Software listed in this chapter is intended for instructional purposes. Programs from other categories may be instructional but may not be intended for instructional use. Persons looking for software for the classroom should look at other software listed in this directory. Catalogs listed here vary greatly in purpose and products. Some catalogs contain both hardware and software while others are more limited in scope.
Many catalogs contain a variety of products, only a small portion of which have to do with music.
Software listed in this section is designed to help composers in some manner. Some of the products are intended to help students compose while others are much more sophisticated and may generate music according to parameters provided by the composer. Listed in this category are various conferences about computers or computer products that may be interesting to programmers or users of computers in the field of music. All of these products are designed to help the user keep track of various types of data. These products are designed to allow the creation or editing of music or patches for synthesizers.