Everything happens in small steps. First you have to record the drums along with a click track that keeps tempo. When you have drums laid down, you begin laying down all of the other tracks (instruments) over top. On the actual computer screen, there are just multiple “bars” parallel to each other that you can record different tracks in. While recording, it’s helpful to use “scratch tracks” along with whoever is recording his or her part, meaning that another band member will play the part or sing the part so the recorder can follow along better. Eventually, all of the tracks get recorded and the producer mixes them together by volume and timing!
So there’s a basic version of how recording works! I don’t know if you’re interested, but if you want to see how ours turned out, you can listen to one of the songs: News from Verona – Daydreams & Nightmares.