Are you saying this has no feel and groove? These are midi drums:

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That drummer absolutely has great feel and groove. But it still sounds electronic- especially the fast single strokes and strange cymbal decay. That electronic sound will work fine for most modern popular music. But I don't think you'll find professional drummer playing in more subtle styles of music, such as acoustic jazz or be-bop favoring an electronic kit over an acoustic kit.

Electronic pads are even poorer at reproducing hand drums. Like I said, the e-drums are fine for most modern pop music. In fact, I love the idea that you talked about in your original post about having live drummers using e-drums used in the productions of styles for arranger keyboards. That would give us arranger keyboardists the best of both worlds: A good live feel with more control of the final output.