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One of the classic ways to mic up a drum kit for an "acoustic" sound is to use just three mics. A pair of overheads (as a spaced pair) and one on the kick drum. Experiment with the positioning of the overheads and have them point toward the snare so as to get a little extra from the snare....

And what are you wanting to record from?
If you want to record using the built in microphone, select "microphone realtek HD"
If you want to record sounds that are playing on your computer, select "stereo mix".

There's a few reviews in this section of the forum: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewforum.php?f=27

How much free disk space do you have and what is the total size of the hard drive?
Has the hard drive been defragmented recently

Don't record - download. There are several plug-ins available for Firefox that enable videos to be downloaded from YouTube. If you have Audacity 1.3.13 and FFMpeg installed, Audacity can extract the audio from YouTube videos by importing the video file. http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title...

So what are you trying to record? Your voice with the built in microphone?

See here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Recor ... e_computer

Note that BBC radio transmissions are likely to be subject to copyright restrictions.

See here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... bar_Issues

Please check which part of the forum you are posting to. This was posted in the Audacity 1.2.x section. Now moved to the Audacity 1.3.x section.

curiousgeorge wrote:i only have microphone listed

See here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer ... trol_Panel

What options do you have in "Edit menu > Preferences > Devices"?
(note that the options change depending on what "Host" setting you select).