How to organize recording from multiple microphones?

Question

Audio

It is necessary to organize continuous recording from 8 microphones in the office. Can you tell me the best way to organize? Are there any budget iron solutions for audio recording or do you need to connect each microphone to its own sound card?

Answer 1

What do you need at the output - eight mono, one eight-channel or one mono?
And what are these microphones?

Answer 2

The device is called a "mixer".