Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine album favourite synth sounds

[@halburgess238]

that synth in terrible lie always kills omg

[@hanks_2210]

It's *terribly* good

[@caileanbernard473]

came here to say this

[@joshuachappell5840]

Yup, me too

[@thekon1298]

it's actually just wood block sample a lot of nin sounds are like that. Bass on closer is from an old sample pack

[@Aaron-zh4kj]

I’ve always thought the compelling thing about the sounds on Pretty Hate Machine were that they were in many ways very pop-friendly synth & instrument sounds, but they were used in a dark, sinister, and unsuspecting way. That’s not to say they weren’t original, just that I imagine if I myself pulled them up on a keyboard, my brain would first assume “upbeat pop music” with most of them, not devastating Nine Inch Nails songs.

[@dreamlandtapes]

the synth in terrible lie is awesome!

[@KLAYCO47]

That's was awesome. Probably one of my top 3 favorite albums of all time from any artist

[@night_fiend6]

This album, is amazing. It was played pretty heavily on my Sony Discman in my early Goth days. Every single song in it is a banger and the track sequence is perfect. Great job on the synth patches.

[@Hello-pl2qe]

Loved that album so much in highschool

[@Privatejoker88]

I can totally imagine a track like Sin being played in the club in American Psycho.

[@robertpaulson117]

It's funny you say that because I've always pictured sin being played in that club from the beginning of the movie "blade"

[@Privatejoker88]

@@robertpaulson117 Oh yeah that would totally work!

[@myflatlineconstruct]

I respect the effort. Really a nice recreation. Thank you The simplicity of do it yourself covers is easier by the moment. Keep your attention for the latest AI creations.

[@mrAndrewNameless]

I love And All That Could Have Been keyboard outtro, its so beautiful

[@grandmasgopnik9642]

Sin synth always reminds me of Reznors earlier band Birds of Paradise? I can’t remember because I was very small but I remember My father telling me he was in that band too and being quite surprised due to the difference in style but some choices for the synth were a fingerprint.

[@RudyBoy]

Wow, this is really great stuff, sounds just like the original synths. Great job!

[@kristiandawe85]

Thankfully no synths were harmed in this video, it always made me both sad and mad to see Trent Reznor destroy so much gear, the guy was fucking nuts

[@tristanraine]

"When shit breaks, we make it pay for its failures" - Trent Reznor, Self Destruct Tour (paraphrased)

[@night_fiend6]

To quote the great George Clinton: "Cocaine is a hell of a drug....."

[@MyBlogsTV]

​@@night_fiend6 wasn't Trent hooked on heroin tho?

[@ninekay9]

SO CLOSE TO 1k LIKES!!!! You'll get it soon, good work here!

[@miguel1818J1]

How did you synthesize these sounds? Especially for Terrible Lie and The Only Time. It's amazing how they're so close to the original!

[@tiemmusichun]

All done by VST plugins (kontakt, keylab, serum)

[@miguel1818J1]

@@tiemmusichun thanks

[@edgecrusher9856]

Terrible lie’s lead part is consisted of tuned down distorted “wooden block” sample from some 80’s rompler / sampler synth (I forgot which one unfortunately)

[@MofoNsh]

@@edgecrusher9856 I think it might have been a stock sound loaded on the Emu Emax. But honestly you could probably find an extremely similar woodblock sound on a lot of hardware.

[@tbeat03]

I remember some KZbin video comment where there was a loooong discussion about the use of Terrible Lie's sounds, including where Trent got it and how he manipulated it. It was a good discussion that I wish I could remember where it was

[@HubertSobkow]

I like the fact that you have blood on your hands!

[@Xinjiekou_新街口_Station]

Sooo good.

[@Pogokoala]

WOW very very good work!

[@gonesavage]

This was really cool, thanks!

[@maximilianmace54]

duuuuuude. More of this. i subscribed. huge nin fan

[@JCast-1989]

You’re the man!

[@PANDRIUX]

AMAZING!!!! NICE! PERFECT!

[@outtasightouttamind6263]

I was able to get that exact Terrible Lie tone with a Korg Volca into an EHX overdrive pedal, recorded at 2x on a cassette deck, then played back at normal speed.

[@ceciliahilonen5971]

That's Amazing can you please make The Downward Spiral synth sounds, please

[@evilelf5967]

pretty slick there my man.

[@sensesworkingovertime]

now im down in it! 😎👍

[@lindyxyo4254]

Dude I've wanted to figure out that damn synth sound on the only time for so long. Such an amazing sound.

[@YourLocalCheesegrater420]

The synth from down in it is one of my favorites although it doesn't really change much

[@soym1lf]

this is incredible. i would pay good money for this synth pack jfc

[@intheblink]

Very impressive! Did you truly recreate these or were you able to find multitracks to sample from? If you recreated them, I’d really love to see your process. These sound great!

[@tiemmusichun]

These sounds were created from VST programs. To be honest the process wouldn't be so interesting, because it takes a lot of time, and attempts for me. Maybe next time I create a short video from the settings.

[@Leiria65]

@@tiemmusichun as someone who's an amateur at synthesis I'd love to hear an explanation and demonstration of the process, even if in a very shortened way

[@williamenglish3181]

@@Leiria65 agreed! I have always been interested but am just getting into synthesis and I live out in the sticks with nobody to work with.

[@jasonjohnson1404]

@@tiemmusichun Well, you have a good ear for it. I'm extremely impressed by how close yours are to the originals!

[@blackspine343]

@@tiemmusichun nah man, we want to see that!

[@Domingo95x]

you got close. replicating real analog is impossible, so my hats off to your efforts.

[@dbefore7165]

PHM was mostly digital synths anyway

[@brobocop8293]

considering most of these sounds would be FM ( digital) from an xpander. ran through an EMAX ( digital) id say it would be easier than you would think with digital VST's . lol.

[@terrypmusic]

00:19 Nicee

[@LC-vw6hv]

Awesome! Doin the fragile like this would be cool.

[@dickeymckay8289]

I heard the bass line to head like a hole was made by a Moog. Never found out if that was true, but if it is, that's pretty radical.

[@chadvanderlinden9548]

Nice. A Nine Inch Nails video that is 2:42. Now we need a Front 242 video that is 9:00....

[@moumounebfs]

Yeah 🤘 trop bien !

[@nicoantuna1454]

These are badass! Can you post these? I'd even buy a pack of presets.

[@BOMBPHONICS]

I have that same Arturia key lab mk2. Love that keyboard. Curios to know what sounds you used?

[@tiemmusichun]

I really love this keyboard, but the sounds came from the computer. I use VST plugins for that.

[@Ullish1989]

Do you have any of your presets available to share? I'm using a bunch of Native Instruments plugins "massive etc" and I've been trying to pull off Sin for ages (especially the bass) let alone THE PHM synth sound

[@djcj]

This

[@catatonicphobos]

the only time S2

[@brobocop8293]

any chance we can get the patches somehow ? sell them? give them away ?

[@docmadhattan]

Dude, great job. Were you looking at any other synths or have you been really happy with this one? Do you work on any Vangelis type stuff (eg. Blade Runner)

[@Flat_Earth_Sophia]

Just need a mop and broom and you're basically Reznor.

[@haydenroberson7696]

The only time sounds go hard

[@Joe-wb9fj]

The name's Head, Nailhead.

[@cjsawyer]

WGERE DID YOU FIND HTESE

[@paulv.6040]

Where can i get these sounds???

[@misanthropelykanthrope]

anyone know where to get files for these?

[@cjsixpointfive]

Are your fingers bleeding?

[@Ullish1989]

Please share!

[@jaysharpESQ]

Terrible Lie outro synth 4THAwin

[@javiernaranjo2395]

NOOO WAY! please do a tutorial

[@Sherar84]

mmmm please make a video without playback, only drums and your synth and i'll believe you

[@stockholmsyndromeau]

Are you going to realise a sample pack? Or setting so ppl can recreate them??

[@shantybrownstone1686]

Kind of seems that he's just playing the part without any sound coming out. I call BS

[@fixthemix2401]

Yes I think this is fake. For terrible lie, head like a hole and the only time, he just used sounds from official multitracks. The pitch bend is not even used on the last note 2:15 . Obviously there is nothing happening during "sin" because the song multitracks was never released..

[@artemlyubchenko3022]

@@fixthemix2401yeah i noticed on Terrible Lie that these were clearly not the right notes lol

[@brobocop8293]

@@artemlyubchenko3022 hence, why he wont share the patches.

[@shaunkellison1761]

OVERRATED ALBUM WITH 2 OK SONGS.

[@HighlandStudio91]

Why not just recreate these songs from scratch inside a DAW? Damn...the arrangement and composition are so painfully simple, that I could bang out these tunes in no time(with my eyes closed.)

[@lescobrandon8045]

To be fair everything other than vocals are synth, the proper title would be Synth leads.