Trent Reznor's Gear

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In this photo from Kemper Amps official Facebook page, they showcase Trent Reznor's Profiler rig mount and write "Tomorrow on stage at the Verizon Center Washington DC. Trent Reznor with his Profiler Rig."

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The entire video, the speakers are shown in the background of what seems to look like a home studio. the PMCs can be seen in the set of monitors but very low resolution due to the video camera and streaming resolution.

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At 0:20, Trent can be seen with a red ES-339

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Trent Reznor on his Moog Minimoog Voyager XL Limited White Edition. Posted by Mr Trent Reznor in his instagram profile.

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You can see it at 0:24

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"The 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."

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Trent Reznor's Metasonix TX-2 Butt Probe in his "Nothing Studios" is seen on a Metasonix rack to the right side of the image. Here is a closer look at the rack.

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

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Trent Reznor used a Gibson Les Paul Standard during the 1994 Downward Spiral era, as detailed in Collectionzz's documentation of his smashed guitar.

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The Fragility Tour program contains a partial list of equipment used to record The Fragile.

Included in this list is the Danelectro Fab Tone

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Featured on the official ZVEX artist page.

Nine Inch Nails: Trent Reznor uses the Fuzz Factory, Machine, Woolly Mammoth and owns a Nano Head

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With its extraordinary feature set, Vetta has captured the attention of the following artists and become part of their rig: Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails); Charlie Crowe (Brooks & Dunn); Lyle Workman (Beck, Sheryl Crow, Frank Black); Pete Anderson (Dwight Yoakam); Michael Britt (Lonestar); John Bell (Widespread Panic); Lukasz Gottwald (Saturday Night Live); and Reeves Gabrels (David Bowie, Ozzy Osbourne, Public Enemy).

https://line6.com/data/l/c0a8090b1718e4020009ddfca5/application/pdf/Line6PressRelease_2002-07-19.pdf

Line 6 has continued to grow and at that time states that it is a music company dedicated to integrating technology with music products to develop innovative solutions for musicians. Headquartered in Augora Hills, California, Line 6 currently has a presence in over 60 countries worldwide with offices in California U.S. and the United Kingdom. In just under seven years, Line 6 has grown from an original team of 10 to 230 employees. As the pioneer of digital modeling amplifiers, Line 6 has created award-winning products for guitarists, bass players and engineers, working both on stage and in the studio. The Range of tonal possibilities that Line 6 technology providers has been put to use by an extremely diverse group of music makers, from Clint Black to Trent Reznor, from Madonna to U2, from Kid Rock to Lenny Kravtitz.

http://www.vettaville.nl/vvL6companystoryeng.htm

Check link below, you will see the Line 6 Vetta Combo 2x12 next to Trent Reznor in the photo on the left side.

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On the Ohm Force website, on the QuadFrohmage page, Trent Reznor is quoted:

"Alan Moulder shows up to work with me and immediately demands I check out the Quad Fromage (which somehow I was unaware of) and well, the rest is history. Really excellent tools that have been inspiring to work with" (original source here).

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In his studio, Trent Reznor can be seen with a Sherman Filterbank 2 in the back of the room, by his right arm.

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Trent Reznor's Metasonix TM-6 Vacuum-Tube Multimode Filter in his "Nothing Studios" is seen on a Metasonix rack to the right side of the image. Here is a closer look at the rack.

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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.

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"We also went and got an old Mutron envelope filter. The one that gives you the Bootsy [Collins] sound. Awesome. The one we had would eat four nine-volt batteries in half an hour. It's awful. But it sounds amazing when the batteries are dying. We did a lot through that. in fact all the drums on "I Do Not Want This" was just one two-bar loop that Steve Perkins played. We just ran it through every effect we had in the studio--the Mutron, [Eventide] H3000 Harmonizers, a Digitech Whammy Pedal... Flood and I just went crazy.

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"...we used the [Novation] Bass Station on 'The Wretched.'"

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Clearly from the video, Trent is seen using a Parker Fly guitar, not to mention his admiration for the creator of the guitar, Adrian Belew, who Trent once cited 'is one of the best musicians alive'. Adrian Belew was also instrumental (no pun intended) to the development of 'The Downward Spiral'. https://www.musictech.net/guides/essential-guide/nine-inch-nails-the-downward-spiral/

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he is holding the guitar in this image

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At 4:51 in the above video, the Andromeda is clearly visible.

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At :20 on this video.

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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.

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Logic Pro 7 is included in the "COMPUTERS, DAWs, RECORDING HARDWARE" list.

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Trent Reznor is noted for using the Jackson USA Soloist, as highlighted in the I Heart Guitar blog archives.

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Trent Reznor rocking the Akai Pro MPD32 with Nine Inch Nails (NIN); shown clearly in photo from start of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWH_4UZ_mfQ.

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There is a photo taken by Trent Reznor in his 1994 studio Le Pig during the recording of The Downward Spiral. To the left is the Amek Mozart console." - studio engineer Sean Beavan says: ""The studio was equipped with a 56-input Amek Mozart console with Rupert Neve modules...We loved the Amek Mozart console, because if you EQ'ed a Minimoog it would make it sound kind of cooler,”

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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"

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“The Waldorf Attack is a good little thing to use a lot.”

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