Future Bass Gear: Software, Studio Gear & Synths Used by Future Bass Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 270 Future bass artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Future Bass Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more Future bass artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Future Bass Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with Future bass.
Future Bass Synth Plugins
9.7× site average
#1 · Owned or saved by 53
$99.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 44
$149.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 42
$479.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 26
#5 · Owned or saved by 20
$69.99 - $189.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
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#6 · Owned or saved by 17
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Future Bass DAW Software
5.0× site average
$268.00 - $349.00
in DAW Software Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 114
$179.00
in DAW Software Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 53
#3 · Owned or saved by 30
$209.00 - $329.99
in DAW Software Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 10
$225.00 - $599.00
in DAW Software Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 8
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$409.00 - $499.00
in DAW Software Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 6
Future Bass Active & Passive Monitors
6.4× site average
$243.50 - $398.99
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 14
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$299.99
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 8
$539.99 - $2,588.00
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 7
$275.00
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 7
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 7
$199.99
in Active & Passive Monitors Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
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Future Bass MIDI Pad Controllers
6.5× site average
$299.00 - $350.00
in MIDI Pad Controllers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 11
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$101.41 - $799.00
in MIDI Pad Controllers Rank
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#2 · Owned or saved by 9
$145.00 - $269.99
in MIDI Pad Controllers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 8
$35.00
in MIDI Pad Controllers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 6
$90.00 - $295.00
in MIDI Pad Controllers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 6
$23.86 - $216.30
in MIDI Pad Controllers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 6
Gear That Defines Future Bass
Not just popular — disproportionately Future bass. Multipliers compare usage among Future 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.
Ableton Live
DAW Software
6.5× vs site-wide
2
Xfer Serum Advanced Wavetable Synthesizer
Synth Plugins
6.5× vs site-wide
3
Lennar Digital Sylenth1 Software Synthesizer
Synth Plugins
5.9× vs site-wide
4
Apple MacBook Pro (General)
Computers & Peripherals
5.3× vs site-wide
5
Image-Line FL Studio
DAW Software
5.2× vs site-wide
6
Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus Mixer
DJ Mixers
4.5× vs site-wide
7
Native Instruments KONTAKT 6
Sampler Plugins
4.5× vs site-wide
8
iZotope Ozone 9
Mastering Plugins
4.1× vs site-wide
9
Pioneer CDJ-2000
DJ Controllers
3.8× vs site-wide
10
Xfer Records OTT Multiband Compressor Plugin
Compressor Plugins
3.6× vs site-wide
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Future bass artists on Equipboard — a few of the 270:
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 270 Future 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 Future 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
Gear guides for genres in Future bass's orbit.