The Quick Tour
About two minutes. The main moves, one screen at a time.
The Quick Tour is a small window of screens, each with a short sentence and a little silent demonstration. Open it from Take a Quick Tour at the lower right of the Welcome Window (it is the only button there), or any time from Help ▸ Quick Tour. Click Next and Back, or use the → and ← keys (Return also goes on). The dots show where you are, and Esc closes the tour. If you opened it from the Welcome Window, closing it brings you back there. The last button says Done.
Here is what the screens show, in order.
The Screens
- Pick the kind of project you need. Single Track is for one recording you want to sound right; Multitrack is for building a show out of several sounds. FastTracker asks when you start a new project (⌘N).
- Change your mind any time. The Mode Button, at the lower right just left of Undo, switches between the two, and your work comes along. More.
- Press R to record. Tap R and speak; tap it again to stop. It works the same in both modes, and Esc throws a take away.
- Drag in audio and put it where you want it (Multitrack Mode). Drag a file from the Finder onto a track, then drag the clip by its name bar to move it in time or to another track. Lesson 2 goes through it.
- Cut, copy, paste and Undo. Mark a selection and press ⌘X or ⌘C, click where it should go and press ⌘V. Made a mistake? ⌘Z takes it back, as often as you need.
- Press K for the Keyboard Guide. A searchable list of every shortcut slides out. Type a word (try “split”) and the list narrows. Esc clears the search, and again closes the Guide. See The Drawer.
- Ask “How do I.” (Only on Macs that have the How do I box.) Type a question such as “how do I cut out a mistake” in the box at the top right, and FastTracker points you to the answer. See The How do I box.
A Mac without the How do I box sees six screens instead of seven. After the last screen comes a closing one, You’re set: Press Space to play what you’ve made. To see this tour again, choose Help ▸ Quick Tour.