New Digital Music Software Popularity Ranking

Digital Music Doctor has released its Music Software Internet Popularity Index for Third Quarter 2009. During Q3 the top five products - DigiDesign Pro Tools, Steinberg Cubase, ImageLine FL Stu dio, Cakewalk Sonar, and Apple Logic - maintained their previous positions. Ableton Live, Apple GarageBand, and PG Music Band-in-a-Box moved up in the rankings pushing down Adobe Audition and Sony Sound Forge. The ten most popular music software products on the Internet, based on recent search engine activity, are:

1. DigiDesign Pro Tools (9.8)
2. Steinberg Cubase (7.9)
3. L Studio (5.4)
4. Cakewalk Sonar (4.0)
5. Apple Logic (2.9)
6. Ableton Live (2.9)
7. Apple GarageBand (2.3)
8. Adobe Audition (2.3)
9. Band-in-a-Box (1.8) 10.
10. Sony Sound Forge (1.7)

This index is based on quarterly Internet search activity on Google, Yahoo, AOL and MSN. Collectively these 4 search engines represent more than 95 percent of the searches on the Internet. Over 100 search terms are used to construct this index, and 15 music software products are tracked. An annual average of the past four quarters is also included for comparison.

The following table shows a complete list of the products tracked as well as the changes in their ranking from the prior quarter:

PRODUCT (RANK CHANGE)

1. DigiDesign Pro Tools (0) 2. Steinberg Cubase (0) 3. FL Studio (0) 4. Cakewalk Sonar (0) 5. Apple Logic (0) 6. Ableton Live (1) 7. Apple GarageBand (1) 8. Adobe Audition (-2) 9. Band-in-a-Box (2) 10. Sony Sound Forge (-1) 11. MOTU Digital Performer (1) 12. Sony Acid (-2) 13. Propellerhead Reason (0) 14. Steinberg Wavelab (0) 15. Steinberg Nuendo (0) Additional details on the results of the Music Software Popularity Index are available at the Digital Music Doctor website,