Most used
Music producer gear, ranked by the artists who use it.
The most used items on truerecs include Roland Juno-106 (synths), Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer (drum machines), Roland SPD-SX (samplers) and Ableton Live (daws). Each list below ranks one kind of gear by how many artists use each item.
Each item is ranked by how many artists use it: verified artist pages on truerecs plus published truerecs gear guides, each counted once per item. Every gear guide item links to a dated public source. Ties go to items you can buy now.
Synths
Top 25- 01Roland Juno-10687 artists
- 02Roland SH-10160 artists
- 03Sequential Prophet-659 artists
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Drum machines
Top 25- 01Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer53 artists
- 02Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer52 artists
- 03Roland TR-832 artists
- 01
Samplers
Top 25- 01Roland SPD-SX27 artists
- 02E-mu Systems SP-120020 artists
- 03Akai Professional S95018 artists
- 01
DAWs
Top 25- 01Ableton Live326 artists
- 02Apple Logic Pro188 artists
- 03Avid Pro Tools126 artists
- 01
Plugins
Top 25- 01Xfer Records Serum86 artists
- 02LennarDigital Sylenth172 artists
- 03Native Instruments Massive69 artists
- 01
Microphones
Top 25- 01Shure SM5742 artists
- 02Shure SM5822 artists
- 03Neumann U 8722 artists
- 01
DJ gear
Top 25- 01AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ CDJ-300030 artists
- 02AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ CDJ players20 artists
- 03AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ DJM-V1020 artists
- 01
Outboard gear
Top 25- 01Empirical Labs Distressor27 artists
- 02Tube-Tech CL 1B24 artists
- 03Neve 1073 Mic Preamp22 artists
- 01
Guitar pedals
Top 25- 01BOSS TU-3 Chromatic Tuner104 artists
- 02MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay78 artists
- 03MXR M101 Phase 9057 artists
- 01
MIDI controllers
Top 25- 01Native Instruments Maschine+39 artists
- 02Ableton Push22 artists
- 03Ableton Push 213 artists
- 01
Guitars
Top 25- 01Fender Stratocaster39 artists
- 02Fender Telecaster39 artists
- 03Gibson ES-33538 artists
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