Would be nice to have a 'virtual drummer' though, along the lines of EZD but with more accurate pattern retrieval. Then i can quantize and adjust the hit levels in the DAW and get back at the writing. I do have to go to the adjacent room and sit at the drum kit and play, but i get the groove i want without spending too much time in 'left brain' mode and subsequently losing my groove. Instead i have been using BFD2 and V-drums. So i have given up on EZDrummer as my 'session drummer' for the moment, until i read all the instructions and get the ropes of creating patterns. I have even tried the 'on-line' search, where i believe ALL the EZD patterns are searched for a match, and still no matches. Using EZD i have never found a pattern that matches what i tap into the search system - Whatever it suggests, there is always a number of hits to change, usually in the kick drum pattern. I am working to overcome this, starting with EXDrummer 2, using tap tempo, finding a close approximation, and then editing the result in Sonar to get the final groove i want for the part. I still end up losing the groove and feel, by the time i have found a kit, a tempo, and a pattern to fit the groove in my head. I have BFD, BFD2, Session Drummer2 and 3, addictive drums, and EZDrummer 2, roland V-drums (TD-6), and there's always the keyboard for when i'm too lazy to put down my guitar and sit at the V-drum kit.and i still get bogged down when i have to add drum patterns to help with writing.

Steven slate drums 4 in a roland td6