New Age Gear Used by New Age Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 317 New Age artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the New Age Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more New Age artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used New Age Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with New Age.
New Age Synthesizers
8.0× site average
$3,534.59 - $3,599.99
in Synthesizers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 15
$3,999.00 - $4,999.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 15
$290.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 10
$196.86
in Synthesizers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 10
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#5 · Owned or saved by 9
$20,000.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 9
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Gear That Defines New Age
Not just popular — disproportionately New Age. Multipliers compare usage among New Age 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.
Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
Synthesizers
3.0× vs site-wide
2
Moog Minimoog Model D
Synthesizers
2.8× vs site-wide
3
Roland JD-990
Sound Modules
2.3× vs site-wide
4
Mellotron M400
Vintage & Electric Pianos
2.2× vs site-wide
5
Akai S1000
Audio Samplers
2.1× vs site-wide
6
Korg Triton Rack Synthesizer
Sound Modules
1.9× vs site-wide
7
Spectrasonics Stylus RMX
Drum Machine
1.9× vs site-wide
8
Apple Mac G5
Computers & Peripherals
1.9× vs site-wide
9
Spectrasonics Omnisphere
Synth Plugins
1.9× vs site-wide
10
Moog Modular Synthesizer
Modular Synthesizers
1.9× vs site-wide
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The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of New Age artists on Equipboard — a few of the 317:
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How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 317 New Age 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 New Age 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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