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I do this a lot with Reaper. I build the tune in BIAB including part and section markers so I get all of the drums fills and transitions from part to part. I then mute all of the instruments except for the drums and then generate the midi file. When I import into Reaper all of the midi tracks are blank except for the drum track, so I just delete the tracks. I then have a great basic starting point that I can edit and tweak. I use EZ Drummer and Steven Slate Drums as my virtual instrument.

Works like a charm.
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I haven't tried muting the parts I don't need, that's a good idea. Ironically, the drum machine I was thinking to buy is EZ Drummer, but I felt I wanted to try working it out with BB and buy the 2010 version instead of EZ Drummer. Do you use EZ Drummer only for the drum samples, or do you do a rough version of the drum tracks with BB first and then refine them with EZ Drummer by adding or deleting fills etc ?