I already did a web search that turned up nothing useful (Google answered the question by giving me a list of forums to rummage through and that's a nightmare).
I have a Macbook Air, I've got Creative Cloud with Adobe Audition and I'm looking for a way to create drum tracks for my original rock music. I was a Windows user previously and successfully used PC Drummer Pro (which worked, but sucked in many ways), though now I have no windows machines to use that software. Transitioning between Windows and Mac has been too crazy to do again, especially since Windows screwed things up with W8 ( upgrading from W7-W8 rendered all my purchased software useless anyway, as there was no forwards compatibility with such programs as PC Drummer Pro, who wanted another $50+ to get their W8 compatible version). I'm now stuck with crap Mac. I used Garage Band for a while, since it used to come with a really good set of drum (and other instrument) tracks/loops that they let you use for your own copyright material, but since I upgraded (read downgraded) to Maverics OS from the prior version none of the Apple software works the same and they won't let me use the drum tracks in my own material anymore. I am ready to give up on Mac, sell the Air and get a Linux machine unless I can find a good drum machine software. I need to make basic custom tracks, nothing fancy. I don't have much cash since I dumped so much into all this useless crap that I now have (Macbook Air, Iphone5s {worst phone ever, I thought it would be great for a musician, but I was completely wrong} and Adobe). I am starting to hate Adobe because I immediately encountered several problems with it, the worst being that I can't find any plugins for a drum machine. Is it just me or are all products getting worse in a landslide fashion? Al I see is incompatibility, lack of support and lack of desired products to accompany software like Audition.
I know all the software I need to get things done on Linux and I may even play around with running a virtual Linux inside Mac to see if I can use the freeware to get what I'm after, but Virtual Box slows down my Mac too much, especially with Audition open at the same time, so I am really up against a wall here. Any help would be appreciated.