Help I want to record live to Garage Band

HI; I know this may have been dealt with before but I am a novice and new to it all. I want to record my blues band to Garage Band. The quality of the inbuilt mike is not that good; should I use a usb condenser mike or a mixer in preference??. It has to be simple because I find a lot of the recording technology very confusing. Would really appreciate some input; thanks

It all depends on your expectations. A USB condenser mic is a good way to start. If you want better quality, you'd want to use several mics running through a mixer. If you want to be able to mix after recording, you should look into an audio interface with several channels that will allow you to do a multitrack recording in GB.
Another idea: are you using a PA system? Then feeding the audio from the mixing console might be a good idea, maybe with an additional track capturing the live audio and the audience reaction with an extra mic.
Possibilities are plenty and not so confusing when you think them through ...

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