Exactly what Al Chuck said.
You say that you are well versed with Acid and SoundForge but I wonder...
Please, do not get offended.
I will try to share this info with you in a different light.
Record a friend saying "Boom".
Truncate the Boom WAV. in SoundForge.
Open Acid.
Make your PLAY REGION 1.1 to 5.1
Enable the LOOP function
Open your Boom WAV.
Draw it in.
Double click it (to open your PROPERTIES TAB).
Press the TRACK TAB.
Press the TRACK TYPE arrow.
Click on ONE SHOT.
Place a BOOM at 1.1
1.3
2.1
2.3 etc...
Then open another WAV. of your friend saying "CHAT" (after you have TRUNCATED the beginning and end of the Chat sample).
Place those where you want, say 1.2
1.4
2.2
2.4 etc...
It is as simple as that...
BOOM-CHAT-----BA-BA-BOOM-BOOOOOM-----CHAAT-CHAAAT.
Same as using a kick and a snare (or a triangle and a hi hat...or whatever you want to use for your percussion).
You can place whatever where ever. And you can make your drum tracks as complicated or as simple as you want.
I hope that this angle of vision helps you to understand what we are trying to share with you.
Peace...
SPIN