Here's a very quick tip for customizing the timeline in Final Cut.
You can show your video and audio clips visually in the timeline by using the Timeline Layout Menu. Click on the small, right pointing arrow below the timeline to open the Layout Menu. The top two options are off by default. "Show Audio Waveforms" will draw the sound waves in the green audio tracks. This gives a really quick visual guide to spot things like audio peaks. "Show Video Filmstrip" will add still frames along the whole video track giving a quick way to spot where the action is. It can sometimes make the edits hard to see though so you'll probably want to switch it off occasionally.
Turning on both options makes the timeline look like this:
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