Computer based drum machine to play drum loops?
I just got a new Roland RD300GX piano and I'd like to play it in a piano bar setting. Unfortunately, although it's a great keyboard, the built-in drums are as lame as can be.
So I've created a bunch of drum loops: some 1-bar intros, 4-bar phrases, and some endings, in various styles. Now I'd like to use my computer as a drum machine so I can play the drum tracks via midi along with my keyboard.
I'm envisioning of some kind of app that would allow me to select my "style" set and a tempo. Then I could tap "Z" to start playing the intro, "X" for the phrase variation 1, "C" for variation 2, "V" for an ending, etc. Each selection would wait until the previously selected loop was done. If I didn't select anything, the loop would repeat indefinitely.
Does anything exist like this now? If not, can Sonar LE be used to do it (outside of creating the loops to begin with)? Any other ideas on how to play the loops?