Glitch Hop Gear Used by Glitch Hop Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 53 glitch hop artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Glitch Hop Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more glitch hop artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Glitch Hop Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with glitch hop.
Glitch Hop DAW Software
4.2× site average
$268.00 - $349.00
in DAW Software Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 31
#2 · Owned or saved by 13
$209.00 - $329.99
in DAW Software Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 10
$139.00 - $179.00
in DAW Software Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 9
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$409.00 - $499.00
in DAW Software Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 6
Gear That Defines Glitch Hop
Not just popular — disproportionately glitch hop. Multipliers compare usage among glitch hop 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
3.6× vs site-wide
2
Apple MacBook Pro (General)
Computers & Peripherals
3.3× vs site-wide
3
Native Instruments Massive Synth
Synth Plugins
3.0× vs site-wide
4
FabFilter Pro-Q 3
EQ Plugins
2.7× vs site-wide
5
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Native Instruments FM8
Synth Plugins
2.6× vs site-wide
6
Steinberg Cubase
DAW Software
2.4× vs site-wide
7
iZotope Ozone 9
Mastering Plugins
2.4× vs site-wide
8
Native Instruments KONTAKT 6
Sampler Plugins
2.4× vs site-wide
9
Akai Professional APC40
DAW Controllers
2.2× vs site-wide
10
KRK ROKIT 5 G3 Studio Monitor
Active & Passive Monitors
1.9× vs site-wide
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The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of glitch hop artists on Equipboard — a few of the 53:
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 53 glitch hop 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 glitch hop 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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