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# Tutorials

New to the alignment GUI? Start here. These tutorials take you through it step by step, telling
you what to click and what you should see, so you can focus on learning how alignment works. We
recommend following them in order, as each one builds on the one before.

{doc}`01_first_alignment`
: Align a single-shank probe from the sample data, from your first reference line to uploading
  the result.

{doc}`02_two_configurations`
: Align a four-shank probe, using the shanks to check each other and a second recording of the
  same probe for extra landmarks.

{doc}`03_channel_prediction`
: Use three channel prediction models to predict brain regions from the electrophysiology, and to
  suggest where your reference lines should go.

{doc}`04_preparing_your_data`
: Turn your own SpikeInterface spike sorting, brainreg histology and brainreg-segment probe track
  into a session the GUI can open.

The first three use the IBL sample data, so you don't need any data of your own to start. Once
you're comfortable with the GUI and have a specific task in mind, the {doc}`../how-to/index` will
get you there faster.

```{toctree}
:maxdepth: 1

01_first_alignment
02_two_configurations
03_channel_prediction
04_preparing_your_data
```