Thanks guys ... I wasn't planning to go from the mixer to the the mic input, but was wondering about it ... I went the usual way for tonight's gig - main outs on the mixer to 'line in' and everything sounded great ... in fact, just 3 songs into the gig, one of the owners came up to me and told me how much he liked my sound ... when leaving he said he would see me there again ... we'll see ...
PS I was just filling in for the 'steady guy there' ...