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The MIA Music Awards 2011 take place in London on 30 November, and celebrate the musical instrument industry's top achievers from the past year.

One of the awards that's going to be handed out is for Music Software of the Year, and this is being sponsored by Computer Music.

We've seen some fantastic new DAWs and plug-ins over the past 12 months, but which product deserves to be crowned as the very best?

We asked for your votes to help determine the 'Computer Music Music Software of the Year'. Those votes have now been used to compile a final shortlist, and the ultimate winner will be announced at the MIA Awards ceremony on the evening of 30 November 2011.

The shortlist, in no particular order, for Computer Music Music Software of the Year is:

Rob Papen Punch
Cakewalk Sonar X1
FabFilter Pro-L
Avid Pro Tools 9
Propellerhead Reason 5
u-he ACE
Cakewalk Z3TA+2
Steinberg Cubase 6

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