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- [Garrick] Now let's take a look at the actual process of recording. I still have the project I created in the previous movie open, and it just contains this small clip of audio I recorded. I'm going to click the X button here to delete this track, and if you're working along with me, you can just create a new blank project. For this exercise, I'm just going to pretend that I'm recording an intro voice over for a podcast. I'm going to start by making sure my inputs are set correctly and that my levels are okay. Now we've already taken a look at this, but as a review, I'm going to click the Input Device menu here in the toolbar, and I'm going to make sure the device I want is selected. For this example, I'm going to use the UMC202HD, which I again have connected to my Mac by USB. Again, just make sure you select whatever device you're using. Next I'll click the input level meters to check my levels. Now when you're…

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