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 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]

For example, the company Ars Nova produces music education software, and its software program Practica Musica has remnants of the historic Palestrina software. Practica will be listed here, but not Palestrina.[3]

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.

## Contents

* 1 Types of music software
* 1.1 CD ripping software
* 1.2 Choir and learn-to-sing software
* 1.3 DJ software
* 1.4 Digital audio workstation (DAW) software
* 1.5 Computer music software
* 1.6 Internet, RSS, broadcast music software
* 1.7 Lyrics and vocals
* 1.8 Audio plug-ins
* 1.9 Music analysis software
* 1.10 Music circuit software
* 1.11 Music composing software
* 1.12 Music conversion software
* 1.13 Music education software
* 1.14 Music gaming software
* 1.15 Music mathematics software
* 1.16 Music notation software
* 1.17 Music player software
* 1.18 Music research software
* 1.19 Music technology, synthesis and o/s software
* 1.20 Music visualization software
* 1.21 Orchestration software
* 1.21.1 Drums and percussion
* 1.21.2 Guitar
* 1.21.3 Piano
* 1.21.4 Pipe organ
* 1.22 Automatic composition software
* 1.23 Samplers and sequencers
* 1.24 Soundtrack creation software
* 1.25 Trackers
* 1.26 Virtual Studio Technology hosting software
* 1.27 Virtual synthesizer and studio software
* 1.28 Wave editors
* 2 See also
* 3 References

## Types of music software

### CD ripping software

* Brasero
* CDex
* Exact Audio Copy
* fre:ac
* k3b

### 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.

* Cantor (music software)
* SingingCoach

### DJ software

* Cross/CrossDJ
* Deckadance
* djay
* Final Scratch
* Mixxx
* Serato
* Traktor
* Rekordbox
* VirtualDJ

### Digital audio workstation (DAW) software

Main article: Digital audio workstation

* Ableton Live
* ACID Pro
* Amped Studio[4]
* Ardour
* Audacity
* Audiotool
* BandLab
* Bitwig Studio
* Cakewalk by BandLab
* Cubase
* Digital Performer
* FL Studio
* GarageBand
* HighC
* LMMS
* Logic Pro
* Magix Music Maker
* Maschine
* MetaSynth
* Mixcraft
* Nuendo
* Mixbus
* MuLab
* Orion Studio
* Pro Tools
* Qtractor
* REAPER
* Renoise
* Rosegarden
* Samplitude
* Sonic Pi
* Soundtrap
* Studio One
* Waveform
* Zynewave Podium
* Zrythm[5]

### Computer music software

Main article: Software:Computer music

* ChucK
* Csound
* Director Musices
* List of Generative music software
* JFugue
* Kyma (sound design language)
* Keykit
* Max/MSP
* Pure Data
* Real-time Cmix
* SuperCollider

### Internet, RSS, broadcast music software

This section only includes software, not services. For services programs like Spotify, Pandora, Prime Music, etc. see Comparison of on-demand streaming music services. Likewise, list includes music RSS apps, widgets and software, but for a list of actual feeds, see Comparison of feed aggregators. For music broadcast software lists in the cloud, see Content delivery network and Comparison of online music lockers.

* 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
* RapidFeeds

### Lyrics and vocals

* Cantor (music software)
* Rhyme Genie (Algorithms and software for rhyming lyrics)
* SingingCoach

### Audio plug-ins

Main article: Software:Audio plug-in

* Blackhole, H3000 Factory, SplitEQ (Eventide, Inc.)
* Stutter Edit, Ozone, RX Audio Editor (iZotope)
* Jamstix (Rayzoon Technologies)
* Liquid Rhythm (WaveDNA)
* PCM Native, MPX Native (Lexicon)
* Endless Smile, Sausage Fattener (Dada Life)
* NI Massive, Kontakt, 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

* BeatRoot
* BRP-PACU
* ChucK
* Kyma (sound design language)
* Pure Data (This software also is used in embedded form for real time algorithmic music generation in Spore (2008 video game))
* Platinum Blue Music Intelligence (from Music Xray company)
* Sonic Visualiser
* WaveSurfer

### Music circuit software

* 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
* Quite Universal Circuit Simulator
* SapWin
* SPICE
* Tenori-on (software circuit platform)

### Music composing software

* Antescofo
* Director Musices
* Hyperscore
* JFugue
* Keykit
* Kyma (sound design language)
* Max
* Music Mouse (Algorithmic synth and composer)
* Nodal
* Ocarina
* OpenMusic
* PetSynth
* Progression
* Reaktor (Software creation of nearly every instrument; reverse engineering encouraged)
* Rubato Composer (First composition software based on Category theory)

### Music conversion software

* AIMP
* Audacity
* Brasero
* CDex
* Exact Audio Copy
* FFmpeg
* FL Studio
* foobar2000
* FormatFactory
* Freemake Audio Converter
* Free Studio
* fre:ac
* iTunes
* k3b
* MediaCoder
* MediaHuman Audio Converter
* MediaMonkey
* SoX
* VLC Media Player
* Winamp
* WMA Convert

### Music education software

Main article: Software:Comparison of music education software

* Soundtrap
* Meludia (ear-training practice exercises)
* EarMaster
* GNU Solfege (ear-training practice exercises)
* Reaktor (software creation of nearly every instrument; reverse engineering encouraged)
* Rocksmith (video game with emphasis on instructional aspects; unique in that controller can be any electric guitar w/ 1/4" jack)
* Synthesia (video game with piano instruction aspects)
* WaveSurfer (studies of acoustic phonetics)
* Yousician (educational game to learn to play guitar and piano)

### Music gaming software

* Beat Saber
* Crypt of the NecroDancer
* osu!
* Music Tech
* Rocksmith (Video game with some instructional aspects; unique in that controller can be almost any electric guitar)

### Music mathematics software

* JFugue, an API for music programming that is designed to support generative and algorithmic music
* Julia (programming language) (MIT freeware, new, high-level dynamic programming language competing with R (programming language), MATLAB and GNU Octave.)
* Scala, a program for creating and analysing musical scales
* Wolfram Language provides built-in functionality for audio generation, as well signal processing, audio signal processing and MIDI.[6]

### Music notation software

Main article: Software:Scorewriter

* Aegis Sonix
* Canorus
* Capella
* Deluxe Music Construction Set
* Denemo
* Dorico
* Encore
* ENT (for typeset mensural notation)
* Finale
* Forte
* Frescobaldi
* Gregorio (for Neumes)
* Guitar Pro
* Igor Engraver
* Impro-Visor
* jEdit plugin
* LilyPond
* MagicScore
* Mozart
* Mus2
* MusEdit
* MuseScore
* Music Write
* MusiCAD
* MusicEase
* Musink
* MusiXTeX
* NoteEdit
* Noteflight
* Notation Composer
* NoteWorthy Composer
* NOTION
* Overture (Includes VST hosting as well as being a scorewriter)
* Philip's Music Writer (PMW)
* Power Tab Editor
* Progression
* 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

Main article: Software:Comparison of audio player software

### Music research software

Main article: Sound and music computing

* ScoreCloud (Notation research)

### Music technology, synthesis and o/s software

* 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[7]
* SynthFont (a MIDI to WAV converter-- Virtual Studio Technology instruments can be used instead of source files)

### Music visualization software

Main article: Software:Music visualization

* 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, (1984, Jeff Minter), an early "light synthesizer", did not use audio input but was designed to create visualizations in accompaniment to music.
* Pure Data (e.g. visualization of incoming music signals)
* Virtual Light Machine (1990, Jeff Minter) (platform: Atari Jaguar)
* Visual Music Tone Painter (1992–2004)[8]

### Orchestration software

* Antescofo
* IRCAM
* OpenMusic
* Orchidée

#### Drums and percussion

* Liquid Rhythm
* Radiodrum

#### Guitar

* Guitar Rig
* Progression (software)

#### Piano

* Kurzweil Digital Piano
* Pianoteq (Modartt)
* SGX-1 Premium Piano
* Synthesia
* Virtual piano

#### Pipe organ

* Hauptwerk produces audio in response to MIDI signal from attached keyboard or from a MIDI sequencer[9]

### Automatic composition software

Main article: Music and artificial intelligence

* Experiments in Musical Intelligence

### Samplers and sequencers

* Electribe
* Music sequencer (Article includes extensive list)
* Propellerhead
* SoundFont (Integrates synthesized/sampled MIDI files with recorded music)

### Soundtrack creation software

Main article: Engineering:Soundtrack

* Anvil Studio
* Ensoniq PARIS
* FL Studio
* FL Studio Mobile
* Mixcraft
* Pro Tools
* Sound Forge
* Soundtrap
* SpectraLayers
* WaveLab

### Trackers

Main article: Software:Music tracker

Historical tracker software:

* Ultimate Soundtracker (Amiga, 1987)
* NoiseTracker (Amiga, 1989)
* OctaMED (Amiga, 1989)
* ScreamTracker (PC, 1994)
* FastTracker 2 (PC, 1994)
* Impulse Tracker (PC, 1995)

Name  | Latest update  | License  | OS versions  | File format support  | VST
support  | ASIO
output

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Windows | OS X | Linux | MID  | MOD  | XM | IT  | S3M
Renoise | 3 January 2021 (2021-01-03) | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Load  | Load  | Load  | Load  | No  | Yes  | Yes
OpenMPT |  | BSD | Yes  | Yes-Wine  | Yes-Wine  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
SoundTracker | 29 July 2020 (2020-07-29) | GPL  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No
MilkyTracker | 12 December 2020 (2020-12-12) | GPL  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Load  | Load  | No  | Yes
Buzztrax | 3 September 2015 (2015-09-03) | LGPL | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Load  | Load  | Load  | Load  | No  | Yes  | Yes
Psycle  | March 2017 (2017-03) | GPL  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | Load  | Yes  | Load  | Load  | Yes  | Yes

### Virtual Studio Technology hosting software

* 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[10])
* AudioMulch
* Band-in-a-Box
* Bidule
* 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
* Zrythm (copy left, open source)

### Virtual synthesizer and studio software

* Amsynth
* Minimoog
* Reaktor (software creation of instrument)
* Reason (DAW and virtual recording studio, integrated with Record)
* ZynAddSubFX

### Wave editors

* Audition
* Audacity
* Goldwave
* Sound Forge
* WavePad Audio Editor

## See also

* 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 guitar tablature software
* List of Linux audio software
* List of scorewriters
* Music technology

## References

1. ↑ "Short History of Computer Music". http://artsites.ucsc.edu/ems/music/equipment/computers/history/history.html.
2. ↑ Twells, John. "The 14 pieces of software that shaped modern music". https://www.factmag.com/2016/10/01/the-14-pieces-of-software-that-shaped-modern-music/.
3. ↑ Walter B. Hewlett, Computing in Musicology, 1990, p. 112, Stanford Music Lab, Menlo Park, CA. Ars Nova (educational music software company, not music style) is at Ars Nova Software
4. ↑ Amped Studio
5. ↑ "Zrythm". https://libreav.org/software/zrythm. "Zrythm". 6 June 2023. https://github.com/zrythm/zrythm.
6. ↑ "Sound and Sonification—Wolfram Language Documentation". http://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/SoundAndSonification.html.
7. ↑ "Music & Math". http://www.musicwords.net/musictech/numbers.htm.
8. ↑ Intelligence, new visions of artificial intelligence in practice. 11. Association for Computing Machinery. 2000. https://books.google.com/books?id=-WZVAAAAMAAJ&q="Visual+Music+Tone+Painter".
9. ↑ Thomas Wichmann, The Hauptwerk Computer Program, Review in The American Organist, July 2004
10. ↑ "VST plug-ins". Audacity Wiki. http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/VST_Plug-ins.

* v
* t
* e

Audio editing software

Free and Open-Source|

* Ardour
* Audacity
* Ecasound
* Gnome Wave Cleaner
* Jokosher
* LMMS
* MusE
* Qtractor
* Rosegarden
* SoX
* Sweep
* Traverso
* WaveSurfer

Proprietary|

* Ableton Live
* ACID Pro
* Acoustica
* Adobe Audition
* Anvil Studio
* AudioDesk
* Bitwig Studio
* Cakewalk Sonar
* DC-Art
* Digital Performer
* FL Studio
* FL Studio Mobile
* GarageBand
* GoldWave
* Harrison Mixbus
* KRISTAL Audio Engine
* Logic Pro
* MAGIX Samplitude
* MAGIX Sequoia
* Making Waves
* Mixcraft
* MuLab
* MultitrackStudio
* n-Track Studio
* Pro Tools
* REAPER
* Reason
* ReCycle
* Renoise
* SAWStudio
* Sony Vegas
* Sound Forge
* Sound Studio
* SpectraLayers
* Steinberg Cubase
* Steinberg Nuendo
* Steinberg WaveLab
* Studio One
* Synapse Orion
* Total Recorder
* Tracktion
* WavePad
* Z-Maestro
* Zynewave Podium

Defunct|

* Adobe Soundbooth
* BIAS Peak
* Ensoniq PARIS
* Logic Express
* Logic Studio
* Record
* SoundDroid
* SoundEdit
* Soundscape Digital Technology
* Soundscape R.Ed
* Soundtrack Pro
* TC Works Spark

See also|

* Comparison of digital audio editors
* Comparison of free software for audio
* List of music software
* List of Linux audio software
* Comparison of MIDI editors and sequencers

* Comparison
* Category

* v
* t
* e

Media player software

Free software

| Windows|

* Media Player Classic
* MediaPortal
* Mpxplay

|

Linux|

| active|

* cmus
* Kaffeine
* Music on Console
* Noise
* Parole
* Rhythmbox
* GNOME Videos
* Xine
* XMMS2

|

inactive|

* JuK
* Muine
* Ogle DVD Player
* XMMS
* QuuxPlayer
* Baudline
* Helix

Cross-platform|

| active|

* Amarok
* Audacious
* DeaDBeeF
* Exaile
* ffplay
* Kodi
* Mpg123
* MPlayer/mpv (IINA, SMPlayer)
* Emby
* Music Player Daemon
* MusikCube
* qmmp
* Quod Libet
* VLC

|

inactive|

* Banshee
* Miro
* Nightingale
* Songbird
* Zinf
* Clementine

Freeware

| Windows|

* Adobe Media Player
* AIMP
* Dell MediaDirect
* foobar2000
* GOM Player
* Groove Music
* jetAudio
* KMPlayer
* MadCat Media Browser
* Media Go
* MediaMonkey
* Microsoft Movies & TV
* Microsoft Photos
* Mod4Win
* MusicBee
* MusikCube
* InterActual Player
* PotPlayer
* QuickTime
* Quintessential Player
* Style Jukebox
* Winamp

|

Cross-platform|

* Boxee
* DivX Player
* iTunes
* Plex
* QuickTime
* RealPlayer

Commercial (proprietary)

| Windows|

* CD Player
* Connect Player
* DVD Player
* JRiver Media Center
* PowerDVD
* TotalMedia Theatre
* SonicStage
* WinDVD
* Windows Media Center
* Windows Media Player
* Yahoo! Music Jukebox

|

macOS|

* DVD Player
* Front Row
* Peel

Mobile|

* CoreAVC CorePlayer
* Core Pocket Media Player
* doubleTwist
* RealPlayer
* TuneWiki
* Winamp

Lists

* Video players
* Audio players
* Free software audio players
* Portable media players
* Personal video recorders

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