So my band is ready to go "into the studio", which for us means that we bring our drummer's computer into my basement and record on to Acid Pro via miking the various instruments.

My question is: How do you record? Which part do you lay down first - bass, drums, guitar, what? Do you use a click track (my understanding of this is that it is a clicking sound that keeps consistent time that everything else is played in time with and that is not included in the finished song)?

We tried recording some stuff a couple weeks ago, but all the tracks were out of time with each other, just slightly here and there, but I'm a perfectionist, esp. if we are going to record this.

Do you guys have any tips?

Thanks again for your help, guys!