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List of music software

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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 storing, uploading, downloading, and streaming 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), its listing is limited to its top three categories.

Types#edit

CD ripping software#edit

Choir and learn-to-sing software#edit

This section includes both choir software and learn-to-sing software. For music learning software, see music education software.

DJ software#edit

Digital audio workstation (DAW) software#edit

Computer music software#edit

Internet, RSS, broadcast music software#edit

This section only includes software, not services. For services such as Spotify, Pandora, and Prime Music, see Comparison of on-demand streaming music services. This list includes music RSS apps, widgets, and software; for a list of feeds, see Comparison of feed aggregators. For cloud-based music broadcast software, see Content delivery network and Comparison of online music lockers.

Lyrics and vocals#edit

Audio plug-ins#edit

Music analysis software#edit

Music circuit software#edit

Music composing software#edit

Music conversion software#edit

Music education software#edit

Music gaming software#edit

Music mathematics software#edit

Music notation software#edit

Music research software#edit

Music technology, synthesis and OS software#edit

Music visualization software#edit

Orchestration software#edit

Drums and percussion#edit

Guitar#edit

Piano#edit

Pipe organ#edit

  • Hauptwerk produces audio in response to MIDI signal from attached keyboard or from a MIDI sequencer[7]

Automatic composition software#edit

Samplers and sequencers#edit

Soundtrack creation software#edit

Trackers#edit

Historical tracker software:

NameLatest updateLicenseOS versionsFile format supportVST
support		ASIO
output
WindowsOS XLinuxMIDMODXMITS3M
Renoise7 May 2024ProprietaryYesYesYesRead onlyRead onlyRead onlyRead onlyNoYesYes
OpenMPT29 June 2025BSDYesYes (via Wine)Yes (via Wine)YesYesYesYesYesYesYes
SoundTracker17 March 2024GPLNoNoYesNoYesYesNoNoNoNo
MilkyTracker25 November 2024GPLYesYesYesNoYesYesRead onlyRead onlyNoYes
Buzztrax6 January 2016LGPLYesYesYesRead onlyRead onlyRead onlyRead onlyNoYesYes

Virtual Studio Technology hosting software#edit

Virtual synthesizer and studio software#edit

Wave editors#edit

See also#edit

References#edit

  1. ^ "Short History of Computer Music". UCSC.edu. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "LUNA". Universal Audio. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
  4. ^ "n-Track Studio". n-Track Software. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
  5. ^ "Music & Math". Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  6. ^ Intelligence, new visions of artificial intelligence in practice. Vol. 11. Association for Computing Machinery. 2000.
  7. ^ Thomas Wichmann, The Hauptwerk Computer Program, Review in The American Organist, July 2004
  8. ^ "VST plug-ins". Audacity Wiki. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Acoustica 8". Acon Digital. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
  10. ^ "SpectraLayers". Steinberg. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
  11. ^ "Total Recorder". High Criteria. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
  12. ^ "WaveLab". Steinberg. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
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