Trent Reznor | Archetype of a Synthesizer
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- Through personal stories, Trent Reznor recounts his relationship with an iconic analog synthesizer and describes how it has fit into his creative process over his storied career.
Original score by The Haxan Cloak. Befitting the occasion, the artist used a Minimoog Voyager and a prototype Mother-32, Moog’s newest synthesizer, to create the score.
Trent Reznor: www.nin.com
The Haxan Cloak: / timeline
The Minimoog Voyager: www.moogmusic.com/news/end-voy...
0:00 Introduction
0:35 TRENT REZNOR ARCHETYPE OF A SYNTHESIZER
1:29 MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
4:02 THE SOUND ITSELF
7:03 HESITATION MARKS
8:35 WRITING TO PICTURE
11:06 ORIGINAL SCORE BY THE HAXAN CLOAK - Hudba
![Trent Reznor Interview [1994]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1JXFCq5QaE0/mqdefault.jpg)
He's actually talking to a huge modular synth - no one is even in the room.
Tim Hawkins Yup, now I know what spitting coffee out through my nose feels like. Well played
Funniest comment I've read in awhile.
Tim Hawkins You dont talk to your synths.
hahaha
Pretty much sums up his entire professional career.
This is the most intense video I've seen of someone talking about a synth
look up the elektron tutorial videos for Machinedrum and Monomachine... they might be beyond it :) in a good way
stiff competition in that category
This comment killed me lololol
HAHA the music of the background in this video its going me crazy
Right?
Trent Reznor could talk for an hour about how vacuum cleaners work and I would still listen with great intensity.
He could probably do that, also. Sounds like mechanical knowledge was in the cards for him since the beginning.
Hahaha.Yes!🤘
He is the best.
id pay to see this lol
Honestly was thinking of how I could listen to a podcast of him talking for hours about absolutely nothing and bring Atticus in to do soundscapes
Trent Reznor endorsing a synth is like John Wick endorsing a gun
Awesome thought!☺
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Hell yeah lol
Orbitron well said
Hahah you are a genius. So true!
"I was afraid to write music to find out that it sucked" brilliant man.
Mostly everyone feels the same way, except those out there with absolutely no shame.
It becomes like that when you care about your work and you're putting yourself into it.
Deathbrewer my god, it's the most terrifying feeling and every person involved in any creative activity knows it all too well! It's haunted me through writing music as a teen, design as a student and in my code to this day! Being incapable of living up to your own standards and hating yourself half the time because of it comes with the territory. The other half of the time I'm usually giddy with the excitement of having the chance to be able to create and experiment in such a vast territory of art, ideas, and techniques, outcome be damned!
i feel the same way about my music.
Make music like nobody's listening
he's so progressive this is actually his new song
LMAOO
I'd buy that album.
I'm dead! xD
Alright, this is my choice for the comment that wins the internet today! Well done! I actually 'LOL'd on that one.
Aahahahaha
For a guy that makes such aggressive, depressing, dark music, Trent seems like a really cool guy to hang out with
Depressing?
I see the darkness in him. That’s why he creates such great music.
Idk their music isn't that depressing
@@notrealy180217 Not even songs like Hurt, Right Where It Belongs, The Day The World Went Away?
He has mellowed out some over the years....like anyone would.
Trent smiles a lot when he talks about this, which says a lot.
Pork Woofles the only things he enjoys when he's interviewed is music, not personal life
Pork Woofles well, personal life questions have always annoyed him
Trent Reznor: "Playing keyboards, I got pretty good at it." Most modest understatement in electronic music history.
he makes sounds
I believe he has always said that his music is bad. It's just good compared to main stream music.
I dislike a lot of his music when I first hear it but after a while I go back and wanna listen to it over and over. The more a hate it at first the more I appreciate it later on.
The only band I feel similarly about is Garbage. I hated Vow the first time I heard it.
I look at Trent as the kind of man who is his harshest critic. Some people, even when they are great at something, even exceptional, they still feel like they aren't good enough, or what they do isn't good enough. It kinda falls in with the Imposter Syndrome, but the most successful and creative people come from that driving force, to prove to themselves that they are good enough, and in that effort, push the boundaries.
I like how he refers to NIN as "them", when it's mainly been just him for the majority of its history. Still includes the live group even when referring to something he did completely himself.
The live group was actually the band Filter.
I think you might be confused. Richard Patrick was hired as the guitarist for the “pretty hate machine” tour. He quit NIN in 1993 when Trent started working on the next album, and started his own band- Filter.
They were never the live band for NIN.
Unless my memory is waaay off, and Wikipedia has it wrong- which is a definite possibility.
@@mikehoelzle2034
Filter... I see what you did there. :D
Fun fact, Richard Patrick is the T-1000's brother!
Trent Reznor - guy was my parents nightmare in the 90s with his fishnets and goth looks. Turns out to be the safest adult - Love you Trent, thanks for being a great example of growing up since we all have to do it.
Never an ounce of pretentiousness with his interviews. He expresses honestly his insecurities and doubts going into a project explaining his process. Much respect for Trent Reznor.
Imagine if Trent did audio books, especially horror or post ap type books. Would be intense.
Dude if Trent read true murder stories with that fucking music in the background I would buy that shit so fast!
Twin Peaks: The Return
You just made me think, actually, he's like the Stephen King of the digital rock world! 😂
With the music in the background would make it even more intense
@@user-ey1qj2wq1x same dude
"It felt like a musical instrument, not just a collection of circuitry in a box" * Camera pans to Prophet 12 *
Sick burn
I don't know if you know this man but he used the P12 extensively when he was recording Hesitation marks
@@harmonicsarea you miss the point. Moog not Trent edited this video.
@@jetpacksnake9741 😂 I have a prophet 8 module it’s fucking awesome. I have a slim phatty as well. Both have their own unique character.
@@jetpacksnake9741 hilarious 😆
It's always nice to see Trent smile.
The music in the background makes it sound like he's some sort of super-villain
Moving Static this is like the part where the super villain is explaining his plot before he attempts to kill the hero lmao
What song is it
Check out more music by Haxan Cloak. It's awesome.
You say that like he isn't.
This music fills me with dread that somewhere in the interview Reznor will suddenly lose it and do something violent to the cameraman...
+Helium Road You're bad at reading people then, this man is very peaceful
Zotz90
And you're bad at reading my posts, then, I was talking about the music.
+Helium Road The Haxan Cloak does that to ya c:
+Helium Road Hahahaha! Accurate
+Helium Road The track is designed to show off what the Mother 32 can do...and judging by the atmosphere, she can do great things.
i don't think i'm the only one ...but, i could listen to him talk for hours.
+Tim you definitely aren't the only one... I actively search for something new (or old) that I haven't seen yet of trent to listen too. He and Klayton of celldweller are huge inspirations to me and I can't find enough of their content anywhere
+Tim With that music in the background too.
+Tim His voice is perfect for a Star Wars dark force character...like Kylo Ren
+Tim me too. Hearing creative geniuses talk is like a hearing a wise man talk, a fountain of neverending creativity.
+Tim just like listening to jonny greenwood
This is the single greatest advertisement for moog products ever
This guy from Slam Bamboo actually took the time to sit down with the kids before the show and explain to them how a synthesizer works. Trent, you’re a treat.
Moog is one of the reasons NIN sounds so distinctive. Luscious sound, eerie tones, complex harmony. It's realer than real.
Trent Reznor was such an influential artist for me. I remember listening to his music like a scientist studies something under the microscope. I had some medical condition that caused depression and I was so disturbed by the fact that what I was upset was not real. But when I was in the mental doctors office he had a photo of Trent Reznor on the wall. And he said that Trent Reznor was an artist that overcame depression to make wonderful. And if he can have a successful life in spite of depression that I can too.
❤💥🔥
His voice is like butter. I could listen to him talk for hours.
Listen? Id melt it and lick it off him. Lol. Trent does keep you interested, articulate, inflection he cares what he talks about.
I don't know if its just me, but he could be talking about his stamp collection and I would be captivated with interest.
Man I could watch hours of Reznor speaking with that ambiant background music, it just feels so relaxing.
Indeed!
Yeah most people are saying the music makes it intense, but it’s just ambiance to me haha
"I was afraid to write music to find out if it sucked" I am having this exact problem, there are things I want to do, but if the smallest sliver of a hint that it might suck enters my mind I get incredibly discouraged. That is the best thing I think I could have heard today.
KhasAdun Re-Edit
throw those feelings out the window my friend. if anything, give yourself the chance to make it and then listen back over time. often, you can't tell whats what until you can step outside the process and look at it objectively. keep that in mind and give your ideas a chance by at least seeing them through!
It's 2 years later. I hope you've started creating
3 years later I hope you have tried. Finding out something you do sucks is hard until you realise that it's necessary and instructive and the only way to improve. Hiding only wastes time.
What did you come up with?
The timbre of his voice alone was enough to make incredible music. It helps that he’s also the epitome of vulnerability and intellectual bravery.
I got to meet Trent, he was one of my customers. He is a really nice guy.
That's cool - what do you do?
That's awesome, selling synth equipment?
What!? Well dont stop there damnit! Tell us more about it!!!!
@@burntt999 i think its a wee bit of a lost cause y’old scotch
This is great.
Trent Reznor actually inspires me to make music.
+Elizabeth (A.K.A Cats And Birds) May the synth be with you!
He inspired me to play the keyboard.
ikr
R-CAT word.
same here.....
Trent Reznor you're a human synthesizer.
lmao so true
word
Aren't we all?
You've inspired me to think of the word 'synthesizer' differently. Thank you.
666 likes???
This man put suffering, death, synthetic heartbeats and sounds from hell, piano and more than often his own voice to make the most beautifull music. People who don´t enjoy NIN just haven´t suffered enough in life to do so. Thanks for the music and the Quake 1 Soundtrack. Atmosphere dripping from the walls.
Hear, hear
Really nothing like it, in it's own super genius category
Love the way he articulates his music into vocabulary. Smooth.
Trent is such a huge inspiration to many of us for so many reasons. Thank you Moog and Trent.
I'm just so happy he's had the tools to express himself. He's been such an inspiration to me and my music.
my point exactly...
I think he influenced modern music more than anyone could explain.
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting this man and he is so down to earth and very humble I am and will always be a huge fan of the music Trent Reznor makes.
Trent Reznor is a 'True' genius. His music is timeless yet completely in the moment and very "now' feeling. He's been an inspiration to me since I was a kid and I heard Pretty Hate Machine and it spoke to me both musically and lyrically. I would love to be a fly on the wall during the making of one of his albums or scores. Just to see his (as well as Atticus's) approach first hand would be life changing. I just really hope he continues to make music for as long as possible. I know that's a selfish request but his music is just so important to me and I know i'm not the only one. Thanks to Moog for helping him find that feeling/sound when he needs it because it translates to greatness.
Really, i'm into The Social Network OST and every song if not every ambient an that sort of things make me inspired to do a lot of genres.
A lot of people and me included love a lot of these things and want to do many styles but they don't have the experience for making many types of sound or complexity for sound design.
Go for it. Get interested into a genre and figure it out from there.
Moog good. NIN mostly noise (TP The Return for example)
What an incredibly articulate and insightful man. This is also the best homage to the Moog synthesizer that I have ever seen. The creepy music in the background just added such a dramatic effect to the dialog.
Trent seems like such a knowledgable and chill guy. It's nice seeing troubled people realize their potential and find the inner peace they deserve.
He did the scoring for Gone Girl, just amazing stuff. Truly elevated the movie.
While I am a guitarist and only like a few tunes by Trent. I do believe he is a musical monster. Honest, talented and passionate about his craft.
AGrred. I'd love to see him get together with an equal talent, Wayne Hussey, who recorded the latest Mission album with Martin Gore (DM) and Gary Numan.
That'd be one hell of a collaboration.
Trent Reznor, you sir are a musical genius.
We need much more videos of Trent talking about synths
Trent isn’t a musician, he’s a magician.
That synth room looks amazing. Trent is an incredible talent. Discovered Nine Inch Nails in 1994
Thanksgiving holiday, 1989. Before the internet... I was buying music the way you used to. A bit of luck and intuition was involved. You often couldn't listen, so you had to take note of the artwork, pictures, song titles.. etc to give you a better chance of finding something good. God tossed me a bone that day. I stumbled upon Pretty Hate Machine.Tile ✔ Flipped it over, saw Trent kneeling in pain, was a black and white picture. Picture ✔ Then I read the track list. Track list ✔lol. Completely unaware of what I had stumbled upon, I left the record store with my Aunt. Trent and I were united, my world forever changed. For years, Trent voiced and expressed what I could not, until I found my own. This helped keep me here... alive... knowing that other people feel the same.... Even if it didn't, this music altered my life for the better. I was sitting in a 1987 blue Buick Electra, (fake wood panel option) in a mall parking garage in Minnesota. Portable CD to tape converter cable lol. Then it happened. Something I Can Never Have... That was the first NIN I ever heard. I gave me the chills... Thanks power higher than me. (God, Allah, Buddha, Earth God... whatever) You might not have given two sh1ts about my struggles, but you introduced me to NIN. I felt loved :]
You had a simpler version of the Internet in 1989, but it was there, just not in the form we know and take for granted today ;)
XIGAM that was beautiful, I miss the old record store days and taking a chance on an artist based on, record labels, artwork,song titles.
@@DeathBringer769 bro , yeah it existed but no one I knew had a computer.
Love it!
Oh shit. He's just as articulate and intelligent as I was afraid he was.
The swatches of sound this guy lays down together is
just mind blowing.
By the way, the interviewer did a great job.
Trent started out like, "Ok, how honest am I going
to be with this guy..." ( or woman)
Whatever an interviewer does to stay out of the way
and draw out his subject, this guy did.
The Fragile is one of my favorite albums and i still listen to it often.
What an articulate, down to earth real human being. Easy to see why Charlie Clouser has so much praise for him.
The man, the myth, the legend: Trent Reznor. A musical mastermind genius who I have always had great respect for.
Trent is one of the most inspiring people in the music industry right now.
Trent is a genius, his music is beyond any other music in this world.
I can't overestimate how important Trent Reznor's been. His music keeps me going. Should I have a son. His first or middle name will be Trent.
Make his first name Michael.
Hell if i ever have a son it will be Michael trent markwell.
Cause Michaels actually trents first name
This was my plan but my best friend beat me to it!
My sons first and middle name is Reznor Navarro ....from Trent and Dave....beat ya to it lol he's almost 4 yrs old
My husband and I became huge Reznor fans after we saw a NIN concert with our 16 year old daughter and her friends in 1995. She and her high school sweetheart were such huge fans they named their son Trent (middle name). When our grandson was a baby, we would watch him when they would fly to various cities to see NIN. My son-in-law spotted Reznor one morning in the airport and actually spoke to him, telling him he’s a huge fan. Our daughter was too much in awe that she retreated and couldn’t say a word. They said Trent was sweet and gracious and just authentically nice. He may not know this but he also has fans who are grandparents in their sixties.....our favorite concert was Bowie and NIN. “Burn” for the movie “Natural Born Killers” was pure genius, as are all of his masterpieces.
Love the way he points out personality in each piece of equipment. True musician.
I was the roadie for a garage band in late 70's that placed a classified ad for a keyboard player and Trent showed up for the audition and IIRC he was too young to drive at that time and he was dropped off by his grandparent. In short order the lead singer was gone and Trent was fronting it. I remember the time when he showed up with the Prodigy and said "listen to this". Over the next few years Trent and the band spent countless hours in my basement studio making demos on a 4-channel Teac open-reel. We were so poor that we'd spend weeks making some songs on the sole 10.5" master tape and then dump them to cassettes for our cars and THEN overwrite the master tape with new recordings. Neither I nor the other band mates can find a single cassette because they are forever buried in the glove compartments of old Chevy Novas and other POS junkers. They would have made a killer NIN "basement tapes" triple album. Oh well. BTW, the talent was obvious on the first day he auditioned in Pat's (bass player) garage.
@Walter B Notice how the tapes don't exist anymore so the story is unfalsifiable.
I don't care if the story's fake, I just want to believe it's real because it's cooler.
The music backing the interview makes it sound like some horror movie and he's about to reveal some really crazy twist that's gonna blow everyone's mind.
I don't play an instrument or care about synthesizers, but I was hanging on every word.
I was in the Chinese Theatre audience when Trent won his Oscar for Best Original Score in 2011. It was awesome to see him collect it for he is a genius.
Trent is a master producer and composer of dark sounds.
Also like the brooding soundscapes of other artists like
Massive Attack, Portishead, Unkle, Gary Numan, Tricky, Atoms For Peace, Allflaws
Trent has to be one of the luckiest persons in the world.Handsome,deep voice and makes fantastic music.Long live Mr.Reznor!
I only have one dream. To have a piano lesson sit down with Trent
The backing music sounds almost identical to the music he wrote for the game Quake 1nearly 20 yrs ago. Spooky atmospheric landscape type stuff.
I used to listen to that soundtrack for hours on end. Human Revolution is excellent as well.
I was today years old when i learned that...omg... Quake 1 was so awesome...i had no idea he wrote the music for that game! It Was so haunting, just thinking about it instantly takes me back to another place and time.
I loved that shit!
August Lyons 100%. Also, to date thats still one of the best soundtracks in that genre!
Damn dude I didn’t know he made that! Sick
It's a treat getting to hear Trent Reznor say that something is a "treat".
This guy is a true artist, through and through. Just hearing him talk about his music and his machines. He really-really cares about his craft. Like-- a lot...
Zob Rombie 😂😂😂
Trent mentioned he bought his first synth at New York Music in Youngstown, Ohio. I worked there for ten years. After 40+ years, the business no longer exists, but there is a Guitar Center located just one block away :--(
That's sad - what period did you work there?
I remember the stire too! My husband would take me along with him sometimes.
Trent is a true inspiration for me, he got me into creating an industrial sound, mixing rock/metal with electronic music is my dream genre to make
Trent’s communication skills are way above average. I could have sat for a couple hours listening to him talk about something he’s passionate and knowledgeable of.
"It felt like a musical instrument, not just collection of circuitry in a box"- cut to a Dave Smith Prophet 12. I see what you did there Moog! ;)
hahaha, thank you for pointing this out. Cheeky Moog.
:) Subliminal!
Lol, sorry about the necro, but I was just about to say; "Wait, is that a dig at DSI?"
What’s kinda ironic is that he loves the P12 and used it a lot during this time!
Unique, Tren Reznor is a person that i look up to as a muscisian since the 90s. I don't get whta's to dislike when someone like him is sharing knowledge and experiences. Greetings from Mexico.
now imagine the same interview with david guetta :/ ...people like Trent are so inspiring..They think about the instruments, the music, the outcome, the message.. not the damn money..
PolDee187 as a person apart of the "EDM" Scene, I totally agree. Nobody in that scene besides Deadmau5 comes any where close Trent.
PolDee187 I think it's because he knows the significance of music.
it is eternally inspiring art form.
what we bring onto the other side is non physical
👻🎵✨
Spot on mate.
@@JosePereira-yi1cv Exactly. Edm artists like marshmello, hardwell, or even David guetta are just a copy and paste
his music is so loud and aggressive and honest, but he seems so shy it’s really cool
The dude's ah genius, hearing him articulate here then mash-up that with all the concerts I've attended, just bloody brilliant.
the music in the background remember me the "Quake" score he made more than 20 years ago. very good electronic musician.
Whenever I go back to listening to pretty hate machine, I'm always astounded by Trents music production prowess. He uses every production trick in the book on that album. Not only that, but the crazy thing is, the album has a strange almost pop sensibility to it. How can I put it? Its catchy as hell! Much respect to this massively talented man from one fellow synth head to another.
Trent struggled so much with addiction and depression ..he’s my hero. He seems at peace, he has a beautiful family, and he continues to create amazing work.
This is fantastic. I watched a documentary once about Bob Moog and he was describing the elaborate circuitry he designs inside his synyhs by comparing it to tending to his flower garden. I remember thinking, "Wow, this guy is such a genius complex circuits and gardening have similarities." It was hard for me to wrap my head around but I thought it was the coolest way I've ever heard a scientist describe his process in such an organic way.
I'd love to see more collaborations with Trent Reznor.
I don’t know where I’d be without Trent’s talent. Never disappoints and just keeps getting better and better. His music has made a huge impact on me over the years and helped me out of some pretty dark spaces in the corners of my head.
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched this..
Extremely intelligent, creative musician. Saw NIN back in early 2000 and was totally amazed the effort he places into his music.Debut NIN and Ghosts are truly works of art.
I still can’t wrap my mind around the fact that we use electricity to produce these amazing sounds. It’s so fascinating to me.
I feel like Trent and I were big chillin in some medieval monestary, somewhere, composing the f out of some ethereally hard gregorian duets ❤🙏🏽💥
Trent’s grandparents should get a fucking Grammy for buying him that synthesizer. I love you, Mr and Mrs Reznor.
I grew up in small town Ohio and I bought my first drum set at New York Music in Youngstown when I was in 5th grade. Looking back, It makes me happy knowing that as a kid I supported the same independent music shop as a young Trent Reznor. Store has been closed for years, now :(
Most intense 11 minutes and 28 seconds of my life. JEEZ!
The entire time he spoke with the bass line and sfx over his voice, I counted down the measure when the drum and kick would come in. Jokes aside, very inspirational
I can remember being a little kid sneaking to stay up late so I could watch headbangers ball, back when I was just starting to figure out what kind of music I liked as opposed to what my parents played. I can remember the very first time I ever saw the video to head like a hole and at that moment I knew that this was the coolest shit I had ever seen in my life. I didn't even know what it was called but I knew that THIS was what I liked. I have been a nin fan ever since.
Headbangers ball was fucking awesome
Not a single thought or emotion can get past Trent’s intellect without it being fully broken down and expressed to the very core of its meaning and expressed with effortless eloquence. All within a single sentence. His words are almost literal music compositions…….🤯
Music reminds me of GoldenEye 64 or some of the Doom games from back in the day. His music really paints the imagery
Reznor for president
pRezident
SraiTdenI pReznordent
This is fucking brilliant.
Trent is the idol that you meet and he’s even better in person. Loved NIN since is was 4
It's that spiritual connection & expression with any instrument, that makes a Legend! And Legends live forever.
always loved Trent. genius.
I want 10 hours version.
i could listen to him talk about synth for hours and id never get bored
Trent Reznor is a true artist, not just a musician. His genius is just as much talent, and a driving force to do something meaningful as it it fear and uncertainty. He is just as scared and human as the rest of us are. And he isn't afraid to admit it, staying humble and admitting his work is difficult, and challenging...
I wish they would recognize the broken album as an important stepping stone, I feel like it always goes pretty hate machine to downward spiral but Broken has many solid songs and solid videos that really bridge that gap.
I love it when he says I'm Trent Reznor and I'm NIN.
Imagine being able to say "Im Trent Reznor"
Trent you're an amazing legend. thanks for sharing. great work.
PURE GOLD! Thank You Trent! Your thoughts have generated So Many ideas.