The vast differences between various breakcore artists is reflected in the variety of musical equipment they often use. Common gear ranges from trackers such as Renoise to analog synthesizers and drum machines to cutting edge effects processors.

The "Amen break," a 5.2 second long drum loop from the 1969 track "Amen, Brother" by the band "The Winstons" is often sampled in breakcore and related genres. Though the original song was played at around 135 BPM, breakcore artists often increase the tempo of the loop to 170 BPM or more. This loop, sometimes mixed with sampled kick drums produced by devices such as the Roland TR-909, forms the basic drum track of many breakcore songs.

The table below shows gear used most by breakcore artists. Click the name of a piece of music equipment to read more about it.