List of music software

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.

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

CD ripping software

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.

DJ software

Digital audio workstation (DAW) software

Computer music software

Internet, RSS, broadcast music software

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

Audio plug-ins

Music analysis software

Music circuit software

Music composing software

Music conversion software

Music education software

Music gaming software

Music mathematics software

Music notation software

Music player software

Music research software

Music technology, synthesis and OS software

Music visualization software

Orchestration software

Drums and percussion

Guitar

Piano

Pipe organ

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

Automatic composition software

Samplers and sequencers

Soundtrack creation software

Trackers

Historical tracker software:

Name Latest update License OS versions File format support VST
support		 ASIO
output
Windows OS X Linux MID MOD XM IT S3M
Renoise 7 May 2024 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 17 March 2024 GPL No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No
MilkyTracker 25 November 2024 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

Virtual synthesizer and studio software

Wave editors

See also

References

  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.