Being one of the earliest electronic music subgenres established, synthpop has its roots firmly set in vintage analog synthesis. Some of the first pre-synthpop recordings of the early 1960s were made with early synthesizer technologies, however it was not until the 1970s when Moog, ARP, Korg, Roland and others began producing a new wave of powerful synthesizers that the genre was able to come into its own.

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