This is a list of software for creating, performing, learning, analyzing, researching, broadcasting and editing music. This article only includes software, not services.
Forstreaming services such asiHeartRadio,Pandora, Prime Music, and Spotify, seeComparison of on-demand streaming music services.
For storage, uploading, downloading and streaming of music via thecloud, seeComparison of online music lockers.
This list does not include discontinued historic or legacy software, with the exception oftrackers that are still supported.[1][2]
If a program fits several categories, such as a comprehensivedigital audio workstation or a foundation programming language (e.g.Pure Data), listing is limited to its top three categories.
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This section only includes software, not services. For services programs like Spotify, Pandora, Prime Music, etc. seeComparison of on-demand streaming music services. Likewise, list includes music RSS apps, widgets and software, but for a list of actual feeds, seeComparison of feed aggregators. For music broadcast software lists in the cloud, seeContent delivery network andComparison of online music lockers.
Historical tracker software:
| Name | Latest update | License | OS versions | File format support | VST support | ASIO output | ||||||
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| Renoise | 7 May 2024 (2024-05-07) | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Load | Load | Load | Load | No | Yes | Yes |
| OpenMPT | 22 September 2024 | BSD | Yes | Yes-Wine | Yes-Wine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SoundTracker | 1 October 2023 (2023-10-01) | GPL | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| MilkyTracker | 25 November 2024 (2024-11-25) | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Load | Load | No | Yes |
| Buzztrax | 30 December 2015 | LGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Load | Load | Load | Load | No | Yes | Yes |
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