Float House Gear Used by Float House Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 56 float house artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
Gear That Defines Float House
Not just popular — disproportionately float house. Multipliers compare usage among float house 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.
Elektron Octatrack DPS-1
Production & Groove
2.7× vs site-wide
2
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Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer
Drum Machines
2.4× vs site-wide
3
Roland TR-707 Rhythm Composer
Drum Machines
2.3× vs site-wide
4
Roland TB-303
Synthesizers
2.1× vs site-wide
5
AIAIAI TMA-2 Modular Headphones
Headphones & In-Ear Monitors
2.1× vs site-wide
6
Ableton Live
DAW Software
2.1× vs site-wide
7
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Korg MS-20
Synthesizers
2.0× vs site-wide
8
Roland RE-201 Space Echo
Effects Processors
1.8× vs site-wide
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of float house artists on Equipboard — a few of the 56:
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 56 float house 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 float house 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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