Music tools for macOS

Free reverb and delay plugin for large, ambient, and otherworldly spatial effects.

A mobile sampling and beat-making app for recording, chopping and sequencing samples.

A free collection of software instruments from Spitfire Audio presented in a single plugin.

Digital audio workstation with both a non-linear Session View and a timeline Arrangement View.

An AI-powered brickwall limiter with content-aware parametrization and detailed loudness monitoring.

A dynamic resonance suppressor plugin that automatically detects and reduces problematic resonances in real time.

An all-in-one metering plugin tracking loudness, true peak, dynamics, and stereo information.

Speaker and headphone calibration software that corrects monitoring response for an accurate studio reference sound.

A vocal synthesizer plugin that generates realistic sung vocals from typed lyrics and entered notes.

Audio editing software with AI stem separation and note-level editing of audio.

A multiband compressor and expander plugin with dynamic phase processing and flexible bands.

Smooth Operator is a dynamic spectral processing plugin that automatically detects and suppresses harsh resonances across the frequency spectrum.

A professional pitch-correction and vocal effects plugin offering real-time and graphical pitch editing.

A loudness measurement plugin and standalone app for monitoring LUFS, loudness range, and true peak.

An all-in-one mastering plugin with a guided workflow and a pre-tuned analog-style processing chain.

An intelligent automatic equalizer plugin based on a computational model of auditory perception.

An AI-powered equalizer that automatically balances tracks toward genre and instrument profiles.

Audio repair and restoration software suite using machine learning to fix recordings.

A transparent peak limiter plugin with multiple algorithms and extensive loudness metering.

A reference and metering plugin for comparing a mix against reference tracks with comprehensive analysis.

Slate Digital develops audio plugins for mixing, mastering, and music production, including analog-modeled effects and virtual instruments.

A referencing plugin that visualizes a mix's tonal balance against genre target curves.

A free real-time FFT spectrum analyzer plugin with level and loudness metering.

Waves Clarity Vx is an AI-powered noise reduction plugin that removes background noise from vocal and voice recordings.

An audio editor that lets you edit the pitch, timing, and other characteristics of individual notes within recordings.

Professional compressor plugin by FabFilter with multiple compression styles.

Synchro Arts VocAlign is a plugin that automatically aligns the timing of one vocal performance to match another.

Voice-to-MIDI software that converts singing, humming, beatboxing, or whistling into real-time MIDI for any DAW.

An all-in-one mixing plugin suite with intelligent modules for EQ, compression, and clarity.

Professional parametric EQ and filter plugin by FabFilter.

SSL Native is Solid State Logic's suite of audio plugins modeled on its classic consoles, including EQ, dynamics, and bus compression.

An automatic spectral balancer that dynamically shapes program material toward a target profile.

A free parallel dynamic equalizer plugin combining parametric EQ with per-band dynamics.

A multiband distortion and saturation plugin with amp modeling and deep modulation.

ShaperBox is a modulation-based multi-effect plugin from Cableguys with drawable LFO shapes.

A bundle of analog-modeled audio effect plugins covering delay, reverb, saturation, modulation, and pitch.

Synthesizer V is an AI singing voice synthesizer that produces vocal performances from entered notes and lyrics.

MuseScore is free, open-source music notation software for creating, playing back, and printing sheet music.

A real-time vocal pitch-correction plugin with ultra-low latency for studio and live use.

RC-20 Retro Color is a creative vintage-character effect plugin from XLN Audio.

ACE Studio is an AI vocal synthesis platform that generates studio-quality singing vocals from MIDI and lyrics.

A vocal multi-effects plugin combining vocoder, talkbox, and synthesis engines for creative vocal processing.

Vocal production plugin suite with AI-assisted mixing tools for vocals.

A free wideband dynamics processor designed for high-fidelity bus and mastering compression.

Orb Producer Suite is a set of AI-assisted plugins that generate chord progressions, melodies, basslines, and arpeggios as MIDI.

Free, open-source, cross-platform audio editor and multitrack recorder.

AI-powered vocal remover and stem splitter for isolating vocals and instruments.

A reverb plugin with musical, non-technical controls and decay-rate EQ shaping.

Steinberg's digital audio workstation for recording, composing, mixing, and mastering.

EZdrummer 3 is intuitive virtual drum software from Toontrack aimed at songwriters and producers.

A variable-mu compressor plugin offering three models inspired by classic tube hardware.

AI music practice app with stem separation, chord detection, and tempo or pitch control.

A cross-platform digital audio workstation for multitrack recording, editing, mixing and MIDI sequencing.

A free, open-source virtual modular synthesizer for building patches from software modules.

Cross-platform digital audio workstation for recording, editing, and mixing.

A sidechain mixing plugin that carves space for one track by applying a reversed EQ curve from another.

Vocaloid is Yamaha's singing voice synthesizer software that produces vocals from input melody and lyrics.

Blackhole is an ambient reverb plugin capable of producing very large, otherworldly reverberant spaces and soundscapes.

A vintage-style algorithmic reverb plugin offering classic digital reverb modes and color modes inspired by 1970s and 1980s hardware.

Avid's industry-standard digital audio workstation for recording, editing, and mixing.

Online platform offering AI audio mastering, music distribution, samples, and plugins.

A free bundle of audio effect plugins including EQs, compressors, reverbs, and modulation effects.

Open-source desktop application that removes and isolates vocals using deep neural networks.

Mastering plugin suite with AI-assisted tools for finalizing tracks and mixes.

Kickstart 2 is a fast sidechain-style volume modulation plugin from Cableguys and Nicky Romero.

XO is a drum sample organizer and sequencer that maps one-shot libraries by sonic similarity.

PreSonus digital audio workstation for recording, production, mixing, and mastering.

Reason is a digital audio workstation built around a modular rack of instruments and effects.

AI composition tool that generates original instrumental music across many styles.

A free three-band upward and downward multiband compressor plugin.

LMMS is a free, open-source digital audio workstation for composing, arranging, and producing music.

Output's cloud-based, subscription sampler plugin that turns loops and samples into playable instruments.

Odesi is a music composition sketchpad for quickly writing chords, basslines, and melodies and exporting MIDI.

A professional digital audio workstation from Tracktion for music production with bundled instruments and effects.

EZkeys 2 is a virtual piano instrument and songwriting tool combining sampled keyboard sounds with MIDI-based composition features.

Waveform Free is a fully featured, unlimited free digital audio workstation from Tracktion.

Captain Plugins by Mixed In Key is a suite of plugins for composing chords, melodies, and basslines and exporting to a DAW.

Portal is a granular synthesis effect plugin that transforms incoming audio into evolving, playable textures.

Steinberg's music notation and composition software for writing, engraving, and playing back scores.

The Archetype Series is a line of guitar and bass amp-and-effects plugins, each modeling the signature tone of a featured artist.

Semi-modular software synthesizer by Kilohearts for designing custom sounds.

AudioCipher is a text-to-MIDI plugin that converts typed words and phrases into melodies and chord progressions.

A cross-platform music creation app from Roland with onscreen instruments, effects and plugin support.

Free, open-source digital audio workstation for multitrack recording, editing and mixing of audio and MIDI.

Spectral warping wavetable synthesizer plugin available in a free version.

A free sampler plugin that plays and lets you build instruments in the DecentSampler format.

Guitar Rig 7 Pro is amp and effects modeling software for guitar, bass, and creative sound design.

Mixed In Key is harmonic-mixing software that detects the musical key and energy of tracks for DJs and producers.

A cross-platform sample browser that uses machine learning to analyze, organize, and find similar sounds in a sample library.

Antares Harmony Engine is a vocal harmony plugin that generates multiple harmony voices from a single lead vocal or monophonic input.

Loopcloud is a subscription sample-library application that lets you preview and download royalty-free sounds from within your DAW.

All-in-one digital audio workstation for producing, mixing, and mastering music.

Beat-making DAW with drum sequencing, sampling, and stem separation.

Avid's music notation software for creating, editing, and publishing musical scores.

Sylenth1 is a virtual analog subtractive synthesizer plugin from LennarDigital.

Scaler 2 is a music-theory plugin that detects key and scale and helps build chords, progressions, and melodies.

Addictive Keys is a sampled virtual instrument plugin offering studio-recorded acoustic and electric keyboard instruments.

A free virtual analog synthesizer plugin with subtractive synthesis and built-in effects.

AI music generator for creating customizable, royalty-free instrumental tracks.

A free, open-source FM synthesizer plugin modeled on the Yamaha DX7.

KeyFinder is a free, open-source musical key detection tool for DJs interested in harmonic mixing.

AmpliTube 5 is guitar and bass amp simulation and gear-modeling software for recording and live tone shaping.

Voltage Modular is a software platform that emulates a modular synthesizer with patchable virtual modules.

A free, open-source hybrid synthesizer plugin combining subtractive, wavetable, FM, and additive synthesis.

Modular digital audio workstation with deep modulation and the modular Grid.

Addictive Drums 2 is a virtual drum instrument plugin from XLN Audio with sampled acoustic kits.

Diva is a virtual analog synthesizer plugin that emulates classic hardware oscillators and filters.

Lemonaide is an AI melody generator that produces MIDI and audio loops trained on contributions from professional producers.

Apple's free digital audio workstation for recording, arranging and producing music on Mac and iOS devices.

Pigments is a polychrome software synthesizer combining multiple synthesis engines from Arturia.

Renoise is a digital audio workstation that uses a tracker-based interface for composing music.

Advanced wavetable and hybrid synthesizer plugin by Xfer Records.

Arturia's bundle of dozens of emulated keyboard, synth, and instrument plugins.

Splice is a subscription service offering a large catalog of royalty-free samples, loops, one-shots, presets, and MIDI.

KICK 2 is a drum-synthesizer plugin dedicated to designing, shaping, and exporting custom kick drum sounds.

Arturia's plugin combining thousands of synth and keyboard presets from its V Collection and Pigments.

Virtual analog synthesizer plugin that emulates the classic Roland Juno-60.

Apple's professional digital audio workstation for Mac and iPad.

Spire is a polyphonic software synthesizer combining subtractive, FM, and additive synthesis methods.

BIAS FX 2 is guitar and bass amp-and-effects modeling software that turns a computer or mobile device into a virtual rig.

A Spectrasonics virtual instrument featuring a large collection of deeply sampled collector keyboards.

Omnisphere is a flagship software synthesizer from Spectrasonics combining many synthesis types.

A hybrid software instrument from UVI combining many synthesis and sampling oscillator types.

Superior Drummer 3 is professional drum production software from Toontrack with a large sample library.

Effectrix is a pattern-sequenced multi-effect plugin that triggers and automates audio effects across a step grid.

Nexus is a software synthesizer plugin from reFX widely used for EDM, trance, and pop production.

Native Instruments' next-generation polyphonic wavetable synthesizer plugin.

Native Instruments' software sampler and virtual instrument platform.

A free, highly SFZ-compliant sample player plugin from Plogue.

A Spectrasonics virtual bass instrument covering acoustic, electric, and synth basses.