Orchestral Gear: Software, Pedals & Synths Used by Orchestral Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 88 Orchestral artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Orchestral Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more Orchestral artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Orchestral Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with Orchestral.
Orchestral Synth Plugins
3.5× site average
#1 · Owned or saved by 33
$479.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 28
$99.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 19
$139.00 - $179.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 16
$149.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 14
#6 · Owned or saved by 13
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Orchestral DAW Software
2.3× site average
$209.00 - $329.99
in DAW Software Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 42
$179.00
in DAW Software Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 37
$268.00 - $349.00
in DAW Software Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 36
#4 · Owned or saved by 35
$225.00 - $599.00
in DAW Software Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 32
#6 · Owned or saved by 17
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Orchestral Delay Effects Pedals
$208.00 - $260.35
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 6
$249.00 - $379.99
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 5
$399.00 - $449.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 5
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$12.95
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 5
Orchestral Synthesizers
1.6× site average
$166.00 - $274.95
in Synthesizers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 12
$290.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 8
#3 · Owned or saved by 8
$196.86
in Synthesizers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 7
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#5 · Owned or saved by 6
$299.03 - $652.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 6
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Gear That Defines Orchestral
Not just popular — disproportionately Orchestral. Multipliers compare usage among Orchestral 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.
Spitfire Audio Labs
Virtual Instrument
3.5× vs site-wide
2
Native Instruments KONTAKT 6
Sampler Plugins
3.2× vs site-wide
3
Steinberg Cubase
DAW Software
3.2× vs site-wide
4
Heavyocity Damage
Kontakt Instrument
2.8× vs site-wide
5
MuseScore
DAW Software
2.8× vs site-wide
6
Native Instruments Komplete 14
Complete Collection
2.8× vs site-wide
7
u-he Zebra2
Synth Plugins
2.7× vs site-wide
8
Spectrasonics Omnisphere
Synth Plugins
2.7× vs site-wide
9
Celemony Melodyne 5 Studio
Pitch Shifter Plugins
2.6× vs site-wide
10
Spitfire Audio Spitfire Chamber Strings
Kontakt Instrument
2.5× vs site-wide
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Orchestral artists on Equipboard — a few of the 88:
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Orchestral Rigs from the Community
Real, item-tagged setups from Equipboard members who make Orchestral.
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 88 Orchestral 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 Orchestral 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 Orchestral's orbit.