Trent Reznor | Archetype of a Synthesizer

[@midnightrun5]

He's actually talking to a huge modular synth - no one is even in the room.

[@VincereVelMori1987]

Tim Hawkins Yup, now I know what spitting coffee out through my nose feels like. Well played

[@kurtdewittphoto]

Funniest comment I've read in awhile.

[@quattro4468]

Tim Hawkins You dont talk to your synths.

[@thefxbip315]

hahaha

[@JhonShepherd]

Pretty much sums up his entire professional career.

[@Fishoilification]

This is the most intense video I've seen of someone talking about a synth

[@midinerd]

look up the elektron tutorial videos for Machinedrum and Monomachine... they might be beyond it :) in a good way

[@henryyork]

stiff competition in that category

[@NineInchFailz]

This comment killed me lololol

[@soadxjuan]

HAHA the music of the background in this video its going me crazy

[@jvig7353]

Right?

[@MorrisonHotel87]

Trent Reznor could talk for an hour about how vacuum cleaners work and I would still listen with great intensity.

[@KingsnakeCobe]

He could probably do that, also. Sounds like mechanical knowledge was in the cards for him since the beginning.

[@gentlecaveman6923]

Hahaha.Yes!🤘

[@innercores1266]

He is the best.

[@stefm.w.3640]

id pay to see this lol

[@shaylene437]

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

[@d6rkw6lf67]

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.

[@PassiveWealth]

Trent Reznor endorsing a synth is like John Wick endorsing a gun

[@DR-sx3wk]

Awesome thought!☺

[@fneeee]

Top comment

[@ReconVette19D]

Hell yeah lol

[@johnhernandez7594]

Orbitron well said

[@kudamtema3386]

Hahah you are a genius. So true!

[@porkwoofles3909]

Trent smiles a lot when he talks about this, which says a lot.

[@lapduynguyenthien8674]

Pork Woofles the only things he enjoys when he's interviewed is music, not personal life

[@lapduynguyenthien8674]

Pork Woofles well, personal life questions have always annoyed him

[@Zargon314]

"I was afraid to write music to find out that it sucked" brilliant man.

[@DeathBringer769]

Mostly everyone feels the same way, except those out there with absolutely no shame.

[@TheRaretunes]

It becomes like that when you care about your work and you're putting yourself into it.

[@polarnj]

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!

[@_Only_Zuul]

i feel the same way about my music.

[@lonelykid7691]

Make music like nobody's listening

[@vanderley3]

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.

[@thatwasinteresting.8150]

Trent Reznor: "Playing keyboards, I got pretty good at it." Most modest understatement in electronic music history.

[@video2000_TV]

he makes sounds

[@parker469a]

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.

[@MegaBrandOn]

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.

[@jsimo1431]

he's so progressive this is actually his new song

[@nirnaya13]

LMAOO

[@beatrixmoersch4842]

I'd buy that album.

[@BillAnt]

I'm dead! xD

[@empiremusicpromotions]

Alright, this is my choice for the comment that wins the internet today! Well done! I actually 'LOL'd on that one.

[@mauroivan2062]

Aahahahaha

[@chrissie9865]

For a guy that makes such aggressive, depressing, dark music, Trent seems like a really cool guy to hang out with

[@orsont4089]

Depressing?

[@thagirion9761]

I see the darkness in him. That’s why he creates such great music.

[@notrealy180217]

Idk their music isn't that depressing

[@jordanboyd5587]

@@notrealy180217 Not even songs like Hurt, Right Where It Belongs, The Day The World Went Away?

[@derekdonaldson1197]

He has mellowed out some over the years....like anyone would.

[@mikal]

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.

[@mikehoelzle2034]

The live group was actually the band Filter.

[@noahmacfaden7904]

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.

[@Zynn3d]

@@mikehoelzle2034 Filter... I see what you did there. :D

[@MegaBrandOn]

Fun fact, Richard Patrick is the T-1000's brother!

[@the72u7h4]

Imagine if Trent did audio books, especially horror or post ap type books. Would be intense.

[@Властный-щ6к]

Dude if Trent read true murder stories with that fucking music in the background I would buy that shit so fast!

[@rohopo]

Twin Peaks: The Return

[@walcoman]

You just made me think, actually, he's like the Stephen King of the digital rock world! 😂

[@Emperorschmanicus]

With the music in the background would make it even more intense

[@aidensinclairw.29]

@@Властный-щ6к same dude

[@DookSilvur]

It's always nice to see Trent smile.

[@skilltholaggins2043]

"It felt like a musical instrument, not just a collection of circuitry in a box" * Camera pans to Prophet 12 * Sick burn

[@harmonicsarea]

I don't know if you know this man but he used the P12 extensively when he was recording Hesitation marks

[@jetpacksnake9741]

@@harmonicsarea you miss the point. Moog not Trent edited this video.

[@robdela3632]

@@jetpacksnake9741 😂 I have a prophet 8 module it’s fucking awesome. I have a slim phatty as well. Both have their own unique character.

[@digitalparadigms]

@@jetpacksnake9741 hilarious 😆

[@davidgo8874]

Moog is one of the reasons NIN sounds so distinctive. Luscious sound, eerie tones, complex harmony. It's realer than real.

[@pinkthirst]

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.

[@geauxgaia]

❤💥🔥

[@michelhv]

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.

[@Akinohotarubi]

Man I could watch hours of Reznor speaking with that ambiant background music, it just feels so relaxing.

[@goguitox]

Indeed!

[@xXxThelegend27xXx]

Yeah most people are saying the music makes it intense, but it’s just ambiance to me haha

[@eckharteric]

This is the single greatest advertisement for moog products ever

[@timcity]

i don't think i'm the only one ...but, i could listen to him talk for hours.

[@Str1ctur3]

+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

[@billydiesel8520]

+Tim With that music in the background too.

[@gmodesike]

+Tim His voice is perfect for a Star Wars dark force character...like Kylo Ren

[@jimmyfigueras4476]

+Tim me too. Hearing creative geniuses talk is like a hearing a wise man talk, a fountain of neverending creativity.

[@jimmyfigueras4476]

+Tim just like listening to jonny greenwood

[@darthjump]

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.

[@MySocksAreOnFire-b4c]

Hear, hear

[@geauxgaia]

Really nothing like it, in it's own super genius category

[@therodentestcat]

This is great. Trent Reznor actually inspires me to make music.

[@peedropaulasmith8956]

+Elizabeth (A.K.A Cats And Birds) May the synth be with you!

[@modelmode8]

He inspired me to play the keyboard.

[@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn]

ikr

[@Overton_Windows]

R-CAT word.

[@TheVolkerjay]

same here.....

[@TheDealer1228]

His voice is like butter. I could listen to him talk for hours.

[@colleendito2046]

Listen? Id melt it and lick it off him. Lol. Trent does keep you interested, articulate, inflection he cares what he talks about.

[@StingrayOfficial]

Trent is such a huge inspiration to many of us for so many reasons. Thank you Moog and Trent.

[@aaronedvalson104]

I'm just so happy he's had the tools to express himself. He's been such an inspiration to me and my music.

[@aaronedvalson104]

my point exactly...

[@oscarrios6048]

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.

[@Lord02Infamous]

Love the way he articulates his music into vocabulary. Smooth.

[@joehawes4769]

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.

[@socialdistortion416]

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.

[@rohopo]

Moog good. NIN mostly noise (TP The Return for example)

[@farfymcdoogle3461]

The man, the myth, the legend: Trent Reznor. A musical mastermind genius who I have always had great respect for.

[@RCAvhstape]

This music fills me with dread that somewhere in the interview Reznor will suddenly lose it and do something violent to the cameraman...

[@QuiteShai]

+Helium Road You're bad at reading people then, this man is very peaceful

[@RCAvhstape]

Zotz90 And you're bad at reading my posts, then, I was talking about the music.

[@damienkaran7624]

+Helium Road The Haxan Cloak does that to ya c:

[@Amiratora777]

+Helium Road Hahahaha! Accurate

[@squirrelmanyt6069]

+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.

[@TayTayMakesBeats]

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.

[@monkeyxx]

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.

[@xigam200]

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 :]

[@DeathBringer769]

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 ;)

[@MrKarmapolice97]

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.

[@snailnslug3]

@@DeathBringer769 bro , yeah it existed but no one I knew had a computer.

[@1414rebel]

Love it!

[@jfrockon]

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.

[@2112jonr]

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.

[@Ross175]

I don't know if its just me, but he could be talking about his stamp collection and I would be captivated with interest.

[@KhasAdun1990]

"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.

[@kneejigskateboarding8904]

KhasAdun Re-Edit

[@sergiootaegui]

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!

[@lordundhimself1310]

It's 2 years later. I hope you've started creating

[@DenkyManner]

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.

[@Seth-hc2bj]

What did you come up with?

[@amplethought]

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.

[@antiaaron270]

Trent Reznor, you sir are a musical genius.

[@axelmelgarejo9648]

Trent is a genius, his music is beyond any other music in this world.

[@cesiumbob7278]

I got to meet Trent, he was one of my customers. He is a really nice guy.

[@NeuronalAxon]

That's cool - what do you do?

[@ReconVette19D]

That's awesome, selling synth equipment?

[@burntt999]

What!? Well dont stop there damnit! Tell us more about it!!!!

[@kevinsheahan9347]

@@burntt999 i think its a wee bit of a lost cause y’old scotch

[@jakubbielak7273]

Trent has to be one of the luckiest persons in the world.Handsome,deep voice and makes fantastic music.Long live Mr.Reznor!

[@Zeldaarc333]

Love the way he points out personality in each piece of equipment. True musician.

[@Blacksunlight7]

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.

[@ZacTBH]

Trent is one of the most inspiring people in the music industry right now.

[@enriquekwen1955]

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.

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

What an articulate, down to earth real human being. Easy to see why Charlie Clouser has so much praise for him.

[@movingstatic2119]

The music in the background makes it sound like he's some sort of super-villain

[@TehUltimateSnake]

Moving Static this is like the part where the super villain is explaining his plot before he attempts to kill the hero lmao

[@mwildthing5525]

What song is it

[@konami1979]

Check out more music by Haxan Cloak. It's awesome.

[@BooRadley92]

You say that like he isn't.

[@Niphredyl]

He did the scoring for Gone Girl, just amazing stuff. Truly elevated the movie.

[@trombone7]

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.

[@Wulfcry]

Trent Reznor you're a human synthesizer.

[@snobbishhipster3132]

lmao so true

[@cronkitesatellite]

word

[@DJstarrfish]

Aren't we all?

[@Hexspa]

You've inspired me to think of the word 'synthesizer' differently. Thank you.

[@dnsnn315]

666 likes???

[@TheTylerRobison]

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.

[@zobrombie3023]

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...

[@gloriosatierra]

Zob Rombie 😂😂😂

[@solano8725]

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.

[@boonehouston]

I think he influenced modern music more than anyone could explain.

[@dismalrelevance]

By far the humblest interview I believe I've ever watched. But being a similar electronics nut, love the revealing of his attachments and reasoning to specific instruments and how to evoke emotional responses based on their capabilities as you master each instrument. That is an excellent teaching point.

[@oldschoollee]

That synth room looks amazing. Trent is an incredible talent. Discovered Nine Inch Nails in 1994

[@13CELLTech]

The Fragile is one of my favorite albums and i still listen to it often.

[@iknowhumans9776]

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.

[@Marten_Broadcloak]

Make his first name Michael.

[@terry85mar]

Hell if i ever have a son it will be Michael trent markwell. Cause Michaels actually trents first name

[@eartheternal3565]

This was my plan but my best friend beat me to it!

[@puredisgust]

My sons first and middle name is Reznor Navarro ....from Trent and Dave....beat ya to it lol he's almost 4 yrs old

[@susanpage1250]

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.

[@mantriccaravan8228]

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.

[@rizzorizzo2311]

Trent’s grandparents should get a fucking Grammy for buying him that synthesizer. I love you, Mr and Mrs Reznor.

[@l.k.1111]

Trent Reznor!!! Interview! Yes please and thank you! 🙏His music got me through years of stuff...he is timeless and his music is in my top 5. Period. Years later I still go back to listen to his stuff, depending on what I am going through or feeling. Let the music have the darkness and lift that weight off your back...and smile with the good stuff and let it intensify that good feeling. Everything has its reason for existing. Love #NIN.

[@storgs]

It's a treat getting to hear Trent Reznor say that something is a "treat".

[@edwinrust4041]

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...

[@SaturnTheShiningOne]

Trent isn’t a musician, he’s a magician.

[@yardiemark]

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.

[@margaretwasco7811]

his music is so loud and aggressive and honest, but he seems so shy it’s really cool

[@davidf30303]

This is great. I really see Trent as a prodigy. I don't know if people see this like I do, but I can hear his beats and style in all electronic music. I 100% believe that his work has been influential in all electronic music. Now I may be bias because I followed him around the western half of the country, I named my son Treznor, and I've had many dreams where I talk Trent like I've known him my whole life..... On the other hand, I know his music down to the last drop, and I can hear it in the music that I now enjoy a lot as well. To Trent: I thank you:)

[@dawnguy842]

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

[@josephcontreras8930]

Mr reznor it is a honor to see your video. You have a great body of work and now you're doing movie soundtracks. You're a musical genius in my mind. I hope you read this comment. Congrats on your oscar win. You and Gary numan know how to create musical masterpieces on the synthesizer.

[@Zeninaction]

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.

[@lepettitchateau8047]

Absolutely loved this interview. This man is in command of his creativity and knowledge of his instruments. What an example to any artist.

[@leeenfield4018]

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.

[@Rhythmicons]

@Walter B Notice how the tapes don't exist anymore so the story is unfalsifiable.

[@isenfirecat]

I don't care if the story's fake, I just want to believe it's real because it's cooler.

[@Mario-Chunks]

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…….🤯

[@haipabli7670]

Most intense 11 minutes and 28 seconds of my life. JEEZ!

[@loganshotrod4x464]

Trent is at the top of his art form with his music, like Stephen King is with his literature. It’s amazing how humble they are & it’s sad to think that they had to endure such modest beginnings. So many people seem to think that Trent’s music is dark, but it doesn’t feel that way to me, it’s just honest & beautiful & I can’t imagine my life without his music. Sincerely, thanks Trent!

[@Neel-ff4mn]

I love an artist who talks music and their thought process in music, not the artist's influences, lifestyle, and moral standards. Trent is a musical savior.

[@LL.Johnson]

NIN has been one of my favorites since I was 16. 20 years later, and I still listen to NIN almost daily. I loved seeing this video, wish there was much more. For any fan of NIN, this video, and the documentary: I Dream of Wires, are absolutely essential.

[@Dead_ham]

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.

[@Eduaro2U]

Remarkable. Thanks Moog Music for introducing this highly intelligent, highly creative and highly musical human being to a slightly broader audience - me! Wonderful. So are the instruments that he's telling us all about.

[@krang07]

The backing music sounds almost identical to the music he wrote for the game Quake 1nearly 20 yrs ago. Spooky atmospheric landscape type stuff.

[@cm3.redeye42]

I used to listen to that soundtrack for hours on end. Human Revolution is excellent as well.

[@steviecarlcompose9487]

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.

[@mattthompson1876]

I loved that shit!

[@bojcsik]

August Lyons 100%. Also, to date thats still one of the best soundtracks in that genre!

[@kitssch]

Damn dude I didn’t know he made that! Sick

[@TheC0G]

One of the most inspiring interviews I have seen. After being put in a box all my life and trying to redirect my music after twenty years. Wow, what a video to watch! As a techie I totally regret getting rid of my DX7 and a random analogue monophonic synth I pick up from a second hand store, just because I like all the switches (while at college). If only the Internet was around in the 80's instead of the 90's when I started my career with it.

[@jonnyfromfar1130]

Holy fuck, Thank you Moog for uploading this, i never listened to NiN, but Mr Reznor just said something that has helped me more than any advice I've received in my life. Thank you !!!! Now I need to go make something on my moog voyager XL :D

[@Steve-yy8nb]

+Jonny Fromfar Are you insane mate! You need to get on Downward Spiral!!! Like NOW aha

[@jonnyfromfar1130]

Steve Rouse ill check it out bruh .. :D

[@Steve-yy8nb]

let me know what you think.. i'll recommend more depending on what you like and dislike about it. goodluck

[@RigatoniModular]

+Jonny Fromfar Nooo listen to the Fragile

[@Steve-yy8nb]

Both!

[@cch5109]

The dude's ah genius, hearing him articulate here then mash-up that with all the concerts I've attended, just bloody brilliant.

[@CoryFalde175]

I don't play an instrument or care about synthesizers, but I was hanging on every word.

[@thedavesiknow4598]

Thank God for your grandparents helping you say what you needed to say. Grandparents are so special💜

[@matthewpaluch777]

Thanks for the post moog- Trent is absolutely underrated as a composer!

[@video2000_TV]

+Matthew Paluch The Critic's Choice Award, Golden Globe, Grammy and Oscar should be enough recognition for any composer

[@travz21]

+Matthew Paluch I think he's very highly rated. One of the best musicians we've seen. I think a better term would be "underexposed". Almost nobody knows who he is. There's too much shitty music in the mainstream for the public to discover his greatness.

[@KocuRisko]

+Matthew Paluch I think he's one of the best musicians out there today, but I can hardly consider him underrated. Everyone knows he's one of the best.

[@whipchick90]

Even my 74 yr old Dad thinks he's a great composer!! He is!

[@BuzziMuzzi]

You mean he's little known unfortunate,y.

[@101rockfreak]

Its amazing the amount of content and insight we get from this. Just shy of 12 minutes, but great to hear his outlook on music creation.

[@JureJerebic]

We need much more videos of Trent talking about synths

[@nikczemna_symulakra]

I'm sincerely happy and thankful he can still harness his creativity to produce meaningful things. Trent, whatever you do, you're an amazing Artist.

[@getthoseskills4451]

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

[@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc]

Wow, thanks for the fantastic video, Moog! Definitely the best interview I've ever seen or read with Trent with regards to the instrumental side of his music creation. Not to mention all the gear eye-candy; my gosh, what a collection! And as if I didn't already want a Minimoog badly enough, to then hear Trent refer to it as having been _indispensable_ to him since the beginning!

[@arsenyturin]

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.

[@Jeannek4493]

This video has the best, most NIN fan comments ever. Love it

[@j.thorgard]

I'd love to see more collaborations with Trent Reznor.

[@ryanjosef]

its pretty cool seeing a person smile when talking about their favorite synth

[@jimmythekiller8148]

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.

[@ReconVette19D]

Headbangers ball was fucking awesome

[@EvilSkeltos]

This dude is a synth music legend... when PHM came out, I just thought I never heard anything like that at the time. I think it's awesome Mr.Moog actually met with him at a show, the legendary inventor connected with the visionary synth artist of the time... how cool is that!?

[@vannorden3253]

Thanks Moog and Trent. Looking forward to the day that I can get a Moog into my studio. I think if I ever entered Trent's studio, it would be difficult to leave. Infinite sonic possibilities...

[@Kidraver555]

+Van Norden You can drown with too many options, get Komplete 10, enough with that to do whatever you want.

[@vannorden3253]

Yes, I would think 12,000 sounds would be lots - and only 500 bucks! (hardware is fun though...)

[@kneejigskateboarding8904]

Van Norden sub sonic

[@junglist1soldier]

It's that spiritual connection & expression with any instrument, that makes a Legend! And Legends live forever.