I too am very new to Reaper and music software in general. Been without a computer I can use to make music for several years until I purchased my Asus UX50. Used Acid Pro for about 6 months before my previous machine died, so using Reaper now is a good transition Lender- my suggestion is to reread all of the sections that trouble you and it will start to make sense. I did not search too much for All Through the Night and created my own tracks to follow along with. The user manual is one of the best I have come across for basic music software :) In addition to free plugins from dubstepforum thread, I also use Circle. I love reaper!