Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- Ed wrote:
> I think that Sonar and Cubasis allow you to print out variations 
> kinds of notation. I don't know whether less expensive sequencers 
> will.

If you can save from your sequencer as MIDI, then a number of score-
printing packages are available that will import MIDI and produce 
scores -- at all prices from low to stratospheric. We use Noteworthy 
Composer (or did, until the kids got a "loan" copy of Sibelius for 
their school music work). It's about $40. Finale Notepad is free but 
unable to import MIDI. At the top end, you have the full-blown 
Finale package and Sibelius.

The problem I have found with notation packages is that few of them 
are good at drum set notation. You can't do it at all in Noteworthy 
as it has no concept of drum set as a staff type or instrument and 
no way to change note heads and stems. It's perfectly fine for tuned 
instruments. Despite the fact that Sibelius understands the concept 
of a drum set staff, the only way to do get the notation right is to 
individually change every note head and stem direction (if needed). 
For any voice other than snare and toms that gets real dull real 
quick. At least, that's the only way I've found to do it. It's such 
a horrific user interface that an easier option could be buried out 
of sight somewhere.

Stewart