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The "record what U hear" aka "stereo mix" aka "wave out" option may be present but invisible in "windows recording devices" see here on how to make it visible ... http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=48630&hilit=+invisible NB: Some comput...

... as for filtering, how do I do that? Is it the high or low pass filter? It would be a low-pass filter with a cut-off of 3 or 4 or 5KHz Personally I’d use the equalizer. If you haven’t used it before the “graphic EQ” mode may be easier than “draw curves” : it's just like the slider controls on a ...

If you filter out all the frequencies above 4KHz (approx) that could remove some more hiss but retain the telephone quality speech.

... even with the popfilter and windscreen I can still hear some air being blown. Chinese has some very aspirated syllables. If it's sibilant "sh" "ch" "zh" sounds they can be attenuated digitally with a de-esser VST plugin, (there is a free one called " spitfish ...

Soldado266 wrote:I told my staff to stay as near to the mic as possible

Should get "pop shield" ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_filter

or make one ... http://www.hometracked.com/2006/05/28/h ... p-filters/

Steve’s noise gate will squelch the noise between words, e.g. …
But noise gates will not reduce the noise during speech.

Can you suggest any other processing or effects especially useful for my solo guitar? The changes in volume (dynamic range) will be wide between finger picking and strumming so " dynamic range compression " may be required to reduce the differences in volume when recording a performance, ...

adding a 100Hz high-pass filter on the applause helps mitigate the distortion ...

Not even my CSI (not Audacity) software can decipher it ...
[ I can't decide whether its a budgie or an artifact about 2/3rds the way in ]

1. Replace the (stereo) applause with a mono-ized version, this gets rid of the intrusive stereo effect which occurs on the distorted bits of applause. 2. Cut out the most obvious bits of distorted (now mono) applause. 3. Use Audacity envelope control to make the guitar louder and the applause quiet...