Industrial guitars, shouted vocals and high-tempo electronic drums are common elements of digital hardcore. While equipment such as the Roland TR-909 was critical for early digital hardcore acts such as Atari Teenage Riot, other bands have used a variety of gear including the relatively inexpensive Yamaha SU10, demonstrating that no particular piece of equipment is necessary to create digital hardcore.

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