Dear Musicians --

Please help.

I have this mixer...

Behringer XENYX 1202FX Premium 12-Input 2-Bus Mixer

http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-XENYX-12...NYX1202FX+Mixer

...which has 2 outputs, both 1/4", for L and R.

I want to know what hardware I need to get from that mixer to my computer and put the digital recording into Audacity or Reaper or something similar.

I looking online and found this nice article...

http://m.wikihow.com/Record-Live-Music

...and it suggests that I need an "audio interface" like this.

I found this audio-interface online at Amazon...

Behringer UCA222 U-Control Ultra-Low Latency 2 In/2 Out USB Audio Interface with Digital Output And Massive Software Bundle

http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-UCA222-U...o+interface+usb

...and I am wondering if that is good enough.

Of course, I need to stay within a tight budget here.

I definitely need at least live-recording capability such that all the instruments playing into the mixer get put on 1 track and pushed into Audacity.

Ideally, it would be nice to have a live-recording capability such that each instrument is saved on a separate track.

This is just for rough-cut, live-to-tape, basic recording to capture jam-sessions and rehearsals for our own personal review-- this is not for recording-studio-quality track-recording-- this is just for live-recording and the only re-touching that I would want to do (if any) is to set volume levels so the parts are balanced in volume.

My computer is Windows 7 with USB connectors.


So, I think the questions are...

(1). What hardware do I need to connect my mixer to my computer to record live-recordings as single-track?

(2). What hardware do I need to connect my mixer to my computer to record live-recordings as multi-track?


Please advise.

Thanks.

-- Mark Kamoski