No. 1
39 artistsNative Instruments
Maschine+Used by Armin van Buuren, Kaytranada, Fred again.., Richie Hawtin, 9th Wonder, Sasha Carassi and 33 more.
Most used midi controllers, 2026
The controllers artists actually use.
The most used controllers among artists on truerecs are Native Instruments Maschine+, Ableton Push and Ableton Push 2. Native Instruments Maschine+ leads with 39 artists. We counted 414 artists with controllers in their setup, each counted once per 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. How we source gear guides.
Top 25, by artists using them
No. 222 artistsAbletonPushUsed by Richie Hawtin, Elise Trouw, Makaya McCraven, Cora Novoa, Alex Niggemann, ANOTR and 16 more.
No. 313 artists
No. 49 artistsAkai ProfessionalAPC40Used by Max Cooper, Christian Löffler, Lone, BLOND:ISH, Clark, Flume and 3 more.
No. 59 artistsArturiaBeatStep ProUsed by KiNK, Octave One, Shadow Child, Lee Ann Roberts, Alex Smoke, Arnaud Rebotini and 3 more.
No. 69 artistsAppleiPadUsed by Knxwledge, Enamour, Carbon Based Lifeforms, Honey Dijon, Kenny Dope, MOGUAI and 3 more.
No. 78 artistsFractal AudioFC-12 foot controllerUsed by Devin Townsend, Dweezil Zappa, Fall Out Boy, Intervals, Joe Trohman, Linkin Park and 2 more.
No. 87 artistsNovationLaunchpadUsed by Jacob Collier, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Flume, Madeon, Panama, Wilkinson and 1 more.
No. 97 artistsNovationLaunch Control XLUsed by KiNK, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Steve Hauschildt, Carl Cox, Orbital, Victor Ruiz and 1 more.
No. 107 artistsNative InstrumentsTraktor Kontrol X1Used by Axwell, Danny Tenaglia, Dubfire, Gareth Emery, Nicole Moudaber, Seven Lions and 1 more.
- Native InstrumentsKomplete Kontrol keyboard
Used by Rabea Massaad, Breakbot, C418, Dennis Cruz, HUGEL, Jamie Jones and 1 more.
No. 126 artistsVoodoo LabGround Control ProUsed by Mick Thomson, Dance Gavin Dance, Daron Malakian, P!nk, System Of A Down and Will Swan.
No. 136 artistsNative InstrumentsMASCHINE MK3Used by Axwell, badhabit (Giovanni Grandi), Blue Lab Beats, Mike Shinoda, Mustard and Swedish House Mafia.
- Fractal AudioMFC-101 MIDI foot controller
Used by Tosin Abasi, Bill Kelliher, Failure, John Myung, Ken Andrews and Neal Schon.
No store page for this one. - BehringerFCB1010 MIDI foot controller
Used by Bryan Beller, Corey Beaulieu, Gwar, Testament, The Aristocrats and Trivium.
No store page for this one. 
No. 165 artistsNative InstrumentsKomplete Kontrol S61Used by !llmind, ARTY, Good Times Ahead, Louis Bell and Take a Daytrip.
No. 175 artistsAkai ProfessionalMPK MiniUsed by BLOND:ISH, Channel Tres, Daron Malakian, FINNEAS and Innellea.
No. 185 artistsAkai ProfessionalMPK249Used by Billie Eilish, FINNEAS, Flight Facilities, Michael Gray and Seeb.
No. 195 artistsAkai ProfessionalMPC RenaissanceUsed by Adriatique, Gorillaz, Kenny Dope, Steve O'Sullivan and Zaytoven.
No store page for this one.
No. 205 artistsNative InstrumentsTraktor Kontrol S4Used by DJ Fresh, MK, Porter Robinson, Zedd and Zomboy.
No store page for this one.
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No. 254 artistsAkai ProfessionalMPK49Used by Alex Niggemann, Good Times Ahead, Madeon and Murda Beatz.
Questions
About these controllers.
What is the most used controller?
Native Instruments Maschine+. 39 of the 414 artists on truerecs who list controllers use it.
Which controllers do producers use?
The five most used on truerecs are Native Instruments Maschine+ (39 artists), Ableton Push (22 artists), Ableton Push 2 (13 artists), Akai Professional APC40 (9 artists) and Arturia BeatStep Pro (9 artists).
Who uses Native Instruments Maschine+?
Armin van Buuren, Kaytranada, Fred again.., Richie Hawtin, 9th Wonder and 34 more, from their artist pages and truerecs gear guides.
How is this list ranked?
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.