connectivity beatstep pro / minibrute 2

[dusty bowl]

i am new to this world of sequences and the language/terms/abbreviations etc. i have some basic questions.    1] if i connect midi out of minibrute2 into midi in on beat step pro i assume i won't hear any influence in the earphones of the mini brute. If i also connect the midi out of the beat step into the midi in on the mini brute --- should i hear the beat step pro ?
                    2] if i connect the midi out of the minibrute to the midi in on the beatstep and then
go out of the beatstep to another device [ Boss RC-505 loop station ] should i hear everything through the earphones on the RC-505? 
                     3] am i thinking in away that makes sense [ slave - master ]

                     4] the Midi Control Center ...... and the two arturia devices communicating. .......
Beatstep pro --- user channel is 2 / seq1 send is 1 and recieve is 1 / seq2 send is 2 and recieve is 2.
Mini brute ...... user channel is 1 / and midi input channel is "user"
                      5] Do i have to change some of these parameters or do some other type of modifications to connect ?
          I have all the manuals which are confusing for a rookie. Any other sources/tutorials [ am i missing something from the website ? ] would be appreciated.
 thank you
dusty bowl

[MajorFubar]

Midi is only note on / off / CC data, it doesn't transmit audio at all.
Let's say you plug Keyboard A into Keyboard B using Midi out to Midi in, you set Keyboard A to transmit on Channel 1 and Keyboard B to receive in Channel 1. When you play Keyboard A, Keyboard B will also play as though you were pressing its keys at the same time, but it won't transmit audio back to Keyboard A.

[dusty bowl]

thank you !!    ...... do the channels have to be the same on each unit [ channel 1/channel 1 not
channel 1/channel 3 ) .......is this based on internal assignments set in the units themselves ?

[MajorFubar]

Yes.

[dusty bowl]

Connectivity continued :
devices: Beatstep Pro, Ronand TR-8 drum,Minibrute2, mixing board to audio.
my thought are to us the TR-8 and it's drum audio unaltered.
the Minibrute2 for audio for Sequencer 1&2 on the Beatstep Pro
TR-8 for audio on Sequencer 3 .... drums on Beatstep Pro
question ..... is this realistic ?
                     do i need to add some other device ?
Confused about what my procedure should be:
1]  connecting midi in/out
2]  channels and time clock
3]  and being able to hear what i'm doing
both TR-8 and Minebrute2 have phone jacks/and mixing board
if i create some sequences on Beatstep pro i can hear them threw the
Minibrute2  if i do some minor channel changes

as you can tell i am floundering around, and learning as i go!
any suggestions will be appreciated.
ps: buried in manuals and u-tube tutorials.
dusty bowl