A Little Audio To Get Strarted., Audio and midi control -Reason Options

[nyc_joe]

Hello, I downloaded the Reason demo for Mac OSX. I like it and had a blast using it in 20min spurts. How would one go about adding some audio tracks and using a midi kb to input notes and control the synths? I've been trying to come to some decision about the most economical way to proceed. A couple of years ago I used Multitrack on a Linux box. I got some stuff recorded but the techy part sapped most of my creative juices. I don't want another science project. I want to buy something and go. I only will add an audio track at a time so I was thinking digi001 might be the way to go since it has the mic pres and headphone out to monitor and mix( I share a small NYC apt. so I can't really mix to speakers ). But, as I said I dig Reason and want to find out if I could have the sequencer line up with audio tracks? What hardware and software would I need. TIA.

[Bart S.]

If your main goal is to have an audio sequencer that you can hook up with Reason (for audio recording), you shouldn't go with PT (Digi001). PT doesn't officialy support Rewire (a little app used to connect Reason to most audio soft: DP, Logic, Cubase...) and you would have to use a "workaround" app. called Refuse to make Reason and PT share the same hardware (Digi001, MBox, ...).
If you're new to DAW, you'd better choose softs such as DP or Logic. Now, as far as the hardware is concerned, it all depends on your budget...

[ryosode]

ummm... do you wanna give us some financial figures? How much are you willing to spend on this? From my perspective, if I were to recommend someone a least expensive audio setup (given you already have a OS X based Mac system and need a audio i/o, midi i/o, software and perhaps monitor speakers) that gives you a great tonality, the cost still exceeds $1000 dollars including both hardware and software...

[nyc_joe]

Thanx for the replies! I'd like to stay away from monitor speakers since I share a tiny apt. and would anoy my wife. That should save on some jack. I'd mix as best I could on great headphones. Like in the old days when guys would mix on 5" speakers like the ones in the AM radios they were making music for. She can tolerate the upright bass practice but no more... Anyway, I could spend $1k on all.
How can I take what I create in Reason and add audio tracks? Guitar, bass vocals etc... And how could I use live tracks to trigger effects in the Reason environment? TIA.