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Hi, just following up - could somebody help me ? Still experiencing problems
Katrina

Hi Katrina-

I can see you're confused. It would seem that you have bought some stuff without understanding exactly what it does. Let me see if I can point you in the right direction.

You want the keyboard to be the midi controller you physically play. It will generate midi data at it's midi output. You will need to get the midi data (it is data, not sound BTW) into the computer. For this you will need a midi interface The usb thingy you saw will do this. You hook your midi output to the mid in on the usb with a midi cable. Once you have everything configured correctly, Reason should be able to record the midi you generate with the keyboard. You should be able to assign sounds to the mdid from within Reason.

The Behringer is a midi controller for Reason. You don't need it- you could use the mouse and keyboard to do the same functions. On the Reason screens, you will see a lot of simulated knobs that you can "turn" with the mouse. The Behringer is for people who would rather have a real knob. You can program the Behringer knobs to work the graphic knobs you see on the screens in Reason. It's nice, but it's not required.

For the microphone, you'd run that to the mixer and then run the outputs of the mixer to the line inputs on your soundcard. I'm not familiar with Reason, but I believe it is just a software synth and will not record audio. You will need some audio recording software like Cakewalk or Cubase to record audio.

I realize you are new to this stuff, and I don't wanna be mean, but there is a pretty steep learning curve associated with all of this stuff. The curve is far in excess of the help you'll be able to get from forums like this

You are going to have to read all the manuals that came with your stuff, and invest a considerable amount of time educating yourself.

Good luck!!