Cubase sx 3

[dan the acid man]

Well its more intuitive and probably more fun to do it on a drum machine soft or otherwise.

but using midi with velocity and stuff you can have different filter and panning settings for each hit , slightly different quantisation per hit and all manner of modulation possibilities

so its much much more flexible in my opinion

exactly why im getting my head stuck back into cubase again after years without it, it really gives you a more natural feel to your percussion with all the modulation and velocity possibilities