Thanks to you and MrSoundman. After a bit of investigation, this is the tentative conclusion I’d come to.
I’m stick looking for a good tutorial, but I’ve found a few Youtube clips which have hinted in the right direction. So far, all I’ve found are people looping solo guitar licks, which are pretty loose with the timing - whereas percussion requires a bit more precision and fine-tuning.
Regardless, I appreciate the feedback here. Thanks again everyone.