I have read the PDF documentation and it does not satisfy my questions. The documentation assumes the user is familiar with recording terms. I can guess what 'sub-groups' means, or 'rendering' but good documentation would make sure I don't make assumptions, especially wrong ones. Bad habits result.

My guess is that someone like me who wants to learn mixing properly needs to take a course to become familiar with termonology. Am I right?

I appreciate the volunteer nature of the forms but 'sound bite' answers to a real neophyte like me are not always useful which results in follow-up, after follow-up question, which is inefficient for everyone.

So, is there a course/source where I can learn how to record well, mix best and cut a decent final product (is it a master, or a render, or what?).