# Tools & technology — sound designer

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 27-4014.00 (Sound Engineering Technicians) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 3521; the official ESCO crosswalk has no entry for this ESCO occupation.

| Software | Category | Hot technology |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat | Document management software | yes |
| Adobe Creative Cloud software | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
| Adobe InDesign | Desktop publishing software | yes |
| Adobe Photoshop | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
| Apple macOS | Operating system software | yes |
| Autodesk AutoCAD | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
| Facebook | Web page creation and editing software | yes |
| Git | File versioning software | yes |
| Linux | Operating system software | yes |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes |
| Microsoft Visio | Process mapping and design software | yes |
| Microsoft Windows | Operating system software | yes |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes |
| Oracle Java | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| UNIX | Operating system software | yes |
| Adobe Audition | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Adobe Premiere Pro | Video creation and editing software |  |
| Apple Final Cut Pro | Video creation and editing software |  |
| Audio editing software | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Avid Pro Tools | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Avid Technology audio visual editing software | Video creation and editing software |  |
| Avid Technology Pro Tools | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Cisco IOS | Operating system software |  |
| IBM Middleware | Transaction server software |  |
| Musical instrument digital interface MIDI software | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Perforce software | Metadata management software |  |
| Real time operating system RTOS software | Operating system software |  |
| Unity Technologies Unity | Development environment software |  |
| VMware | Clustering software |  |
| Voice over internet protocol VoIP system software | Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software |  |

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 32 ads, as of 2026-07-19)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Tools

- Pro Tools — **38 %**
- Wwise — **19 %**

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