Trip Hop Gear: Synths, Pedals & DJ Gear Used by Trip Hop Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 567 Trip hop artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Trip Hop Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more Trip hop artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Trip Hop Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with Trip hop.
Trip Hop Synthesizers
2.6× site average
$379.00 - $549.99
in Synthesizers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 14
$3,999.00 - $4,999.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 14
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$1,116.40
in Synthesizers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 14
$715.00 - $2,398.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 14
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#5 · Owned or saved by 14
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#6 · Owned or saved by 12
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Trip Hop Delay Effects Pedals
1.1× site average
$123.99 - $170.45
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 11
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$12.95
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 11
$323.87 - $554.02
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 11
$208.00 - $259.39
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 10
$120.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 6
Trip Hop Audio Samplers
4.9× site average
$3,455.19
in Audio Samplers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 14
$200.00
in Audio Samplers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 12
$1,102.09
in Audio Samplers Rank
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#3 · Owned or saved by 8
$247.00
in Audio Samplers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 8
$445.00 - $499.99
in Audio Samplers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 7
$379.95
in Audio Samplers Rank
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#6 · Owned or saved by 7
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Trip Hop DAW Software
1.8× site average
$268.00 - $349.00
in DAW Software Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 79
#2 · Owned or saved by 39
$225.00 - $599.00
in DAW Software Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 18
$139.00 - $179.00
in DAW Software Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 14
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$409.00 - $499.00
in DAW Software Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 10
$209.00 - $329.99
in DAW Software Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
Trip Hop Effects Processors
2.7× site average
$1,450.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 15
$110.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 9
$4,999.00 - $8,048.28
in Effects Processors Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 7
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$40.00 - $2,999.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 6
$749.99 - $4,999.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 6
$2,399.00 - $2,699.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 5
Gear That Defines Trip Hop
Not just popular — disproportionately Trip hop. Multipliers compare usage among Trip hop 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.
Technics SL-1200MK2 Turntable
Turntables
3.4× vs site-wide
2
E-mu SP-1200
Production & Groove
2.7× vs site-wide
3
Akai S1000
Audio Samplers
2.7× vs site-wide
4
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Akai MPC 2000XL
Production & Groove
2.5× vs site-wide
5
Ableton Live
DAW Software
2.4× vs site-wide
6
Korg KAOSS Pad 3
Audio Samplers
2.4× vs site-wide
7
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Avalon VT-737SP
Preamps
2.4× vs site-wide
8
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Korg MS2000
Synthesizers
2.2× vs site-wide
9
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Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer
Drum Machines
2.2× vs site-wide
10
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Korg Volca Beats
Drum Machines
2.2× vs site-wide
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Trip hop artists on Equipboard — a few of the 567:
Trip Hop Rigs from the Community
Real, item-tagged setups from Equipboard members who make Trip hop.
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 567 Trip hop 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 Trip hop 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 Trip hop's orbit.