Dubstep Gear: Software, Synths & Studio Gear Used by Dubstep Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 769 Dubstep artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Dubstep Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more Dubstep artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Dubstep Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with Dubstep.
Dubstep Synth Plugins
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#1 · Owned or saved by 143
$99.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 132
$148.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 57
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$94.00 - $99.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 43
#5 · Owned or saved by 40
$479.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 35
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Dubstep DAW Software
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$268.00 - $349.00
in DAW Software Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 214
$179.00
in DAW Software Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 117
#3 · Owned or saved by 77
$209.00 - $329.99
in DAW Software Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 35
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$409.00 - $499.00
in DAW Software Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 24
$225.00 - $599.00
in DAW Software Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 24
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Dubstep Compressor Plugins
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#1 · Owned or saved by 41
$144.00 - $199.00
in Compressor Plugins Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 21
$144.00 - $199.00
in Compressor Plugins Rank
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#3 · Owned or saved by 17
#4 · Owned or saved by 12
#5 · Owned or saved by 11
$133.00 - $149.00
in Compressor Plugins Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 8
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Dubstep Synthesizers
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$725.00 - $2,398.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 19
$379.00 - $528.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 10
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$1,100.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 9
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$966.70
in Synthesizers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 8
$2,000.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 8
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#6 · Owned or saved by 8
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Dubstep MIDI Pad Controllers
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$408.99
in MIDI Pad Controllers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 13
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$101.63 - $799.00
in MIDI Pad Controllers Rank
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#2 · Owned or saved by 13
$25.00
in MIDI Pad Controllers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 11
$299.00 - $350.00
in MIDI Pad Controllers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 11
$118.00 - $124.70
in MIDI Pad Controllers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 9
$328.79
in MIDI Pad Controllers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 8
Dubstep MIDI Keyboard Controllers
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$70.00 - $399.70
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 14
$107.61
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 13
$110.00
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
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#3 · Owned or saved by 11
$32.88 - $59.00
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 8
$29.89
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 7
$76.07 - $89.00
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
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Dubstep Active & Passive Monitors
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$159.99
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 16
$539.99 - $2,588.00
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 16
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 13
$199.99
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 11
$142.25 - $199.99
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 10
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$299.99
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 10
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Dubstep Audio Interfaces
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$159.99 - $224.99
in Audio Interfaces Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 21
$84.00
in Audio Interfaces Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 12
$1,000.00
in Audio Interfaces Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 8
$79.00 - $299.99
in Audio Interfaces Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 7
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$749.99
in Audio Interfaces Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 7
$59.78 - $239.00
in Audio Interfaces Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
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Dubstep Dynamic Microphones
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$95.93 - $109.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 19
$335.00 - $439.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 15
$95.93 - $219.99
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 9
Dubstep DJ Controllers
See all DJ Controllers →#1 · Owned or saved by 39
$800.00
in DJ Controllers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 33
$185.90
in DJ Controllers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 8
$219.00 - $386.00
in DJ Controllers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 7
$1,200.00 - $2,135.00
in DJ Controllers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 6
$158.00 - $167.31
in DJ Controllers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 5
Dubstep DJ Mixers
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$774.00 - $1,749.99
in DJ Mixers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 56
$1,698.00
in DJ Mixers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 10
$675.95
in DJ Mixers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 7
Dubstep Drum Machines
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$274.99
in Drum Machines Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 10
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$4,599.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 6
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$119.99 - $159.99
in Drum Machines Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 5
$47.00 - $59.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 5
$325.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 5
Dubstep Headphones & In-Ear Monitors
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$131.78 - $159.00
in Headphones & In-Ear Monitors Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 23
#2 · Owned or saved by 20
$117.00 - $149.95
in Headphones & In-Ear Monitors Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 20
$157.00 - $199.00
in Headphones & In-Ear Monitors Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 13
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#5 · Owned or saved by 10
#6 · Owned or saved by 9
Dubstep Computers & Peripherals
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#1 · Owned or saved by 95
#2 · Owned or saved by 20
#3 · Owned or saved by 11
#4 · Owned or saved by 11
$1,319.55
in Computers & Peripherals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 9
#6 · Owned or saved by 5
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Gear That Defines Dubstep
Not just popular — disproportionately Dubstep. Multipliers compare usage among Dubstep 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
9.3× vs site-wide
2
Xfer Serum Advanced Wavetable Synthesizer
Synth Plugins
9.1× vs site-wide
3
iZotope Ozone 9
Mastering Plugins
6.4× vs site-wide
4
FabFilter Pro-Q 3
EQ Plugins
5.7× vs site-wide
5
Xfer Records OTT Multiband Compressor Plugin
Compressor Plugins
5.7× vs site-wide
6
Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus Mixer
DJ Mixers
5.4× vs site-wide
7
Image-Line FL Studio
DAW Software
5.4× vs site-wide
8
Pioneer CDJ-2000
DJ Controllers
5.3× vs site-wide
9
iZotope Trash 2
Distortion Plugins
5.3× vs site-wide
10
Ableton Live
DAW Software
5.1× vs site-wide
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Dubstep artists on Equipboard — a few of the 769:
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 769 Dubstep 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 Dubstep 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 Dubstep's orbit.