There are a number of tools we believe every (music-loving) Internet surfer should have.

Acrobat Reader	Program that will allow you to read .pdf files. Very common in the Internet.
Cool Edit	Sound editor
Goldwave	Sound editor.
Musician's CD Player	Additional features for audio CD playback (e.g. setting random repeat marks).
RealPlayer	Play back RealAudio and RealVideo files.
Shockwave	Plugin for animated websites.
Slow Speed CD Player	Can play back CD tiles at a slower speed or a different pitch! Your CD-ROM drive must be able to read audio information digitally (audio grabbing).
Stomper	Drum sound synthesizer
SWR3 OnlineCounter	Monitors your telephone fees while you surf.
WinAmp	Player for different file formats including MP3 and MOD.
WinDAC32	Audio grabber. Allows you to read Audio CDs digitally.
WinZip	Archive and compression program

Check out other useful tools that require special equipment (such as editors for synthesizers) on our studio pages.

These (and many other) programs are included in different shareware collections. Check out the links we provide in our collection of Music Links.