Best Music Production Apps

LMMS

Open Source

LMMS (formerly Linux MultiMedia Studio) is digital audio workstation software.

GarageBand

Commercial

GarageBand is a whole music creation studio for mac.

MuseScore

Open Source

MuseScore is a free scorewriter for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Ableton Live

Commercial

Ableton Live is a software music sequencer and digital audio workstation for macOS and Windows.

Sony Sound Forge

Commercial

Sony Sound Forge (Sonic Foundry Sound Forge) is a digital audio editing suite aimed at the professional and semi-professional markets.

Cubase

Commercial

Cubase is a music software for music recording, arranging and editing as part of a digital audio workstation.

VirtualDJ

Freemium

Virtual DJ (VDJ) is a range of audio/video mixing software developed by Atomix Productions Inc. for use by mobile and club DJs.

Sony ACID Pro

Commercial

ACID Pro is a professional digital audio workstation (DAW) software program.

Avid Pro Tools

Commercial

Pro Tools redefined the music, film, and TV industry, providing everything you need to compose, record, edit, and mix music and audio.

LilyPond

Open Source

LilyPond is a computer program and file format for music engraving.

Renoise

Commercial

Renoise is a digital audio workstation (DAW) based upon the heritage and development of tracker software.

Mixcraft

Commercial

Mixcraft is a multitrack recording application for Windows.

MilkyTracker

Open Source

MilkyTracker is a free software multi-platform music tracker for composing music in the MOD and XM module file formats.

Studio One

Commercial

PreSonus Studio One is a line of digital audio workstation software used to create, record, and master music.

SunVox

Freemium

SunVox is a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern-based sequencer (tracker).

MuLab

Freemium

MuLab is an inspiring music production studio.

Aviary Advanced Suite

Free

Aviary Advanced Suite is a free suite of online creative applications, from graphic design to audio editing, which can be used right in the web browser.

Guitar Rig

Commercial

Guitar Rig is an amp and effects modeling software.

WaveShop

Open Source

WaveShop is a free, open-source audio editor.

TwistedWave

Commercial

TwistedWave is an audio editor.

Buzz

Free

Buzz is a Digital Audio Workstation with a unique top-down approach to music composition known as a tracker interface.

Frescobaldi

Open Source

Frescobaldi is a LilyPond sheet music text editor.

FamiTracker

Open Source

FamiTracker is a free windows tracker for producing music for the NES/Famicom-systems.

Luppp

Open Source

Luppp is a music creation tool, intended for live use.

FL Studio

Commercial

FL Studio is a complete software music production environment or Digital Audio Workstation.

Adobe Audition

Commercial

Adobe Audition (formerly Cool Edit Pro) is a digital audio workstation from Adobe Systems featuring both a multitrack, non-destructive mix/edit environment an…

Reaper

Commercial

REAPER is a multitrack recording and a digital audio workstation created by Cockos. The current version is available for Microsoft Windows and macOS – beta ve…

Reason

Commercial

Reason is a digital audio workstation for creating and editing music and audio.

Logic Pro

Commercial

Logic Pro is a digital audio workstation and MIDI sequencer software application for the macOS platform.

AudioTool

Free

Audiotool is a powerful online DAW right in your browser with a built-in publishing platform to share your creations.

Guitar Pro

Commercial

Guitar Pro is a multitrack editor of guitar and bass tablature and musical scores, possessing a built-in MIDI-editor, a plotter of chords, a player, a metrono…

Rosegarden

Open Source

Rosegarden is a free software digital audio workstation program developed for Linux with ALSA and Qt4.

Traktor Pro

Commercial

TRAKTOR PRO is the pro DJ software trusted by top DJs worldwide and designed to handle even the biggest clubs.

Bitwig Studio

Commercial

Bitwig Studio is a multi-platform music-creation system for production, performance and DJing, with a focus on flexible editing tools and a super-fast workflo…

Caustic

Freemium

Caustic 3 is a music creation tool inspired by rack-mount synthesizers / samplers rigs.

OpenMPT

Open Source

OpenMPT is an open source audio module tracker for Windows.

Sibelius

Commercial

Sibelius is a music notation software.

Impro-Visor

Open Source

Impro-Visor is an educational tool for creating and playing a lead sheet, with a particular orientation toward representing jazz solos.

Soundation Studio

Freemium

Soundation is a powerful online music studio with professional features like recording, effects, virtual instruments and over 700 free loops and sounds.