Dub Gear: Software & Synths Used by Dub Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 752 Dub artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Dub Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more Dub artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Dub Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with Dub.
Dub Synth Plugins
3.4× site average
$99.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 32
#2 · Owned or saved by 17
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$94.00 - $99.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 10
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#4 · Owned or saved by 8
#5 · Owned or saved by 7
$139.00 - $179.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 6
Dub DAW Software
2.2× site average
$268.00 - $349.00
in DAW Software Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 50
#2 · Owned or saved by 36
$179.00
in DAW Software Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 18
$209.00 - $329.99
in DAW Software Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 16
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$409.00 - $499.00
in DAW Software Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 12
$225.00 - $599.00
in DAW Software Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 8
Dub Synthesizers
2.0× site average
$379.00 - $528.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 10
$725.00 - $2,398.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 10
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$1,127.74
in Synthesizers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 8
$3,542.00 - $3,599.99
in Synthesizers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 6
$290.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 6
$2,000.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 5
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Gear That Defines Dub
Not just popular — disproportionately Dub. Multipliers compare usage among Dub 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
3.6× vs site-wide
2
E-mu SP-1200
Production & Groove
2.7× vs site-wide
3
Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus Mixer
DJ Mixers
2.6× vs site-wide
4
Disciple Samples Stay Home And Create
Free Samples
2.5× vs site-wide
5
Pioneer CDJ-2000
DJ Controllers
2.5× vs site-wide
6
Technics SL-1200MK2 Turntable
Turntables
2.3× vs site-wide
7
Rob Papen Albino 3 Software Synthesizer
Synth Plugins
2.3× vs site-wide
8
Reason Studios Reason
DAW Software
2.2× vs site-wide
9
FabFilter Pro-Q 3
EQ Plugins
2.2× vs site-wide
10
Serato DJ Pro
DJ Software
2.2× vs site-wide
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Dub artists on Equipboard — a few of the 752:
Dub Rigs from the Community
Real, item-tagged setups from Equipboard members who make Dub.
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 752 Dub 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 Dub 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 Dub's orbit.