[linux-audio-user] Doing Drums

I trying to figure out a method of doing contemporary drums, where I can edit in a matrix like environment but then get separate Jack outputs for each drum to allow for DSP'ing. I currently use Rosegarden synced to Ardour. Rosegarden will not allow splitting notes to different channels - though Muse does, but that means I have to run both (I don't know if they'll play happy together). I revisited hydrogen again recently, but it won't load gig or sf2, as far as I can see (Has some nice kits though). I like the idea of using Linuxsampler to do drums but I can't see a way of directing one drum to one engine / output and another to another. I feel like there is a simple solution here that I'm missing, it must be a very common requirement in digital audio. Anyone got any suggestions ? Cheers, Bruce.