LIVE BAND RECORDING

Question

I finally figured out how to use my Alesis Firewire 12 Mixer, designating 8 tracks to record my live band. After configuring each track, recordings came out very well. I record our rehearsals many songs at a time, pausing between each song. On the saved tracks, I can see where the pauses are, but how can I edit just one song at a time instead of the entire recording? Then, how do I mix those tracks and that segment (or song) down to the master track? HELP!
There's no way I want to reconfigure each track again for every song I record... That'd take all day just to do 4 or 5 songs. There's got to be a way to edit and mix each song individually from the entire recording, and then mix that down to a stereo mixed master track.

Answer 1

Then, how do I mix those tracks and that segment (or song) down to the master track?
you could try doing it with automation curves but you'll be making SOOOO much extra work for yourself that you should forget about it as a plan.
There's no way I want to reconfigure each track again for every song I record
you don't have to. create 1 empty project, set it up as desired, and use it as a template. when you want to record a song, open it, do a Save As, and record a song. close it, open the template, Save As, record, etc.