What synths, drum machines, samplers, and Eurorack modules did musicians buy most often this year? Let's dive into the best-selling electronic gear of 2024.
These annual best-selling music gear lists have become something of a tradition around here, allowing us to see which guitars, synths, recording equipment, and more resonated the most with musicians.
It's worth noting that the vast majority of sales on this list came from you: the community of musicians who actively use Reverb to sell. In a way, this data is not only what the buying community found most appealing, but also what musicians decided to part with to make room for fresh pieces to their music-making rigs.
Every day this week, we're posting best-selling lists for various categories and sub-categories of music gear. If you haven't already checked out the rest, you can find them all here: 2024's best-selling guitars, 2024's best-selling pedals, and 2024's best-selling recording gear.
Note: As in previous years, best-seller rankings are determined by the total order count—that is, by the actual number of items sold, not by the total price of sold items. These lists exclude items that were exclusively for sale on Reverb, like some limited-edition runs of pedals. And all lists include brand new and used sales unless otherwise noted.
Key takeaways
The mighty, mighty Teenage Engineering OP-1 has been dethroned. After a 5-year run at the top of our annual best-selling electronic gear list, it came in at No. 5 this year. Why?
For starters, the fall of the OP-1 could be viewed as a victim of Teenage Engineering's own success. In recent years, the company has given its fans more options. As of early 2023, the OP-1 Field (No.11 on this list) was released as a top-of-the-line update to the original OP. As of late last year, the OPs were joined by the fun and much less expensive EP-133 K.O. II (No. 6). And just last month, Teenage Engineering debuted the OP-XY, an expansive mashup of elements from the OP-Z sequencer and OP-1 lines.
Two years ago, if you were in the market for an OP-1, there was only one thing that could satisfy your need. All of a sudden, Teenage Engineering has offered a bounty of options across price-points, all of which seem to be pulling buyers from our previous reigning champ.
Elektron's Digitakt—which topped our list this year for the first time—and the company's Digitone (No. 9) got renewed interest thanks to the launch of Digitakt II and Digitone II models this year, which led to more than a few Elektron fans to list their older-gen models for resale at great prices. (The average used price of the Digitakt and that of the Digitone both dropped more than $160 from the beginning of 2024 to now.)
Doorbuster deals on Ableton Push 2 from Ableton's Reverb shop and the Korg Drumlogue from Korg's Reverb shop helped catapult these items to the top of Reverb's list this year too.
Lastly, it's wonderful to see the Dirtywave M8 Tracker here at No. 19. It's an ingenious device from a small brand, and it's had such a good year that it's competing right up alongside the biggest names in the industry.
Key takeaways
When looking at used sales only, we do see some of the overall best-sellers shift in rankings. The average used price of the OP-1 dropped about $100 from the beginning of this year to now, following a few years of declines, which helped move it up from No. 5 in our overall list to No. 3 in our used list.
Used prices for the Arturia MicroFreak (No. , following the release of the slightly larger MiniFreak, also hit their lowest point ever this year, helping the MicroFreak gain ground in this used best-sellers list as well, tying with Make Noise Maths in the No. 5 used spot.
Key takeaways
When filtering out pure synthesizers and only looking at beat production gear like drum machines, samplers, and controllers, you can see how these products stack up against one another. The Ableton Push 2 (No. 2) was Reverb buyer's preferred pad controller, beating out the Native Instruments Maschine MKIII (No. 8).
Interestingly, NI's standalone Maschine+ comes in at No. 11, while Ableton's Push 3 Standalone didn't crack the top 20. And in the wide spread of Akai MPCs currently available, only the Akai MPC One—the most affordable, full-featured MPC the company offers—is the only one to make this list.
Beyond individual models, how do brands rank when we take total sales of all electronic gear into account?
| Rank | Gear |
| 1 | Roland |
| 2 | Korg |
| 3 | Yamaha |
| 4 | Akai |
| 5 | Arturia |
| 6 | Moog |
| 7 | Behringer |
| 8 | Elektron |
| 9 | Make Noise |
| 10 | Intellijel |
| 11 | Novation |
| 12 | Teenage Engineering |
| 13 | Native Instruments |
| 14 | Pioneer |
| 15 | Doepfer |
| 16 | Erica Synths |
| 17 | Mutable Instruments |
| 18 | ALM/Busy Circuits |
| 19 | Nord |
| 20 | Casio |
Key takeaways
Roland's SP-404MKII and TR-8S were the company's most popular products this year, but while neither of them took the lead spot in our individual products' lists, Roland is by far the dominant electronic gear brand. It's followed closely by Korg, and while we do not share actual order counts, suffice to say that all other brands have a lot of ground to make up before they can topple these electronic titans.
Key takeaways
The biggest name in Eurorack continues to be Make Noise, whose Maths has topped our Eurorack best-sellers for many years. Including the Maths, Make Noise secured seven of the Top 20 positions in 2024. Maths is closely followed by the ALM/Busy Circuits ALM017 Pamela's New Workout, which has also been a perennial best-seller for several years.
Beyond individual modules, how do brands rank when we take total sales of all modular gear into account?
| Rank | Gear |
| 1 | Make Noise |
| 2 | Doepfer |
| 3 | Intellijel |
| 4 | Erica Synths |
| 5 | Mutable Instruments |
| 6 | ALM/Busy Circuits |
| 7 | Tiptop Audio |
| 8 | Noise Engineering |
| 9 | 2hp |
| 10 | Behringer |
| 11 | Instruo |
| 12 | Expert Sleepers |
| 13 | 4MS |
| 14 | Xaoc Devices |
| 15 | Qu-Bit Electronix |
| 16 | WMD |
| 17 | Befaco |
| 18 | After Later Audio |
| 19 | Endorphin.es |
| 20 | BASTL Instruments |
Key takeaways
When looking at Eurorack and modular brands, we see a much larger variety of companies than appear on the individual lists. Make Noise here is, of course, No. 1. Doepfer—which didn't have any one single module crack the top 20—easily secures the No. 2 spot here thanks to the breadth of modules they provide.
Erica Synths is similarly well represented here, thanks to the numerous inventive instruments that company creates, which ranges from the Pico modular line to the desktop Bassline and Perkons drum machines.
This concludes our look at the best-selling electronic gear of 2024. If you haven't already, check out our best-selling guitars of 2024, and be on the lookout for pedals and recording equipment lists in the coming days.