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Steinberg Groove Agent Virtual Drummer
 I have to confess I got fed up with programming drums, so I went on the look for something which would do a reasonable job for me. I narrowed it down to a programme called Slicy Drummer which is made by MusicLab and this product, Groove Agent from Steinberg. I bought this one because it gave the greatest variety of styles and kits, plus offered the capability of recording its output into midi and replacing the home sounds with something else.
To do this in Sonar, because it is VST only requires you to use Tonewise DiectIXer which you can buy over the web. The VST Adapter which comes with Sonar WILL NOT WORK because it does not have a midi loopback driver which enables the midi to be written to a file. It has the odd quirk but overall is a pretty decent and stable plug-in that does a nice job.
If you're lazy like me you can get respectable drum tracks in a short space of time, and then tweak them up to get them how you want them. Worth a look for sure. However, also have a look at FXPansion BFD and Drumkit From Hell Superior, both are newer than this product, which has now been upgraded to version 2 (paid upgrade). I bought FXPansion BFD and it is now my number one pick for drum patterns, and the included sounds are excellent.
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