Owl City

"I like the size and feel of the Voyager, to a point where I just sit down in front of it and feel inspired, because it's like I'm sitting in a cockpit of a plane... There's something magical about that synth. Whether you're using it as a controller or otherwise, it's just fantastic.”

The Korg MicroKorg is Adam Young's penultimate synthesizer listed in his studio equipment.

"The JUNO-Gi was a big one, too. I love some of the stock sounds. I find myself creating this shell of a song musically, and I need this filler inside, sounds that compliment everything else in a beautiful way. The JUNO has always been something I’ve turned to for that—it’s full of great sounds to fill up the meat of the song. There’s an endless amount of these patches I love."

"I love the Fantom-G8. That served as a lot of the inspiration, just having the main piano patch pulled up all the time. I was always writing on that, and I used it as my main MIDI controller as well."

At Sky Harbor Studios, Adam Young of Owl City uses a Nord Electro 3 61-Key Keyboard, as noted by Kane Dane on Ayoungmusic.

Found it under a pile of dusty law books at an old lady’s garage sale yesterday. 25 bucks. I could scarcely believe my eyeballs. Yet there it was in full glory. Ironically, the clouds parted and a heavenly eruption of trumpeting melodies sounded in the deep. I smiled inwardly and reached for my wallet.

"Yeah. Our singer, Breanne Düren, plays a GAIA for a lot of bass sounds. It’s great."

Sky Harbor Studios, Owl City's personal studio, contains quite a bit of Roland hardware, including a VP-770.

Adam Young's studio includes a Nord Wave amongst its synthesizers.

In this photo from Owl City's Instagram, Adam Young states that he's "Leaving a dent in the universe" with a Virus TI2.

The Korg Radias is the final hardware synthesizer mentioned in Owl City's studio equipment list.

Pic taken by Owl City on Instagram

Owl City shared a photo on Instagram featuring the Moog Theremini, with a caption humorously describing its sound.

Owl City shared on Instagram that they recently purchased a Yamaha VSS-30 PortaSound Sampling Keyboard. In the post, they express enthusiasm about its sound and specifically mention the marimba patch, highlighting the synth's release year, 1987, when they were just one year old.

Used in the music video for fireflies

In the thumbnail of this YouTube video from 2023, Owl City's JUNO-DS-76 can be seen below a Nord Wave.