Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine album cover

Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine

Album 1989

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1989 album Pretty Hate Machine.

Music from Pretty Hate Machine

Gear Used On Pretty Hate Machine

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine (1989). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Trent Reznor on Pretty Hate Machine

Synthesizers

E-mu Emax

Avg price: $1,434.23

[For Pretty Hate Machine] "We had an Emulator 2, Emax, PPG Wave, Oberheim Expander..." Chris Vrenna, prism films interview

Synthesizers

E-Mu Emulator II

Avg price: $5,495.00

[For Pretty Hate Machine] "We had an Emulator 2, Emax, PPG Wave, Oberheim Expander..." Chris Vrenna, prism films interview

Synthesizers

PPG Wave 2.3

[For Pretty Hate Machine] "We had an Emulator 2, Emax, PPG Wave, Oberheim Expander..." Chris Vrenna, prism films interview

Synthesizers

Moog Prodigy

Avg price: $482.50

Trent Reznor utilized a Moog Prodigy synthesizer in the creation of Nine Inch Nails' album "Pretty Hate Machine," as detailed in various interviews compiled by Yaia.

Studio Equipment used by Trent Reznor on Pretty Hate Machine

Drum Machines

Linn Electronics Linn 9000

Avg price: $3,346.54

Trent used a Linn 9000 on the album "Pretty Hate Machine."

Computers & Peripherals

Commodore 64

"I had a Commodore 64 with, I think, the Sequential Circuits Model 64 Sequencer Cartridge. And it was the greatest thing in the world (or so I thought at the time). Moving on… The first "real" platform I used for composition was a Mac+ running Performer. Pretty Hate Machine was done with this."

Computers & Peripherals

Apple Macintosh Plus

"At the time of Pretty Hate Machine, I had a Mac Plus. I did all the sequencing of that record on that."

Microphones used by Trent Reznor on Pretty Hate Machine

Dynamic Microphones

Shure SM57

Avg price: $112.55

At 1:05 in the music video for "Head Like A Hole" by Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor can be seen using a Shure SM57 microphone. This video is provided by NineInchNailsVEVO on YouTube.