Trent Reznor

In 90s Keyboard interview: "We sat and messed around with a Yamaha TX802, four tracks of Pro Tools running Studio Vision, a couple of keyboards, and a DAT machine, and it became a challenge of, "How can we arrange this music with these limitations?" It was one mic in a room, and if there were background vocals it was me yelling from the other side of the room, and mixing everything destructively"

In this interview with the Song Exploder podcast, Reznor explains that he and collaborator Atticus Ross utilized the Luminist Garden on the song "The Lovers" (from 2017's Add Violence EP).

The 1994 studio was equipped with a 56-input Amek Mozart console with Rupert Neve modules, two Studer A800 Mk3 multitrack machines, Mac-based Pro Tools and a host of outboard gear, in addition to Akai S1100 and Kurzweil K2000 samplers; Prophet VS, Digidesign Turbosynth, ARP Odyssey, Oberheim Expander, Oberheim OBMx, Roland MKS80 and Minimoog synthesizers; Doepfer and Oberheim sequencers; a Mellotron MKIV polyphonic tape replay keyboard; a Roland R70 drum machine;

The 1994 studio was equipped with a 56-input Amek Mozart console with Rupert Neve modules, two Studer A800 Mk3 multitrack machines, Mac-based Pro Tools and a host of outboard gear, in addition to Akai S1100 and Kurzweil K2000 samplers; Prophet VS, Digidesign Turbosynth, ARP Odyssey, Oberheim Expander, Oberheim OBMx, Roland MKS80 and Minimoog synthesizers; Doepfer and Oberheim sequencers; a Mellotron MKIV polyphonic tape replay keyboard; a Roland R70 drum machine; and assorted Jackson and Gibson guitars.

I’m this interview Trent states:

“ I had a PPG when they were out, and I have a Waldorf MicroWave now. If I go about trying to program that thing in a logical way, it comes out sounding like mid-1980s synth pop--kind of dated, digital-sounding. But just through randomly generating stuff with Opcode's Galaxy, and I did this a lot on the Xpander and the VS, I'd generate thousands and thousands of programs. Then I'd hear an element of one that was cool, and fine-tune it.”

At 4:19 in the video, the Virtuoso 2000 is discernible on top of the rack behind Trent.

Trent Reznor is confirmed to use the Novation SuperNova synthesizer, as evidenced by the Fragility Tour program, which includes it in the partial list of equipment used to record "The Fragile." This information is supported by the source nin.wiki.

Trent Reznor is confirmed to use the Yamaha VL1-m Version 2 Rack Module as part of a list of equipment used to record "The Fragile," as documented in the Fragility Tour program. This information is sourced from nin.wiki.

Trent Reznor is confirmed to use the Studio Electronics Midimini synthesizer, as listed in the Fragility Tour program, which includes a partial list of equipment used to record "The Fragile." This information is sourced from nin.wiki.

Trent Reznor is confirmed to use the Oberheim SEM-1 Synthesizer Expander Module, as it is listed among the equipment used to record The Fragile in the Fragility Tour program. This information is supported by the source provided by nin.wiki.

Trent Reznor, along with other members of Nine Inch Nails such as Danny and Robin, is confirmed to have used the E-Mu Emax II Rack during live performances. This information is corroborated by a 1995 interview in Keyboard Magazine with touring keyboardist James Woolley, who noted, "Everybody else is triggering Emax IIs, so we're all backed up on each other's drive." Additionally, Woolley's offstage rack setup included an E-mu Emax II among other equipment, indicating its significant role in NIN's live stage setup.