Drum And Bass Gear: Software, Synths & Studio Gear Used by Drum And Bass Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 963 Drum and bass artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Drum And Bass Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more Drum and bass artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Drum And Bass Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with Drum and bass.
Drum And Bass Synth Plugins
5.3× site average
#1 · Owned or saved by 78
$99.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 64
$148.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 34
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$94.00 - $99.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 33
#5 · Owned or saved by 27
$199.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 21
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Drum And Bass DAW Software
3.1× site average
$268.00 - $349.00
in DAW Software Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 146
$139.00 - $179.00
in DAW Software Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 91
#3 · Owned or saved by 68
$209.00 - $329.99
in DAW Software Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 44
#5 · Owned or saved by 23
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$409.00 - $499.00
in DAW Software Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 21
Drum And Bass Synthesizers
1.8× site average
$379.00 - $549.99
in Synthesizers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 15
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#2 · Owned or saved by 14
$740.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 11
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$962.85
in Synthesizers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 11
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$975.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 10
$469.00 - $699.99
in Synthesizers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 9
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Drum And Bass Active & Passive Monitors
2.9× site average
$539.99 - $2,588.00
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 10
$299.00
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 10
$275.00
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 8
$1,781.49 - $4,998.00
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 8
$243.50 - $398.99
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 8
$159.99
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 6
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Drum And Bass Drum Machines
2.0× site average-m.webp?v=1784991529)
$119.99 - $159.99
in Drum Machines Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 10
$273.17
in Drum Machines Rank
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#2 · Owned or saved by 10
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$4,499.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 9
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$4,800.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 8
$89.08 - $2,199.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 6
$345.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 5
Drum And Bass Delay Effects Pedals
$208.00 - $259.22
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 9
$249.00 - $379.99
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 7
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$12.95
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 7
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$119.99
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 5
$123.99 - $170.34
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 5
$135.00 - $166.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 5
Gear That Defines Drum And Bass
Not just popular — disproportionately Drum and bass. Multipliers compare usage among Drum and bass 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.
Xfer Serum Advanced Wavetable Synthesizer
Synth Plugins
4.8× vs site-wide
2
iZotope Ozone 9
Mastering Plugins
4.4× vs site-wide
3
Native Instruments Massive Synth
Synth Plugins
4.4× vs site-wide
4
Renoise
DAW Software
4.4× vs site-wide
5
FabFilter Pro-Q 3
EQ Plugins
4.1× vs site-wide
6
Camel Audio CamelPhat Multi-Effect Software Plugin
Multi-Effect Plugins
4.0× vs site-wide
7
Image-Line FL Studio
DAW Software
3.9× vs site-wide
8
Xfer Records OTT Multiband Compressor Plugin
Compressor Plugins
3.3× vs site-wide
9
Native Instruments KONTAKT 6
Sampler Plugins
3.0× vs site-wide
10
FabFilter Pro-L 2 Limiter Plugin
Limiter Plugins
3.0× vs site-wide
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The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Drum and bass artists on Equipboard — a few of the 963:
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Drum And Bass Rigs from the Community
Real, item-tagged setups from Equipboard members who make Drum and bass.
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 963 Drum and bass 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 Drum and bass 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
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