Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer

German score composer

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According to Sound On Sound, Hans Zimmer's studio includes aStudio Electronics Omega 8.

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A Waldorf Wave synth can be seen in Hans Zimmer's studio.

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Hans collaborated with the guys at Spitfire to release this amazing scoring virtual instrument.

The video itself is a tour of Hans Zimmer's studio, and also promotional material for Spitfire Audio's Hans Zimmer expansion, so although whether he REALLY uses it or not is debatable, the Hans Zimmer Strings Expansion is clearly visible at 0:31 seconds in the video.

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On this picture we can see the controller behind Zimmer.

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The item can be seen 0:24 into this video

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2:00 "I'm Hans Zimmer, and this is my master class."

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Seen on the other side of his desk directly in front of the DP at 0:30. Could possibly be used by production crew as it is quite popular with location mixers for use in locations with AC power.

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Wrote the foreword, as featured on the front cover.

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At 0:37 seconds into the video about the making of No Time To Die, you can see the Syntryx on Hans Zimmer’s desk.

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"I believe, right now, I personally only have the one big UAD-2, the QUAD card, in my computer. It's holding up great and covers all my needs… So far. However, the way we work here is that we have three studios on the go. We have my room, we have the other programmers' rooms, and everybody has sort of the same outfit. So I have no idea how many we actually have amongst all the different composers and arrangers here, but it's a lot!"

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Hans Zimmer's studio has features a Jomox SunSyn.

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According to this article, Hans Zimmer utilizes an Access Virus B in his studio.

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In this video, Hans Zimmer says "The seaboard is really interesting because I think musicians, by nature, are experimental."

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In a user-uploaded photo from Buzzfeed, Hans Zimmer's studio setup prominently features a Bösendorfer Model 280 vc grand piano, highlighting its role in his creative process.

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Hans Zimmer is seen using the Audio-Technica ATH-M50xBL headphones in a photo shared by the HansZimmerLive Twitter account during his 2016 tour.

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Shown multiple times on video: 0:07, 0:56, 1:53

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Hans Zimmer's studio features a Hartmann Neuron, as highlighted in Southern California Public Radio's coverage.

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In this interview for Universal Audio, Hans explains how he uses UAD plugins to shape his sounds. It was few years ago, back then when he was scoring Inception, but it should be still relevant today.

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In the YouTube video "Hans Zimmer performs INCEPTION 'Time' - The World of Hans Zimmer," Hans Zimmer is seen playing the James Trussart Rust O Matic Pinstripe Holey SteelCaster electric guitar.

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A Waldorf Q is seen in this photo of Hans Zimmer's studio.

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The first synth on the left of the picture is a Tinysizer.

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"Do you remember the first synthesizer you ever owned?"

"Yes! An EMS VCS3."

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"when that little Minimoog came in, and it was not even vary loud, all the ceiling tiles began rattling and I was very happy!"

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Hans performed live tonight on Stephen Colbert's show using a black/wood-grain Virus TI keyboard, as seen in this Twitter photo.

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Photo of Hans Zimmer in a The Buggles period, playing on a Yamaha CP-70

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Throughout countless scores, Macs have long been a staple in Zimmer’s arsenal of tools. “We have loads of Macs and we have loads of PCs,” he says. But he keeps four Power Mac G4s close at hand in his home studio. “I think the Mac is really intuitive,” he adds. “It feels solid.”

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Seen at 0:35

He is using the Avid S6M40 console with: Master Touch Module x1, S6 Automation Module x1, S6 Post Module x1, S6 Fader Module x6, S6 Knob Module x6, S6 process Module x6, S6 Display Module x6. No visible S6 Joystick module for 5.1 or Atmos

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Hans is well known for having created his own private collection of sampled orchestral instruments, and the core of this library was originally recorded back in 1994 onto eight-track digital Tascam DA88 format.

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In the "Making of INTERSTELLAR Soundtrack" video by Elegyscores on YouTube, Hans Zimmer is shown using the Spitfire Hans Zimmer Piano, a Kontakt instrument, at Air Studios in London.

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