Songwriters and sound engineers utilize a variety of software tools and plugins to achieve the desired effects and attain the ideal sound. VST (Virtual Studio Technology) plugins are particularly popular due to their flexibility. With a compatible VST host, users can perform tasks that would typically require more intricate software solutions.

With the popularity of streaming media and high-sampling digital audio files, digital audio transmission, storage, management and playback increasingly rely on PC platforms. Many software products have emerged, such as Roon, TIDAL, Qobuz and HQPlayer, etc., which are all inseparable from the PC platform. Among them, HQPlayer is currently the most complete desktop upscaling software, which can greatly improve or even change the listening experience, and is increasingly recognized by music enthusiasts.

DaVinci Resolve (formerly called da Vinci Resolve) is a color grading and non-linear video editing (NLE) program for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms, originally developed by da Vinci Systems from United States in 2004, and developed by Blackmagic Design from Australia since its acquisition in 2009. It is currently the only software that integrates video editing, color correction, visual effects, motion graphics and audio post production in one place.

Cakewalk (the successor of SONAR, full name: Cakewalk by BandLab) is a very classic and popular audio production platform in the world, also one of the most complete music production packages, contains all the tools that composers and musicians need to make music. It was originally developed by Twelve Tone Systems from America, later acquired by BandLab Technologies from Singapore. With it, you can write songs, edit audios, record tracks, produce master tapes, and successfully complete the creation of music.

Pro Tools is a digital audio workstation (DAW) software system developed by Avid Technology, which first only appeared on Apple computers, and later also had a PC version. Its internal algorithm is very sophisticated, and it can support audio, MIDI and video very well. Because it uses different algorithm on Mac, just in terms of audio, the sound quality of audio playback and recording is much better than various currently popular audio software on PC.