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Originally Posted by loveofjazz
^^^^ What he said ^^^^
I can account for Songwriter's Drum Packs 1 & 2, Songwriter's Fill Pack, and the Rock Songs pack. These have plenty of useful drum patterns, and are a good place to start as well. You can use the MIDI Editor in Reaper to modify these easily.
Also, if a longer groove is what you're seeking, you can simply click on the right side of an existing groove and start dragging it to whatever length you desire.
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yep I know that trick about elongating the groove pattern, very cool feature. I have played around with modifying the MIDI tracks in Reaper, it actually isn't very difficult once you get the knack of it. I tend to prefer a bit more crash cymbals coming out of fills than what I have hears in EZDrummer's stock grooves and that is very simple to accomplish in Reaper, although I wish I could figure out how to label the white/black keys that appear on the left of the screen so I can know which one corresponds to which sound.
Looks like EX Player doesn't have all the functions I was looking for. It may be that all I need is a greater variety of grooves and fills. I think the Drum Packs 1 & 2, Songwriter's Fill Pack, and the Rock Songs pack will be my next purchase, I like how they are relatively cheap and it seems that they will really expand the options available in terms of creating songs and varying the styles of the songs.