

- #MASTERWRITER SOFTWARE THAT TRENT REZNOR USES HOW TO#
- #MASTERWRITER SOFTWARE THAT TRENT REZNOR USES PRO#

I'm so jealous of the MS20.Įdit: Also, there is no way this thread belongs in Low End Theory. Their are some really good clips of TR's gear in the videos on the page.
#MASTERWRITER SOFTWARE THAT TRENT REZNOR USES HOW TO#
"Last" from Broken is a good example of that technique.Īlso, would point out that TR has a new band with his wife, Mariqueen, called HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS Good example is "Ruiner." That's why TR was sound checking a live drum kit for piggy, when he himself inadvertently played the infamous "solo" for that song.Īnother awesome trick TR would do was record with guitars tuned down and tapespeed slowed down, then speed the tape back up, artificially altering the pitch of the guitars. Stephen Perkins recorded a lot of live tracks for TDS, that TR cut down into loops and otherwise manipulated. He wanted them to sound ringy and trashy, so he would record them in bathrooms, outside, anywhere he wanted, with only 1 or 2 microphones. He explained the drums were simply sampeled from a kit in different rooms. The drums on Downard Spiral were all fake except for the "drum solo" on the song Piggy. I'm sure we all can agree there isn't much sonically going on in that album that couldn't be done in a bedroom these days.įunny enough I thought he was a much better songwriter and producer when he had less money and less options. I mean he basically just used a studio that he used to work at late nights, using mostly old analog synths and some crappy samples. The Pretty Hate Machine stuff is really easy. He explains how he obtained pretty much every single sound. I cant search for it right now because I have to get ready for work but, maybe I could find it later, if its still out there anywhere. Stuff like that.Īnyway, there is a really good article about everything he uses on Downward Spiral. He said he edited the guitars a lot by playing them lower and very slow, but then speeding them up and adding effects.
#MASTERWRITER SOFTWARE THAT TRENT REZNOR USES PRO#
He also uses SQ synthesizers, like the pro one, etc. I know he was an oberheim fan in general. He had a prototype oberheim that he used for bass. This has been argued before years ago on some mailing list, but I would never be able to find the info again. I personally feel the akai s1000 gives the samples on that album character, because its my believe that the akai had some punchy compression on it in the converters. He explained the drums were simply sampled from a kit in different rooms. The drums on Downward Spiral were all fake except for the "drum solo" on the song Piggy. However, when it comes to Downward Spiral, the sound was basically Sequential Circuit synthesizers, akai s1000 samplers, samples of 100's of horror movies, guitars were recorded directly into the mixer. He has every amp, pedal, speaker, synth, etc etc etc that you can think of.

There is really to no way to know what Trent is currently using, because after Downward Spiral he became a total absolute gear *****. Well I've researched a lot about Trent Reznor's music from the Pretty Hate Machine days to Downward Spiral.
