Requesting help with drum notation software

[BINARY]

Hey Gang,

I'm interested in becoming a little better at training my ear in deciphering drum parts, and I thought the best way to do it would be to pick a few songs that I struggle a bit to figure out, and spend the time to write out the notation for them.

I was thinking that I'd take advantage of some of the drum notation software out there, but after looking into it, I have no idea where to start. There are a lot of them, and not a lot of people posting reviews or experiences.

I'm looking for something that's fast in terms of getting notes down and putting together the drum tracks; I don't need many bells and whistles but I wouldn't be upset if the software had them. Maybe software that could 'record' a midi performance and document it using notation, I guess that could be helpful.

Is anyone doing using any drum notation software that you like? Are there any features I should consider that I might not think of?

Thanks for any feedback!

~B.

[jonm42]

Try Notion (on iPad) + iRigPro to channel MIDI into it.

[BINARY]

Thanks! I was looking for something more for the desktop, not having considered an iPad app. I'll look into that.

[seasack]

There's MuseScore for free (OSS), but it's a bit clumsy for me. I get along fine with GuitarPro - but it's not perfect.

[kurth83]

I use Finale PrintMusic, it's not perfect but I have used PrintMusic for years so it works for me, and it's relatively cheap.