Sunking: I'm not quite sure if this is your problem, but don't even look at all the stuff you don't need yet. Follow the tutorial in the manual, and record tracks (i.e. set the source to your soundcard, hit the little [R] button to arm the track, push the record button, and sing or play away). Once you find you need something, go to the manual or the online help, and figure out how to do that, just make sure you don't get off track (i.e., reading about how to eq a track when you started by looking for how to arm a track).
And don't worry about pestering us... if we don't want to respond to your 357th post, we'll just ignore you... seriously, it's what some of us are here for.
William Underwood