Drumstep Gear Used by Drumstep Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 245 Drumstep artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Drumstep Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more Drumstep artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Drumstep Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with Drumstep.
Drumstep Synth Plugins
10.8× site average
$99.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 39
#2 · Owned or saved by 28
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$95.00 - $99.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 21
$149.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 14
#5 · Owned or saved by 13
$99.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 9
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Drumstep DAW Software
5.7× site average
$268.00 - $349.00
in DAW Software Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 55
#2 · Owned or saved by 25
$209.00 - $329.99
in DAW Software Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 23
$179.00
in DAW Software Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 20
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$409.00 - $499.00
in DAW Software Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 10
$99.00 - $399.99
in DAW Software Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
Gear That Defines Drumstep
Not just popular — disproportionately Drumstep. Multipliers compare usage among Drumstep 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.
Native Instruments Massive Synth
Synth Plugins
6.3× vs site-wide
2
Ableton Live
DAW Software
4.7× vs site-wide
3
Native Instruments FM8
Synth Plugins
4.6× vs site-wide
4
FabFilter Pro-Q 3
EQ Plugins
4.2× vs site-wide
5
iZotope Ozone 9
Mastering Plugins
4.2× vs site-wide
6
Native Instruments KONTAKT 6
Sampler Plugins
4.1× vs site-wide
7
Steinberg Cubase
DAW Software
3.9× vs site-wide
8
Apple MacBook Pro (General)
Computers & Peripherals
3.8× vs site-wide
9
Camel Audio CamelPhat Multi-Effect Software Plugin
Multi-Effect Plugins
3.2× vs site-wide
10
Dada Life Sausage Fattener Plugin
Multi-Effect Plugins
3.0× vs site-wide
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Drumstep artists on Equipboard — a few of the 245:
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 245 Drumstep 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 Drumstep 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 Drumstep's orbit.