Does anyone know where I could find some basic pictorials for teaching a group of church members how use a daw (probably audacity) to record sermons?
 
This will be one track per session (Sunday sermon) and they probably will do no editing (at first). They just want to capture the sermon and print to a cd. I will talk them through this on Saturday, but I wanted to leave them with some docs or pictures on how to do this. I going into this knowing they have never done anything more than adjust a fader. :)
 
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musicroom
Does anyone know where I could find some basic pictorials for teaching a group of church members how use a daw (probably audacity) to record sermons?

Go to google.  Use this search string:
 
audacity site:youtube.com

Audacity might be is overkill. You really only need a simple wave editor like Waveshop. Once it is configured all you do is hit record. A couple of screen captures should be enough to show someone how to get it going with it.

Thanks, I'll check both of these suggestions out.

For a church to record the service, a simple recorder is all that is needed. hit record and set back. nothing fancy is required...as a matter of fact, the simpler, the better. Most church "sound techs" are volunteers who know nothing about sound. So it pays to keep it simple.
 

Agreed. Even a simple app on a phone with a line in would work.

You guys are right, however it still leaves this group with having to get the recording back into the computer to burn a CDR after the service. I sat down with them Saturday night with Audacity. They understand part of the concept and with the aide of some powerpoint slides they were able to record yesterday's sermon. After using Audacity, I think I'll keep my eye out for another daw software solution. Need to keep costs down for them, so Audacity it is for a while. 

Audacity is great for what you need it to do. If they are using a Mac Garageband is worth a look.

I think great is subjective.  :)  However, seeing that it's free, that part is amazing.

Exactly why I threw in the Garageband part. I know someone in that church has one and its easy (FREE) and there are tons of YouTube videos on how to use it.