List of music software
Template:Short description This is a list of software for creating, performing, learning, analyzing, researching, broadcasting and editing music. This article only includes software, not services.
For streaming services such as iHeartRadio, Pandora, Prime Music, and Spotify, see Comparison of on-demand streaming music services.
For storage, uploading, downloading and streaming of music via the cloud, see Comparison of online music lockers.
This list does not include discontinued historic or legacy software, with the exception of trackers that are still supported.[1][2]
If a program fits several categories, such as a comprehensive digital audio workstation or a foundation programming language (e.g. Pure Data), listing is limited to its top three categories.
Types
CD ripping software
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Choir and learn-to-sing software
- This section includes both choir software and learn-to-sing software. For music learning software, see music education software.
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DJ software
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Digital audio workstation (DAW) software
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- Ableton Live
- ACID Pro
- Ardour
- Audacity
- Audiotool
- BandLab
- BespokeSynth
- Bitwig Studio
- Cakewalk Sonar
- Cubase
- Digital Performer
- FL Studio
- GarageBand
- HighC
- LMMS
- Logic Pro
- Magix Music Maker
- Maschine
- MetaSynth
- Mixcraft
- MultitrackStudio
- Nuendo
- Mixbus
- MuLab
- Orion Studio
- Pro Tools
- Pyramix
- Qtractor
- REAPER
- Reason
- Renoise
- Rosegarden
- Samplitude
- Sonic Pi
- Soundtrap
- Studio One
- Waveform
- Zynewave Podium
Computer music software
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Internet, RSS, broadcast music software
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- Airtime
- Audicom (First radio automation software—see Radio software)
- Campcaster
- Clickradio
- Juice (aggregator)
- Jamulus (Internet jamming software)
- Moodagent (AI based emotion keyed playlist generator and app)
- Ninjam (Internet jamming software)
- OpenBroadcaster
- Panopto
Lyrics and vocals
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- Cantor (music software)
- Rhyme Genie (Algorithms and software for rhyming lyrics)
- SingingCoach
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- Blackhole, H3000 Factory, SplitEQ (Eventide, Inc.)
- Stutter Edit, Ozone, RX Audio Editor (iZotope)
- Jamstix (Rayzoon Technologies)
- Liquid Rhythm (WaveDNA)
- PCM Native, MPX Native (Lexicon (company))
- NI Massive, Kontakt (software), B4, Electrik Piano, Guitar Rig 2 (Native Instruments)
- OrangeVocoder (Prosoniq)
- SoundFont (Integrates synthesized/sampled MIDI files with recorded music)
- MachFive, Symphonic Instrument (Mark of the Unicorn)
Music analysis software
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- BeatRoot
- ChucK
- Kyma (sound design language)
- Opusmodus
- Pure Data
- Platinum Blue Music Intelligence (from Music Xray company)
- Sonic Visualiser
- WaveSurfer
Music circuit software
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- Arduinome (software circuit platform)
- CPU Sim
- Electric VLSI Design System
- gLogic
- GNU Circuit Analysis Package
- KTechLab
- Linear Technology (a/d, circuit software, and others.)
- List of free electronics circuit simulators
- LTspice
- Micro-Cap
- MIDIbox (software circuit platform)
- Monome (software circuit platform)
- Ngspice
- Oregano (software)
- Quite Universal Circuit Simulator
- SapWin
- SPICE
- Tenori-on (software circuit platform)
Music composing software
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- Antescofo
- Director Musices
- Hyperscore
- JFugue
- Keykit
- Kyma (sound design language)
- Max
- Music Mouse (Algorithmic synth and composer)
- Nodal
- Ocarina
- OpenMusic
- Opusmodus
- PetSynth
- Reaktor
- Rubato Composer
Music conversion software
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Music education software
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Music gaming software
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Music mathematics software
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Music notation software
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- Aegis Sonix
- Canorus
- Capella
- Deluxe Music Construction Set
- Denemo
- Dorico
- Encore
- ENT (for typeset mensural notation)
- Finale
- Flat
- Forte
- Frescobaldi
- Gregorio (for Neumes)
- Guitar Pro
- Igor Engraver
- Impro-Visor
- jEdit plugin
- LilyPond
- MagicScore
- Mozart
- Mus2
- MusEdit
- MuseScore
- Music Write
- MusiCAD
- MusicEase
- MusiXTeX
- NoteEdit
- Noteflight
- Notation Composer
- NoteWorthy Composer
- NOTION
- Overture
- Philip's Music Writer (PMW)
- Power Tab Editor
- Rosegarden
- SCORE
- ScoreCloud
- Sibelius (Division of Avid Technology since 8/2006. Avid also sells the Pro Tools DAW)
- SmartScore (Focus on Music OCR)
- TuxGuitar
Music player software
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Music research software
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- ScoreCloud (Notation research)
Music technology, synthesis and o/s software
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- Category:Music software plugin architectures
- Comparison of audio synthesis environments
- DirectMusic
- Moodagent (AI based emotion keyed playlist generator and app)
- Music information retrieval
- Software effect processor
- Sound Recorder (Windows)
- Impromptu (programming environment)
- Keykit
- Max (software)[3]
- SynthFont (a MIDI to WAV converter-- Virtual Studio Technology instruments can be used instead of source files)
Music visualization software
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- Advanced Visualization Studio (Justin Frankel) (platform: Windows)
- Cthugha (1993, Kevin "Zaph" Burfitt) (platform: DOS)
- Magic Music Visuals (since 2012, Color & Music, LLC) (platforms: Windows, OS X)
- MilkDrop (2001-2012, Ryan Geiss) reimplemented as projectM (platforms: Windows, Linux, Android)
- Neon (2004, Jeff Minter and Ivan Zorzin) (platform: Xbox 360)
- Psychedelia
- Pure Data
- Virtual Light Machine (1990, Jeff Minter) (platform: Atari Jaguar)
- Visual Music Tone Painter (1992–2004)[4]
Orchestration software
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Drums and percussion
Guitar
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Piano
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Pipe organ
- Hauptwerk produces audio in response to MIDI signal from attached keyboard or from a MIDI sequencer[5]
Automatic composition software
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Samplers and sequencers
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Soundtrack creation software
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Trackers
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Historical tracker software:
- SoundMonitor (C64, 1986)
- Ultimate Soundtracker (Amiga, 1987)
- NoiseTracker (Amiga, 1989)
- OctaMED (Amiga, 1989)
- Protracker (Amiga, 1990)
- ScreamTracker (PC, 1994)
- FastTracker 2 (PC, 1994)
- Impulse Tracker (PC, 1995)
| Name | Latest update | License | OS versions | File format support | VST support |
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| Windows | OS X | Linux | MID | MOD | XM | IT | S3M | |||||
| Renoise | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Read only | Read only | Read only | Read only | No | Yes | Yes |
| OpenMPT | 29 June 2025 | BSD | Yes | Yes (via Wine) | Yes (via Wine) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SoundTracker | Script error: No such module "Date time". | GPL | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| MilkyTracker | Script error: No such module "Date time". | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Read only | Read only | No | Yes |
| Buzztrax | 6 January 2016 | LGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Read only | Read only | Read only | Read only | No | Yes | Yes |
Virtual Studio Technology hosting software
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- Ableton Live
- ACID Pro
- Adobe Audition
- Adobe Premiere Elements
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Acoustica Mixcraft
- Ardour (open source)
- Audacity (open source, Windows, Linux and Mac platforms only[6])
- AudioMulch
- Band-in-a-Box
- Cakewalk by BandLab
- Deckadance
- Digital Performer (version 8 or higher)
- FL Studio
- GoldWave
- Jeskola Buzz
- LMMS (open source)
- Logic Pro
- Magix Music Maker
- Max MSP
- ModPlug Tracker
- MultitrackStudio
- n-Track Studio
- NOTION
- REAPER
- Reason
- Renoise
- Samplitude
- Sony Acid Pro
- Sony Sound Forge
- Sony Vegas
- Soundtrap
- Steinberg Cubase
- Steinberg Nuendo
- Studio One
- Steinberg Wavelab
- Traktor
- Vocaloid
- WavePad Audio Editor
- Podium
Virtual synthesizer and studio software
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- Amsynth
- Minimoog
- Reaktor (software creation of instrument)
- Reason (DAW and virtual recording studio, integrated with Record)
- Spire
- VCV Rack
- ZynAddSubFX
Wave editors
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See also
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- Audio editing software
- Comparison of audio synthesis environments
- Comparison of digital audio editors
- Comparison of free software for audio
- Comparison of MIDI editors and sequencers
- Comparison of scorewriters
- List of audio conversion software
- List of audio programming languages
- List of Linux audio software
- List of scorewriters
- Music technology
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Short History of Computer Music". UCSC.edu. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Twells, John. "The 14 pieces of software that shaped modern music". Fact Mag. Archived from the original on Apr 23, 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Music & Math". Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Intelligence, new visions of artificial intelligence in practice. Vol. 11. Association for Computing Machinery. 2000.
- ^ Thomas Wichmann, The Hauptwerk Computer Program, Review in The American Organist, July 2004
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."VST plug-ins". Audacity Wiki.
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