

Just keep in mind that one block in the sequencer is a 16th, so It's normal to not have every column filled with something.

You will need to somehow visualize your former techniques, but that shouldn't be that hard. Since you are a drummer there isn't much new to learn. It can also be used to perform live, which is also nice. Maschine is quite good for that plus it comes with software and a load of awesome high-quality samples (no, I'm not paid to say that). There are also some good controllers on the market, if you'd like to record your 'drumming data', edit that and assign that to different sounds later. You might try some free software first (googled and came up with this one) to try whether you can somehow get used to that kind of drumming, but later I'd recommend getting some better software, like fxpansion's Geist. To program drums you'll need some kind of sequencer, either a computer program (which I recommend because adding new samples is very easy in that way), or any hardware-sequencer (I'm not that informed about them, but as far as I know you'll have to stick to the factory-samples with most of them).
