Charlie Clouser

We also did a lot of passing audio through the filter inputs of the Access Virus module and the Roland JP-8080.

We also did a lot of passing audio through the filter inputs of the Access Virus module and the Roland JP-8080.

A few yeras ago our choices were limited to basically running stuff through the filter input of the Minimoog or putting it into the Eventide H3000.

At about 5:53 Charlie shows off his hacked up ARP Solus.

So for every song we had a single sys-ex dump of each Nord Lead, the Virus, the MicroWave, depending on which synths were used on that song.

"I actually haven't gotten too far into that style really. I still have most of the tools of the trade, from lots of modular synths to old favorites like the Prophet-VS and Jupiter-8 synths, except when I bought them they weren't considered vintage because they were brand new and had just come out! For a long time, it seemed like using that stuff to get the John Carpenter sound would have been sort of a tongue-in-cheek, retro-styled in-joke, and I stayed well clear of doing so for that reason. Plus, I spent so many years doing heavily synth-based records that when I got back into scoring I wanted to explore the kinds of sounds that I was never able to use in an album or remix context, like atonal and dissonant orchestral effects, organic-sounding drones, and all the bowed metal stuff I mentioned earlier. Lately, it seems like the retro-synth-wave style is well and truly back, so if the right project comes along my synth collection is well-stocked."

"I actually haven't gotten too far into that style really. I still have most of the tools of the trade, from lots of modular synths to old favorites like the Prophet-VS and Jupiter-8 synths, except when I bought them they weren't considered vintage because they were brand new and had just come out! For a long time, it seemed like using that stuff to get the John Carpenter sound would have been sort of a tongue-in-cheek, retro-styled in-joke, and I stayed well clear of doing so for that reason. Plus, I spent so many years doing heavily synth-based records that when I got back into scoring I wanted to explore the kinds of sounds that I was never able to use in an album or remix context, like atonal and dissonant orchestral effects, organic-sounding drones, and all the bowed metal stuff I mentioned earlier. Lately, it seems like the retro-synth-wave style is well and truly back, so if the right project comes along my synth collection is well-stocked."

At 6:44 in the YouTube video titled "Nine Inch Nails - Terrible Lie & Sin Live AATCHB," uploaded by 750GSXR2002, Charlie Clouser can be seen playing a Theremin. This is identifiable by the unique playing technique and the presence of the instrument's characteristic antenna.

In a video by Spitfire Audio titled "Creative Cribs - Charlie Clouser (Saw)," Charlie Clouser demonstrates his custom painted grey Waldorf microWAVE XTk at the 1:31 mark.

Charlie Clouser used the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer during every concert of the Fragility tour, as seen at the 8:11 timestamp in a video by Retro Vids titled "Nine Inch Nails - And All That Could Have Been (Part 1, Full HD)" on YouTube. The synthesizer was placed on a custom-made swinging stand for Clouser, similar to the one used for Trent Reznor's DX7 during the Self-Destruct tour. At the end of the tour, the synthesizer showed signs of wear, likely due to various antics by the band members.