Trap Edm Gear Used by Trap Edm Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 79 Trap edm artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
Gear That Defines Trap Edm
Not just popular — disproportionately Trap edm. Multipliers compare usage among Trap edm 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.
Apple MacBook Pro (General)
Computers & Peripherals
3.5× vs site-wide
2
Ableton Live
DAW Software
3.4× vs site-wide
3
Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus Mixer
DJ Mixers
3.3× vs site-wide
4
Native Instruments Massive Synth
Synth Plugins
2.5× vs site-wide
5
Pioneer CDJ-2000
DJ Controllers
2.5× vs site-wide
6
Image-Line FL Studio
DAW Software
2.4× vs site-wide
7
Xfer Serum Advanced Wavetable Synthesizer
Synth Plugins
2.4× vs site-wide
8
Pioneer CDJ-2000 Nexus
DJ Controllers
2.2× vs site-wide
9
Beats Mixr On-Ear Headphones
Headphones & In-Ear Monitors
2.1× vs site-wide
10
Yamaha HS8
Active & Passive Monitors
2.0× vs site-wide
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The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Trap edm artists on Equipboard — a few of the 79:
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 79 Trap edm 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 Trap edm 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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