# Tools & technology — composer

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 27-2041.00 (Music Directors and Composers) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 2652; the official ESCO crosswalk has no entry for this ESCO occupation.

| Software | Category | Hot technology |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes |
| Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | yes |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes |
| Anvil Studio | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Apple Final Cut Pro | Video creation and editing software |  |
| Apple MainStage | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Arobas Music Guitar Pro | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Arpege Music Pizzicato | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Audacity | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Audio Chaos Soundscape Generator | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Audiveris | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Avid Pro Tools | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Avid Technology Sibelius | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Azemus FS | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Basic Music Composer | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Cakewalk SONAR | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Canorus | Music or sound editing software |  |
| ChordWizard Software Soundtrix Gold | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Click MusicalKEYS | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Curto Drum | Music or sound editing software |  |
| D'accord Music Software iChords | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Denemo | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Desktop Piano and Drums | Music or sound editing software |  |
| DigiPiano | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Dream Computer Piano | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Easy Music Composer Free | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Epinoisis Software Digital Ear | Music or sound editing software |  |
| FlexiMusic Composer | Music or sound editing software |  |
| GenieSoft Overture | Music or sound editing software |  |
| HS Virtual Piano | Music or sound editing software |  |
| IK Multimedia GrooveMaker | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Image-Line FL Studio | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Impro-Visor | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Jackbeat | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Javamin Composer | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Korg EM-1 Editor | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Lauriso Software Music Publisher | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Little Piano | Music or sound editing software |  |
| MadTracker | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Maestro Music Software MagicScore | Music or sound editing software |  |
| MAGIX Music Maker | Music or sound editing software |  |
| MakeMusic Finale | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Making Waves Audio Making Waves | Music or sound editing software |  |
| MediaShout | Presentation software |  |
| Microsoft Publisher | Desktop publishing software |  |
| MIDI Maestro | Music or sound editing software |  |
| MIDI Score Creator | Music or sound editing software |  |
| MidiSwing | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Mozart Music Software Mozart | Music or sound editing software |  |
| MuseScore | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Music Director Pro | Data base user interface and query software |  |
| Musical Palette | Music or sound editing software |  |
| MusicDevelopments RapidComposer | Music or sound editing software |  |
| MusicGraph | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Musilogic HarmonyBuilder | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Myriad Software Harmony Assistant | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Notation Software Notation Composer | Music or sound editing software |  |
| NoteWorthy Software NoteWorthy Composer | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Open Song Composer | Music or sound editing software |  |
| PianoFX STUDIO | Music or sound editing software |  |
| PianoRollComposer | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Power Tab Editor | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Proxima Controller | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Renoise | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Rhythm Rascal | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Sonoma Wire Works RiffWorks | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Storm Music Studio | Music or sound editing software |  |
| SVArTracker | Music or sound editing software |  |
| SwarMala | Music or sound editing software |  |
| TabIt | Music or sound editing software |  |
| TablEdit | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Tonality Systems Symoblic Composer | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Truepianos | Music or sound editing software |  |
| TuxGuitar | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Twelve Tone Matrix Calculator | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Twelve Tone Row Analyzer | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Underware Design DTAB | Music or sound editing software |  |
| VBRhapsody | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Visiv SharpEye | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Widisoft WIDI Recognition System | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Wusik Wusikstation VSTi | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Xitona Software Voice Composer | Music or sound editing software |  |
| XT Software energyXT | Music or sound editing software |  |
| ZynAddSubFX | Music or sound editing software |  |

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 19 ads, as of 2026-07-10)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Tools

- Logic Pro — **37 %**
- Pro Tools — **21 %**
- Ableton Live — **16 %**

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