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Name	Categories	Pricing	Tags	Description
Ableton Live	DAW	Paid		Ableton makes Push and Live, hardware and software for music production, creation and performance. Ableton´s products are made to inspire creative music-making.
Avid Pro Tools	DAW	Trial, Paid		Music software for Mac or Windows to create audio with up to 128 audio tracks. Pro Tools includes 60 virtual instruments (thousands of sounds), effects, sound processing, utility plugins, 1 GB of cloud storage and 75 individual plugins. Create, Collaborate. Be heard.
Presonus Studio One	DAW, Music Notation	Free, Paid, Subscription		Record, produce, mix, master, and perform all from a single, intuitive application. Designed with ease of use at its core, Studio One® 5 is your creative partner from studio to stage.
Cockos Reaper	DAW	Paid		REAPER is a complete digital audio production application for computers, offering a full multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering toolset.
Apple Logic Pro	DAW	Paid		Logic Pro is a complete professional recording studio on the Mac. And it has everything musicians need to go from first note to final master.
Apple GarageBand	DAW	Free		‎Read reviews, compare customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about GarageBand. Download GarageBand for macOS 11.0 or later and enjoy it on your Mac.
Reason	DAW	Trial, Paid		Reason is a powerful collection of virtual instruments, effects and music production tools where musical ideas and amazing sounds comes to life. Available as a VST plugin or in Reason standalone.
FL Studio	DAW	Trial, Paid		FL Studio, an all-in-one music production software, is one of the world's most popular DAW. Download your free trial today.
Steinberg Cubase	DAW	Trial, Paid		Whether you want to start creating your own music or bring your production up to a professional level, Cubase guides you on your music production journey.
Steinberg Nuendo	DAW	Paid		As the most advanced audio post-production solution available, Nuendo is the choice of film, TV, game audio and immersive sound industry professionals worldwide
Mixcraft	DAW	Trial, Paid		The Easiest Music Recording Software For Musicians. Stay In The Creative Zone.
Bandlab Cakewalk	DAW	Free		The cloud platform where musicians and fans create music, collaborate and engage with each other across the globe.
LMMS	DAW	Free		LMMS is a free, open source, multiplatform digital audio workstation.
Ardour	DAW	Free		The open source cross-platform DAW. Record, Edit, and Mix on Linux, macOS and Windows.
Adobe Audition	DAW	Trial, Subscription		Edit, mix, record, and restore audio. Audition is a comprehensive toolset that includes multitrack, waveform, and spectral display for creating, mixing, editing, and restoring audio content. This powerful audio workstation is designed to accelerate video production workflows and audio finishing — and deliver a polished mix with pristine sound.
N-Track Studio	DAW	Trial, Paid		Audio and music recording, editing and mixing software for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. Record your music easily from your computer or smartphone.
MOTU DP	DAW	Trial, Paid		Get inspired, then refine your mix — all in a singular workflow. Digital Performer 10 delivers inspirational features devised to ignite your creative muse, combined with state-of-the-art studio production technologies engineered for the most demanding, world-class recording and production environments.
Tracktion Waveform	DAW	Free, Trial, Paid		The most creative, inspirational, and affordable digital audio workstation ever created. Waveform is laser focused on music production.
Bitwg Studio	DAW	Trial, Paid		Bitwig Studio is a digital audio workstation (DAW) and music production software. Design sounds. Build instruments. Make music. Download today.
Komplete	VST	Paid	VST Plugin	VST package
Komplete Players	VST	Free	VST Plugin	Step into music production with KOMPLETE START – a curated selection of studio-quality instruments, effects, utilities, loops, and samples for the low price of nothing at all. Play over 2,000 customizable sounds – drums and percussion, bass, acoustic instruments, synths, pads and atmospheres, effects, and more. And did we mention it’s free?
Kontakt 6	VST	Free	VST Plugin	VST package
Guitar Rig 5	VST	Free	VST Plugin	GUITAR RIG 6 PLAYER is a free amp simulator and effects rack, with a range of high-class modular components for warming up sounds.
Yamaha VCS-5	VST	Free	VST Plugin	VST yamaha soft synth emulation
Reverb	VST	Free, Paid	VST Plugin	Discover Computer Music on Reverb. Find the best DAWs, VSTs, Plugins, and Presets and learn how to use them.
VST4Free	VST	Free	VST Plugin	Free audio plugins archive - Instruments and effects for audio software. Plugins for Cubase, FL studio, Reaper, Ableton and other VST/AU platforms.
Audacity	Audio Editor	Free		Audacity® is free, open source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.
ocenaudio	Audio Editor	Free		The ocenaudio is a cross-platform audio editor, easy to use, fast and functional.
Magix Sound Forge Pro	Audio Editor	Trial, Paid, Subscription		SOUND FORGE Pro 14 sets the benchmark for professional audio recording and editing at the highest level.
Magix Sound Forge Music Studio	Audio Editor	Trial, Paid, Subscription		Recording, editing, restoration and mastering: SOUND FORGE Audio Studio 14 offers everything for easily editing your audio files.
MAGIX Acid Pro	DAW	Trial, Paid		When inspiration meets creativity: ACID Pro 10 is for all those who seek flexible sample based music production!
MAGIX Acid Music Studio	Music Editor	Trial, Paid		Build your own beats \| With over 2,500 Loops \| For hip-hop, rock and tons more \| Includes 8 virtual instruments \| Bonus: Special remixing tools
MAGIX Music Maker	Music Editor	Free, Paid		Combine sounds & loops, play melodies with software instruments, record vocals and rap and drag & drop to apply effects.
Audiotool	Music Editor	Free	Collaborative	Make your own songs in the online studio app and publish them on the audiotool platform or listen to free music produced by the audiotool artists.
Soundation	Music Editor	Free, Subscription	Collaborative	Make music in your browser and collaborate with anyone on Soundation, a one-stop shop for audio samples, instruments, and effects.
Soundtrap	Music Editor	Free, Subscription	Collaborative	Music making, audio editing, loops, autotune, beat maker, all you need to create music free. It's online and collaborative - sign up for your free account now!
Splice	Music Editor	Free	Collaborative	Splice is the leading platform for music production offering access to millions of the best royalty-free samples, loops, and presets; Rent-to-Own plugins & DAWs.
Ecrett Music	Music Editor	Free, Subscription		Easy way to create royalty free music.
imitone	Music Editor, VST	Paid	VST Plugin	Voice to MIDI, also available as a VST Plugin
1BITDRAGON	Music Editor	Paid		A lightweight music creation software super easy to use, instant and fun. You don't have musical background? You don't want to engage in years of music theory training? Create complex music compositions simply by drawing on the screen. 1BITDRAGON is the most intuitive software for music creation!
Renoise	Music Tracker, DAW	Trial, Paid		Renoise is a digital audio workstation. It lets you compose, edit and record production-quality audio using a music tracker-based approach. It features a wide range of built-in audio processors, alongside support for all commonly used virtual instrument and effect plug-in formats.
DefleMask	Music Tracker	Free	Retro Hardware Clone	DefleMask is a cross-platform chiptune music tracker. You can produce video game music for many soundchips and old school game-consoles and computers.
OpenMPT	Music Tracker	Free	Retro Hardware Clone	OpenMPT (Open ModPlug Tracker) is a popular step sequencer supporting many tracker module formats. Clone of Impulse Tracker, FastTracker, Scream Tracker and ProTracker.
Psycle	Music Tracker	Free	Retro Hardware Clone	Download Psycle Modular Music Creation Studio for free. Psycle is a Music tracker (like FastTracker 2 or Impulse Tracker) combined with plugin modularity. It supports its own plugin API, the VST2 plugin standard, and a tracker style sampler playback. FastTracker II Clone, ProTracker Clone
Milky Tracker	Music Tracker	Free	Retro Hardware Clone	FastTracker II Clone, ProTracker Clone
16-bits FT2	Music Tracker	Free	Retro Hardware Clone	FastTracker II Clone
16-bits PT	Music Tracker	Free	Retro Hardware Clone	ProTracker Clone
Schism Tracker	Music Tracker	Free	Retro Hardware Clone	Impulse Tracker Clone
MadTracker	Music Tracker	Free		MadTracker is the music composition tool that creates the shortest path between imagination and music. Based on the tracker concept, MadTracker provides a clean and intuitive interface for a powerful and efficient approach on making music. Versatility and compatibility are guaranteed due to full VST and ReWire support, while its computer charge is minimal.
Klystrack	Music Tracker	Free	Retro Hardware Clone	klystrack is a tracker for making C64/NES/Amiga-style chiptunes on a modern platform.
FamiTracker	Music Tracker	Free	Retro Hardware Clone	FamiTracker is a free windows tracker for producing music for the NES/Famicom-systems.
Little Sound DJ	Music Tracker	Free	Retro Hardware Clone	Little Sound Dj is a Game Boy music sequencer used by video game musicians, Grammy winners, and chiptune virtuosos over the world. It is regularly praised for being intuitive, fast and fun.
HUGETracker	Music Tracker	Free	Retro Hardware Clone	hUGETracker is a music tracker program for the original Game Boy, focused on ease of use, compact output, and embeddability in homebrew Game Boy games.
VCV Rack	Virtual Modular Synthesizer	Free		VCV Rack - the Eurorack simulator. Free download
Tracktion Waverazor	Virtual Modular Synthesizer	Free, Trial, Paid		Waverazor 2.0 Editor Version is a futuristic synth that gives you the power to splice waveforms into aggressive new sounds. AU/VST/AAX on Mac, PC, and Linux.
Bespoke Synth	Virtual Modular Synthesizer	Free, Paid		Bespoke is a software modular synthesizer. It contains a bunch of modules, which you can connect together to create sounds.
SunVox	Virtual Modular Synthesizer	Free		SunVox is a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern-based sequencer (tracker). It is a tool for those people who like to compose music wherever they are, whenever they wish. On any device. On any system.
AudioSauna	Virtual Modular Synthesizer	Free	Chrome Plugin	AudioSauna transforms your web browser into a fast and flexible music production studio with built in synthesizers and live effects. Also available as a Google Chrome Plugin
ZynAddSubFX	Virtual Modular Synthesizer	Trial, Paid		ZynAddSubFX is a fully featured open source software synthesizer capable of making a countless number of instruments, from some common heard from expensive hardware to interesting sounds that you'll boost to an amazing universe of sounds.
Traktor	DJ	Free, Paid		Professional, award-winning DJ software with a wealth of powerful functions and creative features – customizable to any DJ setup.
Mixxx	DJ	Free		Download the most advanced FREE DJ software available, featuring iTunes integration, MIDI controller support, internet broadcasting, and integrated music library.
djay	DJ	Trial, Paid		djay - #1 DJ app for iPad, iPhone, and Android. djay Pro - professional DJ software for Mac and Windows.
Deckadance	DJ	Free, Paid		Deckadance 2 can run VST compliant effects and/or softsynths for producing unique mind blowing musical performances and can also be controlled with MIDI controllers, timecoded vinyl and CD systems.
Serato DJ	DJ	Free, Subscription		World Leading DJ Software, used by millions of DJs worldwide.
Cross DJ	DJ	Trial, Paid		Downloaded by millions and developed by the creators of Rekordbox. Get Cross DJ 4, the upgraded DJ experience, on macOS and Windows.
Giada	DJ	Free		Giada is an open source, minimalistic and hardcore music production tool. Designed for DJs, live performers and electronic musicians.undefined
BeepBox	Music Editor, Video Game SFX	Free		BeepBox is an online tool for sketching and sharing instrumental melodies.
Jfxr	Video Game SFX	Free		Jfxr is a browser-based tool to generate sound effects, for example for use in games. It was inspired by bfxr, but aims to be more powerful and more intuitive to use.
Jsfxr	Video Game SFX	Free		Jsfxr is an online 8 bit sound maker and sfx generator. All you need to make retro sound effects with jsfxr is a web browser. It's a JavaScript port of the original sfxr by DrPetter. You can also use it as a JavaScript library for playing and rendering sfxr sound effects in your games.
Sfxr	Video Game SFX	Free		Sound Effects generator made to support entrants during the 10th Ludum Dare
Bfxr	Video Game SFX	Free		Sound-effects generation for your games in flash. Expands upon sfxr.
ChipTone	Video Game SFX	Free		ChipTone is a free tool for generating sound effects, primarily for games but they could be used for anything you like!
Leshy SF Designer	Video Game SFX	Free		Leshy SFMaker is a retro-style sound effect generator. It can be used to quickly generate sounds for games and other applications.
LabChirp	Video Game SFX	Free		Download LabChirp - A free sound effects generator with multiple channels, modulation, envelopes, custom waveforms, effects, randomizer, mutator and more.
Footsteps Generator	Video Game SFX	Free		Footstep SFX generator that can be used for non-commercial or private use, or for commercial use if sounds are purchased.
Krotos	Video Game SFX	Paid		Creative Sound Design & Music Solutions. Our mission is to improve the way sound is designed and performed. Krotos software allows you to perform and customise sound easily, saving you hours of editing time and allowing you to focus on creativity while injecting more fun into the process.
VoiceMod	Voice Modulation	Free		Download now for FREE Voicemod a funny & scary voice changer app. A voice transformer and modifier with effects that makes you sound like a girl or a robot
VoiceChanger.io	Voice Modulation	Free		You can use the generated audio clips for any purpose at all (commercial usage included).
Voxal Voice Changer	Voice Modulation	Free		Modify, change and disguise your voice in any application or game that uses a microphone to add another dimension of creativity. From ‘Girl’ to ‘Alien’, the voice changing options are limitless.
MorphVOX Pro Voice Changer	Voice Modulation	Trial, Paid		Change Your Voice Online And In-Game. Take your voice-changing to a new level with superior voice-learning technology, background cancellation, and sound quality.
Clownfish Voice Changer	Voice Modulation	Free		Clownfish Voice Changer is an application for changing your voice. It's installed on system level so every application that uses microphone or other audio capture device will be affected.
SynthFont	MIDI Editor	Free, Paid		SynthFont, Viena, VSTSynthFont and SyFonOne are the four main tools provided here for playing with MIDI files and SoundFonts, SynthFont lets you also edit MIDI files while Viena lets you edit SoundFonts. Use SynthFont to create audio files for playback on other devices.
MultitrackStudio	MIDI Editor	Free, Paid		MultitrackStudio is audio/MIDI multitrack recording software for both home recording, one track at a time, and live multitrack recording.
Anvil Studio	MIDI Editor, Music Notation	Free		Free Windows multi-track MIDI/Audio recording & editing, VST Effects & Instruments, automation. Options for Sheet Music printing, music theory, ear training.
Rose Garden	MIDI Editor, Music Notation	Free		Rosegarden is a powerful audio, MIDI and score editing and sequencing environment for musicians.
Viena	MIDI Editor	Free	SoundFont Editor	Viena news. All about the latest release.
Polyphone	MIDI Editor	Free	SoundFont Editor	Polyphone is a free and open-source software for editing sf2, sf3, sfArk and sfz soundfonts. A clean interface and convenient tools have been implemented to efficiently deal with small or big instruments. Polyphone is available in different languages for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and comes with a forum and a detailed documentation.
Scala	MIDI Editor	Free	MIDI Scale Tuner	Scala is a powerful software tool for experimentation with musical tunings, such as just intonation scales, equal and historical temperaments, microtonal and macrotonal scales, and non-Western scales.
Finale	Music Notation	Trial, Paid		Produce the music of your imagination without compromise. No other music notation software offers Finale’s level of control, letting you decide both what and how you create. At every rehearsal, know that your score will sound great, your parts are ready, and you have clearly communicated your musical vision.
Forte	Music Notation	Free, Trial, Paid		With FORTE 12 music notation software, you can write sheet music using your computer in minutes, have it played back by over 100 preloaded instruments at the click of a button
MuseScore	Music Notation	Free		Create, play back and print beautiful sheet music with free and easy to use music notation software MuseScore.
Lilypond	Music Notation	Free		LilyPond – Music notation for everyone
Denemo	Music Notation	Free		Denemo uses LilyPond which generates beautiful sheet music to the highest publishing standards. During input Denemo displays the staffs in a simple fashion, so you can enter and edit the music efficiently.
Avid Sibelius	Music Notation	Trial, Paid		Music Notation software used by great composers, arrangers, publishers and educators. Use Sibelius to compose rich scores with the core tools you need to create and share professional scores easily.
Steinberg Dorico	Music Notation	Trial, Paid		Compose or publish music notation, produce teaching materials or learn the language of music — Dorico lets you make beautiful music, fast.
Presonus Notion	Music Notation	Trial, Paid		Bring musical inspirations to life with the blazingly fast and intuitive Notion™ 6 music composition and performance environment. Compose when and how you want and even enter music with your own handwriting.
Magic Score	Music Notation	Trial, Paid		MagicScore - easy and powerful music notation and composition software
ScoreCloud	Music Notation	Free, Subscription		Like Google Translate for music! ScoreCloud music notation software instantly turns your songs into sheet music. As simple as that! - Music writing software. Includes Cloud Save.
Musink	Music Notation	Free, Paid		Musink is free music-composition software that will change the way you write music. Notate scores, books, MIDI files, exercises &amp sheet music easily &amp quickly
Noteflight	Music Notation	Free, Subscription		Noteflight is an online music writing application that lets you create, view, print and hear professional quality music notation right in your web browser.
NoteWorthy Composer	Music Notation	Free, Paid		Music notation software for Windows computers.
Overture	Music Notation	Trial, Paid		Overture 5, the world's most innovative music notation software has a clean, powerful, easy to use interface. It's robust impressive features give you the best program for creating music scores. Overture 5 is a clear choice at half the price and twice the value.
Capella	Music Notation	Trial, Paid		capella-software. All you need around music notation. Write • Scan • Compose • Practice • Learn
AIVA	Music Editor	Free, Subscription		AIVA, the Artificial Intelligence music composer that creates original & personalized music for your projects.
Roland Zenbeats	DAW	Free, Paid, Subscription		Zenbeats: Music Creation App - Find Your Creative Flow
Zrythm	DAW	Free		Zrythm is a digital audio workstation designed to be featureful and easy to use. It allows limitless automation, supports LV2 plugins, works with the JACK audio backend and provides chord assistance.
Helm	Virtual Modular Synthesizer	Free		Helm is a free, cross-platform, polyphonic synthesizer with a powerful modulation system. Helm runs on GNU/Linux, Mac, and Windows as a standalone program or as a LV2/VST/VST3/AU plugin.
Odin	Virtual Modular Synthesizer	Free		The sound of this 24-voice polyphonic beast will take you from your studio right to Valhalla. Earth shattering basses, exquisite leads or mad FX, Odin's got them all! Use the classic sound of analog waveforms - or draw your own. High quality emulations of legendary analog filters like the Moog-ladder or the Korg-35 further shape your signal. Round your sound off with five onboard FX, or get crazy with modulation. There's much to discover in Odin 2.
Vital	Virtual Modular Synthesizer	Free, Paid, Subscription		Spectral warping wavetable synth.
Blendwave	Video Game SFX	Free		A sound effects maker for game developers and audiovisual authors.
KROG	VST	Paid	VST Plugin	Get Software Products - KORG Official Online Shop
KROG Gadget 2	DAW	Paid		The best all-in-one music production software & plugins - KORG Official Online Shop
JUCE	Framework	Free, License		Deliver music applications on all main platforms, with high performances and professional tools
Max	Music Software Creator	Trial, Paid, Subscription		Max is an infinitely flexible space to create your own interactive software.
Equator	Virtual Modular Synthesizer	Paid		Equator2 is ROLI’s revolutionary MPE synthesizer, taken to the next level. Create and sculpt any sound imaginable using a vast collection of contemporary synthesis techniques, effects and modulators.
Sitala	VST			Sitala is a free drum plugin and standalone app. Sitala‘s beauty is simplicity. It‘s fast and musical. Six knobs. Sixteen pads. Drag and drop. Playable like instrument.
FamiStudio	Music Editor	Free		FamiStudio is very simple music editor for the Nintendo Entertainment System or Famicom. It is targeted at both chiptune artists and NES homebrewers.
Youlean Loudness Meter	Audio Editor	Free, Paid		Youlean Loudness Meter helps you find the true perceived loudness of your audio and prepares it for TV or streaming services release.
Resonic Player	Audio Editor	Free, Paid		Resonic Player is a fast audio and music player, directory player, and sample browser, built around a big waveform view, a frequency analyzer, and a musical spectrum.
Anvil Studio	Audio Editor, Midi Editor	Free, Paid		Create songs with extensive MIDI and Audio editing capabilities
Voiceline Cutter	Audio Editor	Free		Automatically cut long voiceline tracks into separate lines
Bandlab Studio	Music Editor	Free, Trial, Subscription		A Studio for All. BandLab Studio is your personal space to create – collaboratively with your friends or by yourself. Endless instruments, sounds, and effects are all at your fingertips.
Soundtrap	Music Editor	Free, Trial, Subscription		Make music together online. Free instruments, loops, drum kits, and vocal tuner in one studio. Record, edit, mix, and master your audio, no downloads - sign up for free.

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