Sony Vegas 7 offers an integrated environment for all phases of professional video, audio, DVD, and broadcast production. Vegas 7 lets you edit and process DV, HDV, SD/HD-SDI, and all XDCAM formats in real time, fine-tune audio with precision, and prepare for authoring surround sound, dual-layer DVDs. By allowing arranging of events on the timeline using drag-and-drop functionality, users can expertly edit complex SD or HD projects using mouse or keyboard trimming as well as powerful ripple editing modes. Features include improved video monitoring, customizable window layouts, color-coded snapping, improved HDV, SDI and XDCAM support, Cinescore plug-in support, A/V synchronization detect and repair, playhead scrubbing, drag ripple and arrange, source project editing, and auto-frame quantization. The Vegas 7 interface provides a fully customizable workspace for accomplishing a wide range of production requirements. In this tutorial, Audio Expert and Producer, Kenneth Braithwaite, will cover the fundamentals for working within the Sony Vegas 7 environment. To get started, click on one of the movie links.