RAJABONDOT The third type of music mixing software is a plug-in that's used in conjunction with a powerful DAW like Pro Tools. With a system like Pro Tools, a musician assembles tracks along a set timeline, laying down drums, bass lines, synthesizers and vocals and tweaking the finished product with a vast array of effects and editing tools. DAWs are mostly used as timeline-based editing machines for music composition. The most popular hybrid music mixing software is Ableton Live. A loop can also be a sample of someone else's music, like the chorus of a hit pop song.|Toyota City, Japan: Toyota Motor Corporation