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Ableton Live is a DAW for writing, recording and performing music, built around two connected ways of working. Launch audio and MIDI clips in Session View to try combinations without committing to a song structure, then record those decisions into Arrangement View and edit them along a timeline.

TrainYourEars EQ Edition is a desktop ear-training app for producers, sound engineers and audio students who want to recognise EQ changes by listening. It applies random equalisation to music or noise, then asks you either to identify the settings or to correct the sound back towards the original.

EarMaster is a great tool to help you with ear training and sight-singing. With its easy-to-use interface and comprehensive lessons, you'll be able to make progress quickly and efficiently.

Apple's Logic Pro has been the standard DAW for Mac-based producers and engineers for over two decades, and version 11 adds AI-assisted tools to what is already one of the most complete recording, composition, and mixing environments on any platform.

MuseScore operates as two things under the same name: a free, open source notation application (MuseScore Studio) and a sheet music sharing platform (musescore.com) with millions of community-uploaded scores. Understanding which is which matters before you commit to either.

Audio repair is a solved problem if you can afford to solve it well. iZotope RX 11 is the suite that set the benchmark, and after more than a decade of iteration it remains the tool that dialogue editors, mastering engineers, and music producers reach for when recordings go wrong.