Comparison of MIDI editors and sequencers
Notable software MIDI editors and sequencers are listed in the following table.
| Software | Platform | License | Developer | Editing interface | Notes |
| Aegis Sonix | Amiga | Aegis Development | Score, keyboard, and an instrument editor | Music sequencer and a score editor. | |
| Anvil Studio | Windows | Willow Software | Score, piano roll, tablature, event list | Full-featured MIDI editor & sequencer with staff, piano roll, percussion, event list, and audio editors. | |
| Ardour | FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, Windows | Paul Davis, and The Ardour Community | Piano roll, event list | MIDI support began with version 3. | |
| Aria Maestosa | Linux, macOS, Windows | MIDI sequencer/editor with score, keyboard, guitar, drum and controller views. | |||
| B-Step Sequencer | macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS (iPad), Android, Raspberry Pi | Monoplugs | A step sequencer to create arpeggios, chord progressions, basslines or percussions. Available as VST, Audio Units or standalone program. | ||
| Band-in-a-Box | macOS, Windows | PG Music | Accompaniment sequencer with audio loops and more. | ||
| Cakewalk by BandLab | Windows | BandLab Technologies | Piano roll, event list | ||
| Steinberg Cubase | macOS, Windows | Steinberg | Score, piano roll, drum editor, event list | ||
| Deluxe Music Construction Set | AmigaOS, macOS | Electronic Arts | |||
| Digital Performer | macOS, Windows | Mark of the Unicorn | |||
| DirectMusic Producer | Windows | Microsoft | Part of DirectMusic SDK. | ||
| Finale | macOS, Windows | MakeMusic, Inc. | Score | Composition and sequencing program, with various versions, including freeware "NotePad" version. Discontinued. | |
| FL Studio | Windows, macOS, Android, iOS | Image-Line | Piano roll, step sequencer | ||
| GarageBand | macOS, iOS | Apple | Import only, saves to native format. | ||
| Guitar Pro | Linux, macOS, Windows | Arobas Music | |||
| Indaba Music | macOS, Windows | ||||
| JFugue | Linux, macOS, Windows | Programming library. | |||
| KeyKit | Linux, Windows | ||||
| LilyPond | FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, Windows | ||||
| Live | macOS, Windows | Ableton | Piano roll | ||
| Logic Pro | macOS | Apple/Emagic | Piano roll, step editor, event list | ||
| LMMS | Linux, macOS, OpenBSD, Windows | Piano roll, step sequencer | DAW; VST, LADSPA support. MIDI editor displaying notes positions on a virtual keyboard. As of March 30, 2011 no MIDI aftertouch support. | ||
| MAGIX Samplitude | Windows | MAGIX | |||
| Master Tracks Pro | Windows | GVOX | Full-featured GUI MIDI sequencer with notation screen, event editor, MCI, SMPTE sync., etc. Tested to work under Win 10 1903. | ||
| MIDI Converter Studio | Windows | ManiacTools | MIDI file converter, karaoke converter. | ||
| MidiEditor | Linux, Windows | Markus Schwenk | Piano roll | Open-sourced on GitHub. | |
| Mixcraft | Windows | Acoustica | Audio and MIDI sequencer, support for VSTis, MIDI recording, editing, and playback. | ||
| Mozart | Windows | David Webber | Music notation software for simple tunes to full scores of up to 64 parts. | ||
| MuLab | Windows, macOS | Mutools | MIDI and audio full DAW. Support for customizable modular DSP graphs. For electronic music, but not only. | ||
| MultitrackStudio | Windows, macOS, iOS | Bremmers Audio Design | MIDI and audio full DAW, simple user interface, flexible MIDI editing. | ||
| MusE | Linux | Piano roll, event list | Open source midi and audio work station with support for VST, DSSI, LADSPA and LV2. | ||
| MuseScore | Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS | Werner Schweer | Score | Music notation software with full MusicXML support. Piano roll editor, unlimited parts. good stability below 300 000 notes, edit multiple files at once, user friendly GUI, portable edition. | |
| Musink | Windows | Lee Reid | Music notation freeware with MIDI output, loop, and playback functionality. | ||
| Notation Composer | Windows, with Wine support | Notation Software | Score, piano roll | Full featured notation software program and MIDI sequencer. | |
| NoteEdit | Linux | Jörg Anders | MIDI based score writer | Defunct; last stable release September 2006. | |
| NoteWorthy Composer | Windows | Noteworthy Software | Can import and export MIDI data, but only edit and display it as a musical score. Runs correctly in Wine. | ||
| Overture | macOS, Windows | Sonic Scores | Score, piano roll, MIDI sequencer | Notation, tab, piano roll, MIDI/step sequencing, VST/VSTi host, hybrid DAW, video sync. | |
| Podium | Windows | Zynewave | |||
| Pro Tools | macOS, Windows | Avid | Score, piano roll, event list | ||
| Qtractor | Linux | Audio MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ in the Qt framework. | |||
| REAPER | Linux, macOS, Windows | Cockos | Score, piano roll, event list | Supports guitar tabs and MIDI2Tab conversion with TabEditor plug. | |
| Reason | macOS, Windows | Propellerhead | Piano roll | ||
| Renoise | Linux, macOS, Windows | Tracker | Demo version available. | ||
| Rosegarden | Linux | Score, piano roll, event list | Audio, MIDI sequence, record. Win VST support, LADSPA, JACK. | ||
| Scala | Linux, macOS, Windows | Manuel Op de Coul | Specializes in tuning; converts ascii score file to MIDI. | ||
| Seq24 | Linux, Windows | Piano roll | MIDI loops sequencer. | ||
| Sibelius | macOS, Windows | Avid | Score, piano roll, tablature | Live scoring of sheet music from MIDI input. | |
| Web | Signal | Piano roll, event list | |||
| Studio One | macOS, Windows | PreSonus | Score, piano roll, drum editor | ||
| TineFune | Linux, Windows | TineFune, LLC | Piano roll, event list | MIDI sequencer with a Web Browser GUI, no windows or menu clutter. | |
| TuxGuitar | FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, Windows | Tablature | Tablature editor. | ||
| Z-Maestro | Windows | "Lite" version: limited tracks, I/O. |