Melodic House Gear Used by Melodic House Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 250 melodic house artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Melodic House Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more melodic house artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Melodic House Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with melodic house.
Melodic House Synthesizers
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$1,100.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 13
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$967.05
in Synthesizers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 12
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$1,124.32
in Synthesizers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 11
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#4 · Owned or saved by 6
$379.00 - $528.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 6
$2,099.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 6
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Gear That Defines Melodic House
Not just popular — disproportionately melodic house. Multipliers compare usage among melodic 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.
Roland AIRA TR-8
Drum Machines
3.4× vs site-wide
2
Ableton Live
DAW Software
3.3× vs site-wide
3
Moog Sub 37 Paraphonic Analog Synthesizer
Synthesizers
3.3× vs site-wide
4
Sennheiser HD 25 Headphones
Headphones & In-Ear Monitors
3.0× vs site-wide
5
Roland SH-101
Synthesizers
2.7× vs site-wide
6
Apple Logic Pro
DAW Software
2.2× vs site-wide
7
Allen & Heath Xone:K2
DJ Controllers
2.2× vs site-wide
8
Apple MacBook Pro (General)
Computers & Peripherals
2.2× vs site-wide
9
Spectrasonics Omnisphere
Synth Plugins
2.1× vs site-wide
10
Novation Launch Control XL
DAW Controllers
2.1× vs site-wide
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The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of melodic house artists on Equipboard — a few of the 250:
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 250 melodic 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 melodic house 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
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