Ouch...
You know what? It would take ages to tell you all about all these things. Actually, this is the job I'm learning.
First, what equipment do you have? (computer? soundcard? microphones? d.i? ...)
What do you want to record? (number of musicians?...)
Do you want to record the musicians playing all together or one after one? (one after one has a better result for studio recordings but it's not that easy to do...)