Best Music Production Software in the UK

GarageBand is a fully equipped music creation studio right inside your Mac — with a complete sound library that includes instruments, presets for guitar and voice, and an incredible selection of session drummers and percussionists. With Touch Bar features for MacBook Pro and an intuitive, modern design, it’s easy to learn, play, record, create, and share your hits worldwide. Now you’re ready to make music like a pro.

FL Studio by Image-Line is a world-renowned digital audio workstation (DAW) that empowers musicians, producers, and creators to turn ideas into professional-quality music fast. Packed with over 100 instruments and effects, a massive sound library, and intuitive tools, it’s designed for both beginners and industry professionals. Used by hitmakers like Martin Garrix, Mustard, and Boi-1da, FL Studio has powered countless chart-topping tracks across every genre. Its sleek interface makes it easy to learn while offering deep creative flexibility for experienced users. With Image-Line’s lifetime free updates, producers never have to pay for upgrades again. Starting at just $99, FL Studio delivers everything you need to start making music today.

Live organizes multiple passes of an audio or MIDI performance into individual takes. Pick the best moments of each performance and combine them to create your perfect take. Or approach sound design in a new way by splicing together random samples from your library. Link two or more tracks to edit their content simultaneously. This makes editing multi-tracked instruments or performances with multiple musicians easy and fast whilst keeping everything in time across tracks. This feature also works for MIDI tracks. Plug in your MPE-capable controller and immediately add bends, slides and pressure for each individual note in a chord. Add subtle expression variations, morph between chords and create evolving sonic textures. MPE stands for MIDI Polyphonic Expression. This way of using MIDI allows MPE-capable devices to control multiple parameters of every note in real-time for more expressive instrumental performances.

It's no big secret: creating a great mix is easier in a perfect mix room. With dearVR MIX, your mixes translate reliably to any sound system, whether you're producing rock, pop, R&B, classical music, or your podcast. Relying on Dear Reality's outstanding virtual acoustics engine, dearVR MIX creates ultra-realistic environments without any drawbacks known from the physical world. Dear Reality's Spatial Headphone Compensation technology (SHC) ensures the best binaural playback experience with the highest degree of out-of-head-localization by compensating the individual sound characteristics of different headphones. dearVR MIX turns your favorite studio headphones into an ultimate mixing environment, offering three carefully designed virtual reference rooms. Dear Reality's unique technology currently supports the 45 most used professional studio headphones. Each model has been carefully optimized by the Dear Reality team.

Sound as great on stage as you do in the studio. Turn your Mac into a live rig. Transform your keyboard, guitar, or vocal performance with an enormous collection of plug-ins and sounds. And give your audience a show they’ll never forget. MainStage has something for every kind of performer. You can use all your favorite instrument and effect plug-ins from Logic Pro. Simplify setup and teardown. Sound as big as you want with backing tracks. And use all your favorite hardware controllers. Take your performance beyond what you can actually perform. The Arpeggiator features note-based remote controls and flexible latch modes. And Chord Trigger allows you to press a single note and have it trigger an entire complex chord. Use Retro Synth to re-create your favorite electronic sounds from the ’70s and ’80s with an intuitive set of controls. Or bring the authentic sounds of a Hammond B3 organ, Hohner Clavinet D6, or Fender Rhodes or Wurlitzer electric pianos on stage.