Notable software MIDI editors and sequencers are listed in the following table.
| Software | Platform | License | Developer | Editing interface | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amiga | Aegis Development | Score, keyboard, and an instrument editor | Music sequencer and a score editor. | |||
| Willow Software | Score, piano roll, tablature, event list | Full-featured MIDI editor & sequencer with staff, piano roll, percussion, event list, and audio editors. | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| Monoplugs | A step sequencer to create arpeggios, chord progressions, basslines or percussions. Available as VST, Audio Units or standalone program. | |||||
| macOS, Windows (also previously for Atari ST) | PG Music | Accompaniment sequencer with audio loops and more. | ||||
| Windows | Piano roll, event list | |||||
| macOS, Windows (also previously for Atari ST) | Score, piano roll, drum editor, event list[1] | |||||
| AmigaOS, macOS | ||||||
| macOS, Windows[2] | Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) | |||||
| DirectMusic Producer | Windows | Part of DirectMusic SDK. | ||||
| macOS, Windows | MakeMusic, Inc. | Score | Composition and sequencing program, with various versions, including freeware (version 2008 and earlier) "NotePad" version (with very limited features). Discontinued.[3] | |||
| Windows, macOS, Android, iOS | Piano roll, step sequencer | |||||
| macOS, iOS | Import only, saves to native format. | |||||
| Linux, macOS, Windows | Arobas Music | |||||
| macOS, Windows | ||||||
| Linux, macOS, Windows (Java-based) | Programming library (API). | |||||
| Linux, Windows | ||||||
| FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, Windows | ||||||
| macOS, Windows | Piano roll | |||||
| macOS (also previously for Windows & Atari ST) | Apple/Emagic (formerly named C-Lab) | Piano roll, step editor, event list | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| Windows | MAGIX | |||||
| Windows | GVOX (originally Passport Designs) | Full-featured GUI MIDI sequencer with notation screen (requires supplied Anastasia TrueType or Type1 font), 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. | ||
| Windows | Acoustica | Audio and MIDI sequencer, support for VSTis, MIDI recording, editing, and playback. | ||||
| 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. | |||
| Linux | Piano roll, event list | Open source midi and audio work station with support for VST, DSSI, LADSPA and LV2. | ||||
| Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS (partial) | 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. | |||
| Windows | Lee Reid | Music notation freeware with MIDI output, loop, and playback functionality. | ||||
| Windows, with Wine support | Notation Software | Score, piano roll | Full featured notation software program and MIDI sequencer. | |||
| Linux | Jörg Anders | MIDI based score writer | Defunct; last stable release September 2006. | |||
| Windows | Noteworthy Software | Can import and export MIDI data, but only edit and display it as a musical score. Runs correctly in wine. | ||||
| macOS, Windows | Sonic Scores (formerly called Geniesoft) | Score, piano roll, MIDI sequencer | Notation, tab, piano roll, MIDI/step sequencing, VST/VSTi host, hybrid DAW, video sync. | |||
| Windows | Zynewave | |||||
| macOS, Windows | Score, piano roll, event list | |||||
| Linux | Audio MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ in the Qt framework. | |||||
| Linux, macOS, Windows | Cockos | Score, piano roll, event list | Supports guitar tabs and MIDI2Tab conversion with TabEditor plug. | |||
| macOS, Windows | Propellerhead | Piano roll | ||||
| Linux, macOS, Windows | Demo version available. | |||||
| Linux | Score, piano roll, event list | Audio, MIDI sequence, record. Win VST support, LADSPA, JACK. | ||||
| Linux, macOS, Windows | Manuel Op de Coul | Specializes in tuning; converts ascii score file to MIDI. | ||||
| Linux, Windows | Piano roll | MIDI loops sequencer. | ||||
| macOS, Windows | Avid (originally Sibelius Software) | Score, piano roll, tablature | Live scoring of sheet music from MIDI input. | |||
| Signal | Web | Signal | Piano roll, event list | |||
| Studio One | macOS, Windows | PreSonus | Score, piano roll, drum editor | |||
| Linux, Windows | TineFune, LLC | Piano roll, event list | MIDI sequencer with a Web Browser GUI, no windows or menu clutter. | |||
| FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, Windows (Java-based) | Tablature | Tablature editor. | ||||
| Windows | "Lite" version: limited tracks, I/O. |