Indietronica Gear: Synths, Pedals & Software Used by Indietronica Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 619 Indietronica artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Indietronica Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more Indietronica artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Indietronica Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with Indietronica.
Indietronica Synthesizers
3.6× site average
$600.00 - $2,398.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 32
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$962.10
in Synthesizers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 26
$379.00 - $549.99
in Synthesizers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 26
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#4 · Owned or saved by 22
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#5 · Owned or saved by 21
$411.00 - $699.99
in Synthesizers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 18
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Indietronica Delay Effects Pedals
1.6× site average
$208.00 - $259.02
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 29
$323.87 - $553.30
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 19
$399.00 - $449.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 14
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$12.95
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 11
$123.99 - $170.21
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 9
$120.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 8
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Indietronica DAW Software
1.6× site average
$268.00 - $349.00
in DAW Software Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 66
#2 · Owned or saved by 40
$225.00 - $599.00
in DAW Software Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 14
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$409.00 - $499.00
in DAW Software Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 12
$209.00 - $329.99
in DAW Software Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 10
$179.00
in DAW Software Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
Indietronica Solid Body Electric Guitars
1.1× site average
$619.00 - $719.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 31
$999.99 - $1,499.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 27
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#3 · Owned or saved by 22
$879.99 - $1,890.00
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 17
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$939.99 - $1,469.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 14
$1,333.00 - $2,741.79
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 12
Indietronica Dynamic Microphones
1.2× site average
$95.47 - $219.99
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 29
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$95.47 - $111.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 24
$335.00 - $439.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 18
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$327.50 - $449.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 6
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$129.00 - $938.03
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 6
$148.98 - $179.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 5
Indietronica Drum Machines
2.7× site average-m.webp?v=1784559385)
$4,599.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 15
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$4,800.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 7
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$77.34
in Drum Machines Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 7
$659.00 - $899.99
in Drum Machines Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 6
$1,600.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 5
$2,089.05
#6 · Owned or saved by 5
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Gear That Defines Indietronica
Not just popular — disproportionately Indietronica. Multipliers compare usage among Indietronica 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.
Teenage Engineering OP-1 Portable Synthesizer
Synthesizers
3.6× vs site-wide
2
Dave Smith Instruments Prophet '08 Synthesizer
Synthesizers
3.1× vs site-wide
3
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Fender Mustang Bass
Electric Basses
2.6× vs site-wide
4
Roland SP-404SX
Audio Samplers
2.3× vs site-wide
5
Boss RE-20 Space Echo
Delay Effects Pedals
2.1× vs site-wide
6
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Roland SPD-SX Sampling Pad
Electronic Pads
2.1× vs site-wide
7
Roland SP-404
Audio Samplers
2.1× vs site-wide
8
Roland RE-201 Space Echo
Effects Processors
2.0× vs site-wide
9
Malekko Heavy Industry B:assmaster Octave Fuzz
Bass Effects Pedals
2.0× vs site-wide
10
Akai Professional MPK49 USB MIDI Keyboard
MIDI Keyboard Controllers
2.0× vs site-wide
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Indietronica artists on Equipboard — a few of the 619:
Indietronica Rigs from the Community
Real, item-tagged setups from Equipboard members who make Indietronica.
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 619 Indietronica 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 Indietronica 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 Indietronica's orbit.