Trent Reznor's Gear

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"Calling EchoBoy a delay plug-in is doing it a disservice. It has become the first thing I turn to for treating a wide variety of sources. An EXCELLENT sound / space shaping tool and the most flexible and musical delay out there"

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Arturia Moog Modular V is included in the "Software Instruments" list.

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at 0:28, Trent is seen with this guitar

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A video of Trent making a beat for the score to "Gone Girl" using the Folktek Resonant Garden

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Trent Reznor shared a picture of this Moog Polymoog to his Instagram profile.

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From this interview, with Trent Reznor:

"–What other software have you been experimenting with?

–I have gone down the path with Spektral Delay…"

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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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1994 interview: "TR: Pretty much any real instrument like guitar or vocals or bass was recorded into the computer first; I use Opcode's Studio Vision all the time now for sequencing. Usually I'd loop something and then play along with it for a while, then I'd go back and listen. If anything was decent, I'd cut it together into something cool. All the guitars I played were cut up and put together like that."

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Mac G5 is included in the "COMPUTERS, DAWs, RECORDING HARDWARE" list.

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

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Audio Ease Altiverb is included in the "Software Effects" list.

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Calling EchoBoy a delay plug-in is doing it a disservice. It has become the first thing I turn to for treating a wide variety of sources. An EXCELLENT sound / space shaping tool and the most flexible and musical delay out there

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

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its hard to spot the jazz pickup but he plays this bass during a performance, if you slow down at around 7:37 you can spot it

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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 Daddy O

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Trent Reznor's Metasonix S-1000 Wretch Machine 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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At 2:10 in the above video, while discussing the making of the album The Social Network, the Serge is briefly seen.

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At 2:41 in the video tour of Trent's studio, the Doepfer Schaltwerk is shown

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At 1:38 of this mini-documentary, Reznor can be seen playing a Yamaha SA-70.

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"Over the last 40 years, some of the world’s most influential artists like Trent Reznor, Gary Numan, Dr. Dre, Keith Emerson and Herbie Hancock have shaped their unique sounds and forged new musical genres using the Minimoog Model D."

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Line 6 Echo Farm is included in the "Software Effects" list.

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Trent Reznor in his studio, in the centre a Moog Minimoog Voyager Performer Edition.

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Trent Reznor playing an Euphonos Field Synth from Folktek in a picture from his Instagram official profile.

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NIN using Livid Instruments CNTRL:R on their new tour.

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At 2:23 in the above video, the Kenton Pro 2000 MKII is clearly visible in Trent's home studio

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Dave Smith Instruments Poly Evolver can be seen on stage beside Trent from NIN live tour 2009

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Waves Diamond Bundle is included in the "Software Effects" list.

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Trent Reznor is noted for using the ESP Eclipse "The Fragile" electric guitar, as documented by I Heart Guitar.

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