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Name	Categories	Pricing	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.
FL Studio	DAW	Paid	FL Studio has inspired music producers over 20 years, from bedroom studios to creating musical masterpieces. Learn more about the Mixer, Piano roll, Instruments, Plugins and more.
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.
Presonus Studio One	DAW	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.
DefleMask	Music Tracker	Free	DefleMask is a cross-platform chiptune music tracker. You can produce video game music for many soundchips and old school game-consoles and computers.
ChipTone	SFX	Free	ChipTone is a free tool for generating sound effects, primarily for games but they could be used for anything you like!
Jsfxr	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.
Audacity	Audio Editor	Free	Welcome to AudacityAudacity® is free, open source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.
Adobe Premiere Pro	Video Editor	Trial, Subscription	Use Adobe Premiere Pro, the industry-leading video editor. Edit visually stunning videos, and create professional productions for film, TV, web, and more!
Adobe After Effects	Video Editor	Trial, Subscription	With Adobe After Effects, the industry-standard motion graphics and visual effects software, you can take any idea and make it move. Design for film, TV, video, and web.
DaVinci Resolve	Video Editor	Free, Paid	DaVinci Resolve is the world’s only solution that combines editing, color correction, visual effects, motion graphics and audio post production all in one software tool! Its elegant, modern interface is fast to learn and easy enough for new users, yet powerful for professionals.
Shotcut	Video Editor	Free	Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor.
Handbrake	Video Converter	Free	HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder.
OBS Studio	Screen Capture	Free	OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding.
AVerMedia Live Streamer	Screen Capture	Free	Live Streamer is a powerful, feature-packed streaming app for mobile devices. Share your story with the world, anytime and anywhere.
Stream Elements	Stream Widgets, Overlays	Free	StreamElements is the leading platform for live streaming on Twitch,Youtube and Facebook gaming. StreamElements features include Overlays, Tipping, Chat Bot, Alerts, merchandise, stream integrated and cloud-based.
ShareX	Screen Capture, Screen Record, Gif Maker	Free	ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and share it with a single press of a key. It also allows uploading images, text or other types of files to many supported destinations you can choose from.
Gyazo	Screen Capture, Screen Record, Gif Maker	Free	Easily capture screenshots, GIFs, and replays that are ready to share. Download the free app for windows and mac.