Audio Recording

I need a bit of help with getting more consistant audio recordings.
The feed from the recording mixer goes to the computer and the video camera, this recording is what ends up on the internet. Do to compression of files to mp3 some of the sound quality is lost, that is why the better the original copy the better the end result. Does it matter? In the first 4 months of 2008 we had over 15,000 downloads of mp3's and 20,000+ views of online video. We have been transfering over 100gig of files each month.

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Hi Pastor John,
Maybe you’ll remember my family and me – you came to our house to baptize our son last August in West Calgary, with our friends and family gathered around our living room. I only wish we could be at church in person more often – Zach’s napping every Sunday at 10:10, so for now, we listen online. (Thanks for having that feature on your website by the way – kudos to your web designer)

I’ve just listened to the sermon about the Lall tragedy from Sunday. I was so moved and so truly appreciate your message at such a deep level, I felt compelled to email and thank you. Your words give the freedom to grieve, to feel, to question at a time when, though I don't know the Lalls or the Bowermans personally, I'm deeply struck by the situation...

The following would help.
-use the direct send for the pastor, then stereo house send for DVD, announcments
-get a level check on the pastor for recording (so we don;t miss the first few words)
-mute the band and other unused channels when the pastor is speaking, on both the main board (just stereo sends) and on the recording mixer (sub groups will work fine). Don't unmute them until they are done.
-keep the recording peaks around -3db
-make sure reverb and audioence mics are not in with the pastor mic
-save a single copy of the service as a .wav file (in addition to the tracks)

Thanks for your help with this and all of the time and energy you put into this ministry.
Keith