Soundtrack Gear: Software, Synths & Pedals Used by Soundtrack Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 154 Soundtrack artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Soundtrack Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more Soundtrack artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Soundtrack Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with Soundtrack.
Soundtrack Kontakt Instrument
9.2× site average
#1 · Owned or saved by 18
#2 · Owned or saved by 8
$99.00 - $399.00
in Kontakt Instrument Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 7
$189.00 - $199.00
in Kontakt Instrument Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 7
$179.00 - $449.00
in Kontakt Instrument Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 7
$99.34 - $142.00
in Kontakt Instrument Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
Soundtrack Synth Plugins
2.4× site average
$479.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 34
#2 · Owned or saved by 25
$99.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 20
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$94.00 - $99.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 13
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#5 · Owned or saved by 13
$49.00 - $199.00
in Synth Plugins Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 12
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Soundtrack DAW Software
1.8× site average
#1 · Owned or saved by 71
$268.00 - $349.00
in DAW Software Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 59
$209.00 - $329.99
in DAW Software Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 54
$225.00 - $599.00
in DAW Software Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 48
$179.00
in DAW Software Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 30
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$409.00 - $499.00
in DAW Software Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 11
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Soundtrack Synthesizers
1.8× site average
$290.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 25
$379.00 - $528.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 13
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$966.70
in Synthesizers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 13
$197.28
in Synthesizers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 11
$725.00 - $2,398.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 11
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$1,100.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 10
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Soundtrack Delay Effects Pedals
$399.00 - $449.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 9
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$12.95
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 8
$208.00 - $260.26
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 7
$249.00 - $379.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 7
$135.00 - $166.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 7
$323.87 - $555.96
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
Gear That Defines Soundtrack
Not just popular — disproportionately Soundtrack. Multipliers compare usage among Soundtrack 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.
Heavyocity Damage
Kontakt Instrument
4.1× vs site-wide
2
Steinberg Cubase
DAW Software
3.1× vs site-wide
3
Spitfire Audio Labs
Virtual Instrument
2.9× vs site-wide
4
Native Instruments KONTAKT 6
Sampler Plugins
2.9× vs site-wide
5
Eventide Blackhole Reverb Plugin
Reverb Plugins
2.6× vs site-wide
6
Spectrasonics Omnisphere
Synth Plugins
2.5× vs site-wide
7
Native Instruments Komplete 14
Complete Collection
2.4× vs site-wide
8
Eastwest Quantum Leap Symphonic Choirs
Virtual Instrument
2.4× vs site-wide
9
u-he Zebra2
Synth Plugins
2.4× vs site-wide
10
Cinematic Studio Strings
Kontakt Instrument
2.4× vs site-wide
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The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Soundtrack artists on Equipboard — a few of the 154:
Soundtrack Rigs from the Community
Real, item-tagged setups from Equipboard members who make Soundtrack.
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 154 Soundtrack 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 Soundtrack usage to all of Equipboard — so a tuner everyone owns doesn't drown out the gear that makes this genre sound like itself.