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That Yamaha setup is sweet.

There's a lot of options out there and how you want to mix.  We play a lot of bars and smaller venues so we generally only mic the vocals and allow the guitar amps to do the work.  That makes mixing a bit more of a pain but it means easier setup and tear down.

If you're looking for expandability (more mic inputs), I'd get a separate amplifier and mixing board.  That will let you mic multiple guitars and drum kits if you want.    If you are looking for something small purely for vocals there are a lot of "all in one" setups that are portable (Fender Passport, etc...) that will give you enough inputs to power two or three mics.

The other thing to consider when you go to a PA system is you will need stage monitors, too.  As soon as you start blasting through that thing, you aren't going to be able to hear squat on stage and will need something to keep track of each other.   We use passive floor wedges but they suck.  I just bought a couple of 600W Pyle powered amps to use for that, and I'm very happy with them.  I'd like to go to in-ear, but that is just more setup.  What I really want to do is play more venues that have their own sound system. 

Wattage is kind of like horsepower in boats, too.  You can't have too much, so get as much as you can.

Well, when the Ph.D candidate was 13, I was uncertain if she was going to live to see 14, too.  Kids (especially girls) go through phases.  It's normal for them to be complete hormonal little bastards.   The trick is to not let them hurt themselves while they figure out that you really are looking out for their best interests.  No child ever learned a single thing from someone else's mistakes.  All you can do is prepare them to deal with the outcomes, and hopefully teach them to look ahead so learning by doing isn't the only way they figure things out.

My son (the "disabled" kid) figured that out when he was about five.  Girls take about another 20 or so years, in my experience.

I have two daughters and one severely autistic son.   My son is the normal one.   My youngest girl is just entering those dark years.   My oldest is out of them and now thanks me for "kicking her in the ass and letting me make my own mistakes."

The oldest is chasing a Ph.D now so she turned out alright.  I'm still uncertain if the younger one will live to see 14.

I'm going to go with "I Think I'll Drink a Beer."

I'm simply looking at it from a spreadsheet standpoint.  They actually had closer to a full billion in debt, $850 million of which was collateralized, meaning it was backed by something.  In this case, that was the assets of the business, including cash in worker pension funds.  This is where the union had issues. 

Only $185 million was accrued towards pension payouts.

All union bashing/praising aside, this is simply a matter of accounting.

$700 million in debt killed Twinkies.

Someone (Kroger, most likely) will buy the brand.  Twinkies will be around for a long time.

When I was buying my KRKs, I looked hard at the Truth 2031s.  They sounded fantastic and provided a bit better low end response than the KRKs I finally settled on.     They're good kit.

And Battleship was a freaking awesome movie.

Ha!  My whole family was giving me crap about that.  I spoke to the reporter for about a minute going on about government intrusion into persons homes, etc...  and they broke it down to "(so) if I want to sit in my house and smoke pot all day I should be able to do that."

Each of the strips will have their own volume.  That is usually a slider but on your model it's just a knob.   That controls the level (a.k.a. the volume) going to the "main" mix, which is controlled with the "main" knob on the bottom right of the mixer's panel.  That one controls the overall volume of the total mix.

But I guess I should ask what you are using to record with?  Are you using just the webcam software?   It may only be picking up a mono signal while the mains will be outputting in stereo.  That would effectively cut your levels in half.

When you record, you want to turn the main up as loud as you can.  You might try turning off the "2 trks to main" button as well.   Try a couple of different things.  Record some audio and turn the track strip levels up and down, and then leave it high and turn the mains up and down as well.

As am I.  I just bought a new Audio-Technica turntable (old school!) and need something to run the audio through.  They looked small enough not to be intrusive in the office, but I am curious about how they sound.