The last two albums that I did, I did a track at a time. The first two I did for Folk Legacy were just using two mikes. The "Mixing" was done by moving people closer or further from one of the two mikes. The panning was done by moving people left or right. Both approaches had their advantages. Doing it track by track, you can get every track as perfect as you want, and balance and blend everything near-pefectly. But, there's something to be said for recording "live," and that's what I decided was best for the CD I'm doing now. There is an energy and spirit that you get when you're singing with other people that you can't quite get singing along with a tape machine, lisening to tracks on a head set that have been previously recorded. Sometimes, you can get all the notes right, and miss the song.
Jerry