Alternative Dance Gear: Synths, Pedals & Software Used by Alternative Dance Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 1,089 Alternative dance artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Alternative Dance Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more Alternative dance artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Alternative Dance Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with Alternative dance.
Alternative Dance Synthesizers
3.2× site average-m.webp?v=1784386607)
$967.05
in Synthesizers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 48
$379.00 - $528.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 44
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#3 · Owned or saved by 34
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$1,124.32
in Synthesizers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 33
$2,000.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 30
$727.00 - $2,398.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 26
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Alternative Dance Production & Groove
3.2× site average
$439.00
in Production & Groove Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 15
$40.00 - $573.99
in Production & Groove Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 11
$725.00
in Production & Groove Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 11
$1,193.11
in Production & Groove Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 9
$409.00 - $499.00
in Production & Groove Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 8
$77.55
in Production & Groove Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
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Alternative Dance Harmonizer & Octave Effects Pedals
1.5× site average
$299.00 - $400.00
#1 · Owned or saved by 17
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$199.00 - $244.90
#2 · Owned or saved by 12
$413.00 - $499.00
#3 · Owned or saved by 12
$204.57
#4 · Owned or saved by 11
$182.41 - $299.99
#5 · Owned or saved by 11
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$184.88 - $319.99
#6 · Owned or saved by 10
Alternative Dance Delay Effects Pedals
1.4× site average
$208.00 - $260.35
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 35
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$12.95
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 33
$323.87 - $554.80
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 22
$123.99 - $171.09
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 21
$399.00 - $449.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 21
$184.84 - $250.90
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 11
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Alternative Dance Reverb Effects Pedals
1.4× site average
$111.00 - $137.90
in Reverb Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 19
$95.45
in Reverb Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 19
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$325.00 - $379.00
in Reverb Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 12
$18.48 - $99.00
in Reverb Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 9
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$439.00 - $479.00
in Reverb Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 9
$125.00
in Reverb Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 8
Alternative Dance Synth Plugins
1.8× site average
$99.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 22
#2 · Owned or saved by 22
$479.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 21
$148.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 17
$139.00 - $179.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 11
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#6 · Owned or saved by 10
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Alternative Dance DAW Software
1.6× site average
$268.00 - $349.00
in DAW Software Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 99
#2 · Owned or saved by 67
$225.00 - $599.00
in DAW Software Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 29
$179.00
in DAW Software Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 24
$209.00 - $329.99
in DAW Software Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 21
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$409.00 - $499.00
in DAW Software Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 18
Alternative Dance Drum Machines
3.5× site average-m.webp?v=1784331669)
$4,599.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 33
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$4,699.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 19
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$119.99 - $159.99
in Drum Machines Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 19
$274.42
in Drum Machines Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 15
$659.00 - $899.99
in Drum Machines Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 14
$499.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 13
Alternative Dance Audio Samplers
3.4× site average
$3,460.02
in Audio Samplers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 19
$300.00
in Audio Samplers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 13
$200.00
in Audio Samplers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 11
$835.18
in Audio Samplers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 9
$89.00
in Audio Samplers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 8
$290.00
in Audio Samplers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 8
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Alternative Dance Solid Body Electric Guitars
1.1× site average
$619.00 - $719.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 55
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#2 · Owned or saved by 52
$999.99 - $1,499.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 34
$879.99 - $1,890.00
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 27
$1,333.00 - $2,741.79
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 22
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$939.99 - $1,469.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 21
Alternative Dance Effects Processors
2.3× site average
$1,450.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 20
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$40.00 - $2,999.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 10
$1,549.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 9
$69.95
in Effects Processors Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 9
$894.83 - $1,799.95
in Effects Processors Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 8
$1,710.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
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Alternative Dance Dynamic Microphones
1.1× site average-m.webp?v=1784386584)
$95.96 - $109.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 49
$95.96 - $219.99
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 42
$335.00 - $439.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 19
$149.74 - $179.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 9
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$129.00 - $938.03
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 6
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$327.50 - $449.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 6
Alternative Dance Electric Basses
1.3× site average
$654.61 - $1,999.99
in Electric Basses Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 68
$649.00 - $1,589.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 40
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$799.99 - $1,475.67
#3 · Owned or saved by 16
$2,300.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 11
$1,785.00 - $2,499.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 9
$650.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
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Gear That Defines Alternative Dance
Not just popular — disproportionately Alternative dance. Multipliers compare usage among Alternative dance artists & fans to usage across all of Equipboard, so gear everyone owns doesn't crowd out the gear that makes this genre sound like itself.
Roland Juno-106
Synthesizers
3.1× vs site-wide
2
Korg MS-20 Mini
Synthesizers
2.9× vs site-wide
3
Korg Volca Beats
Drum Machines
2.7× vs site-wide
4
Akai S1000
Audio Samplers
2.7× vs site-wide
5
Arturia BeatStep Pro
Audio Sequencers
2.6× vs site-wide
6
Akai MPC 1000
Production & Groove
2.5× vs site-wide
7
Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer
Drum Machines
2.5× vs site-wide
8
AIAIAI TMA-2 Modular Headphones
Headphones & In-Ear Monitors
2.4× vs site-wide
9
Akai S2000
Audio Samplers
2.3× vs site-wide
10
Behringer PX3000 Ultrapatch Pro
Patchbays
2.2× vs site-wide
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Alternative dance artists on Equipboard — a few of the 1,089:
Alternative Dance Rigs from the Community
Real, item-tagged setups from Equipboard members who make Alternative dance.
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How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 1,089 Alternative dance artists on Equipboard — interviews, photos, and rig breakdowns, not guesswork.
Community signal
Saves and gear-photo tags from players who love this genre add weight, so the lists reflect who actually plays this stuff.
Distinctive, not just popular
We compare Alternative dance usage to all of Equipboard — so a tuner everyone owns doesn't drown out the gear that makes this genre sound like itself.
Keep Exploring
Gear guides for genres in Alternative dance's orbit.