Calming Instrumental Gear Used by Calming Instrumental Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 2 calming instrumental artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
Gear That Defines Calming Instrumental
Not just popular — disproportionately calming instrumental. Multipliers compare usage among calming instrumental 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.
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO-80 Closed Studio Headphones
Headphones & In-Ear Monitors
1.9× vs site-wide
2
Korg Wavestate
Synthesizers
1.9× vs site-wide
3
Cockos REAPER
DAW Software
1.5× vs site-wide
4
Spectrasonics Omnisphere
Synth Plugins
1.4× vs site-wide
5
Xfer Serum Advanced Wavetable Synthesizer
Synth Plugins
1.3× vs site-wide
6
Image-Line FL Studio
DAW Software
1.3× vs site-wide
7
Shure SM7B
Dynamic Microphones
1.1× vs site-wide
8
Apple MacBook Pro (General)
Computers & Peripherals
1.0× vs site-wide
9
Boss DS-1 Distortion
Distortion Effects Pedals
1.0× vs site-wide
10
Shure SM57
Dynamic Microphones
0.8× vs site-wide
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of calming instrumental artists on Equipboard — a few of the 2:
Browse all 2 calming instrumental artists →
Calming Instrumental Rigs from the Community
Real, item-tagged setups from Equipboard members who make calming instrumental.
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How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 2 calming instrumental 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 calming instrumental usage to all of Equipboard — so a tuner everyone owns doesn't drown out the gear that makes this genre sound like itself.
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