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Step 4: Survey the terrain

For our first recording there are a few controls and concepts we need to get familiar with:

  1. Tracks
  2. Record button
  3. Play button
  4. Timeline
  5. The red vertical line (or playhead)

The terrain

The Tracks are the rows shown in the application. The initial tracks are the Podcast Track, the Male Voice, Female Voice, Jingles, and Radio Sounds.

The Record button is the red round button just below the tracks.

The Play button is the usual right-arrow button in the set of VCR controls, just to the right of the record button.

The Beat Ruler is the ruler shown at the top of the tracks (starting at "00:00"), and helps you determine the length of your recording.

The red vertical line extending down from the beat ruler is called the Playhead. It moves across the screen from left to right when you record or play back your podcast. As mentioned, it shows where the current position in the recording.

Now that we know the terrain let's go ahead and create our first podcast.