them for now..more useful for bootleg purposes i'd guess)

Now...it seems to get the best audio quality you'd need to record directly from the pa or whatever. (i'm not the best when it comes to audio terms!)

I don't know how the whole system works...is there any way (in general..i know different venues may have different setups) to just hook up a cable from the system to say, my macbook? If not, would i have to have some sort of pass through for each instrument/microphone seperately and keep all the tracks seperately as they come in , then mix them together?
Any video's/recordings would be for local bands + local small venues so i probaly would get the access needed to do any of the above...if it's even possible?

As you can see i have no idea what i'm on about so if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated!

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Adyx

I've often done this with my band - not with video or anything just audio. It's fairly straightforward to do if you just want an overall mix without recording each mic or instrument as a separate track. Most mixers will have a stereo "Tape" out (usually the red & white phono connectors) for just this purpose. You'd need some sort of audio interface, but even this cheap one would get you acceptable results.

The only caveat to doing this is that pretty much every instrument would have to be miked up/di'd to the mixer.