Subtitulos Español (CC) Trent Reznor Explains the Swarmatron Sound Machine Used to Create Parts of the Score of the social network. Please go to: www.nin.com/
As a musician myself, I could spend literally days asking Trent questions about how he makes his music, any sound he composes is uniquely-sounding. Though he struggles with the question if he should retire, he needs to choose to do it til he dies, he is one of the few musical geniuses left on this planet.
That's like asking a madman how to scribble on walls like him, or asking a painter how to paint like him, or to ask an illusionist to explain his sleight of hand, or to ask a programmer how he processes code in his head before he writes it. ... You don't. And you can't. Just be yourself and do what you feel, and if what you feel and do and see and hear is enough, others will take notice.
I don't understand why a healthy musician should need to retire. Of course, after a certain age, you probably shouldn't keep beating the shit out of each other on stage, but he'll certainly be able to compose and produce for a few more decades.
iNuchalHead im a music major myself and I can totally say that despite the fact that making music is a wonderful thing, it completely wears one out when it becomes a job where you have to force yourself to be at your best at all times.
i love how Trent has grown into his age, yet he is still Trent - minus the drugs and smashing insruments, but still with the torn jeans and laid back demeanor. The music industry does NOT deserve him.
Trent and Atticus have made some of the most unnerving yet cathartic ambient music. At this point, I've listening to their soundtracks much much more than the films themselves.
Wise choice of word - Cathartic/Catharsis… love that word! A true movement (much like the Gnostics) the Catholics and current Christian (anti Christ and don’t even know it) hated and persecuted - the Cathars. And for bloody good reason when power mad have a certain plan in mind for the world My God , literally is the Sun , but that’s just one of many single aspects of one big collaborative effort that keeps the heart pumping blood around our bodies. Think it’s by mere coincidence that it rains for the plants and trees ? Of course not , there’s a catharsis with intention , a symbiotic relationship beyond human 3 dimensional senses ….an instruction , doesn’t matter how you imagine it , since the intention is already there for all eyes to see by forces inconceivable to us It’s a very interconnected system , and very much alive and it won’t think twice about wiping our species out if we carry on the rate at which we are. No different to the human body healing wounds or fighting infection, the earth as an entire organised collective system shares the same countermeasures.
Good lord, it looks like a NASA control room in there with all those panels, knobs, buttons and switches. Sure would be fun to tinker around with if I had the slightest clue how to use any of it.
I'm glad you're one of those that doesn't have this elitist complex about analog being so much better than digital production, and I'm happy for you that you enjoy making tunes, and think highly of them. I've been producing on a serious level for around 8 years, and having the confidence you have would be awesome. But how can you honestly listen to anything Trents done and say he isn't talented? The man is really creative, and honestly composes some great stuff.
I could literally watch 10 hours of this nonstop, with just 3 tall glasses of water and 5 nutrition bars at my disposal. Literally. If 50 hours of this work were available, I'd watch every second of it.
I come back to this video when I need a reminder that it’s ok to get WEIRD with music and experiment in a way that scares you! I truly hope one day I get to score a film the way TR & AR have all these years. They’re two of my biggest musical inspirations.
As far as I know, Jonny Greenwood uses the Ondes Martenot to create these sort of sounds. You can also hear the Martenot in "How to Disappear Completely" by Radiohead.
I could listen to him talk about gear all day, he's amazing, truly inspirational. Where's your pen & paper kids, you should be taking notes... again with the skull lamps.
yeah in an interview he said that for the past 10 years he's been sober and that would explain mass gain. sobriety has helped him broaden his music too i think
When i didnt realize that NIN did the sound track at the time, I was feeling like I was playing Quake again. And said SHIT thats NIN!! Loved the movie even more.
Atticus Ross sat there on the computer with Trent, making big albums, picking up Oscars, went to school with David Cameron and Brother of Princess Dianna.
Theres alot of SWARMATRON in THE BOOK OF ELI. Atticus Ross used it there if my memory serves me correct. Gotta say, these 2 guys are geniuses, just listen to NIN's new album, and you'll see
Swarmatron is very high on my to-have list, now i've seen it in action. The two brothers at dewanatron.com are the true geniuses in this clip, even though one doesn't see them. They made a Dual Primate Console as well, and the text on that page is hilarious. Anyway. Back to work. In the Shoarmatron... CIAO & thx4UL
Maynard should have learned something from him in Tapeworm. All I hear him do is experimenting with megaphones in his concerts while Trent has all kinds of gear both on the studio (like the swarmatron) and on concert.
+fenryx0 I don't know, man, have you heard his newest album or see him in concert? They're very different, and I actually find myself listening to Money Shot more than Hesitation Marks lately.
alarikmarcus I really don't see how much "different" they are. The tension 2013 tour was incredible. And I actually think that both money shot and hesitation marks were awful but that's because they sounded like they were made on a pc rather than by a full band. I know it may not be that way but both albums definitely sounded that way.
Estudie en el ingles como el 85 cuando venia recien de nueva York. Me gustó tu respuesta y luego vi que eras de Rancagua. Hay un profe del UNIACC que tab es compositor y quien tab habla de Michel chion quien viene de ahí.
saw him live in Boise,the opening act was horrid but omg he played so many golden oldies I had a mass melancholy goose bumps meltdown and was hoarse from singing along,can't believe he lost money on that tour doing it himself. Trent is the frigging man!!!!!
Can't believe we get to see an inner look at this genius's studio and the majority of you would rather comment on his weight. Ah, the decline of civilization. I'll bet most of you fans don't look quite as sharp as you did the first time you heard his tunes either, but everyone's a critic, eh?
It makes me wonder if the same instrument was used there. If not the sounds are definitely first cousins. As, musically, are Jonny Greenwood and Trent Reznor :P
A synth soundtrack is perfect for an android like Zuckerberg.
Trent Reznor knew it all along.
You win the comments section
Dad can I have the keys to the synthesizer tonight?
Sorry son, its just too dangerous.
Im wiring a ignition power switch to my keyboard. Thats a great idea. Thanks for the project.
I was just wondering why the damn thing has a key. LOL
Yes son, Only use the VST Plugin version cause you're too younger to play this on hardware. 😂🤣🤣🤣
Trent never jokes, so his wry little one liners always get a good chuckle and warm my heart.
As a musician myself, I could spend literally days asking Trent questions about how he makes his music, any sound he composes is uniquely-sounding. Though he struggles with the question if he should retire, he needs to choose to do it til he dies, he is one of the few musical geniuses left on this planet.
I second that man!
*****
Have been for 4 years so far, still going strong! lol
That's like asking a madman how to scribble on walls like him, or asking a painter how to paint like him, or to ask an illusionist to explain his sleight of hand, or to ask a programmer how he processes code in his head before he writes it.
... You don't. And you can't. Just be yourself and do what you feel, and if what you feel and do and see and hear is enough, others will take notice.
I don't understand why a healthy musician should need to retire. Of course, after a certain age, you probably shouldn't keep beating the shit out of each other on stage, but he'll certainly be able to compose and produce for a few more decades.
iNuchalHead im a music major myself and I can totally say that despite the fact that making music is a wonderful thing, it completely wears one out when it becomes a job where you have to force yourself to be at your best at all times.
i love how Trent has grown into his age, yet he is still Trent - minus the drugs and smashing insruments, but still with the torn jeans and laid back demeanor. The music industry does NOT deserve him.
I loved the part where Atticus talked
lol
this movie was just perfect with music,editing,filming,script everything
EVERYTHING
It's an absolute masterpiece.
Trent and Atticus have made some of the most unnerving yet cathartic ambient music. At this point, I've listening to their soundtracks much much more than the films themselves.
Wise choice of word -
Cathartic/Catharsis… love that word!
A true movement (much like the Gnostics) the Catholics and current Christian (anti Christ and don’t even know it) hated and persecuted - the Cathars. And for bloody good reason when power mad have a certain plan in mind for the world
My God , literally is the Sun , but that’s just one of many single aspects of one big collaborative effort that keeps the heart pumping blood around our bodies.
Think it’s by mere coincidence that it rains for the plants and trees ? Of course not , there’s a catharsis with intention , a symbiotic relationship beyond human 3 dimensional senses ….an instruction , doesn’t matter how you imagine it , since the intention is already there for all eyes to see by forces inconceivable to us
It’s a very interconnected system , and very much alive and it won’t think twice about wiping our species out if we carry on the rate at which we are. No different to the human body healing wounds or fighting infection, the earth as an entire organised collective system shares the same countermeasures.
It is cool how the music even sounds like a horror movie. It's so experimental and amazing
Good lord, it looks like a NASA control room in there with all those panels, knobs, buttons and switches. Sure would be fun to tinker around with if I had the slightest clue how to use any of it.
I'm glad you're one of those that doesn't have this elitist complex about analog being so much better than digital production, and I'm happy for you that you enjoy making tunes, and think highly of them. I've been producing on a serious level for around 8 years, and having the confidence you have would be awesome. But how can you honestly listen to anything Trents done and say he isn't talented? The man is really creative, and honestly composes some great stuff.
I think if those 2 would do the soundtrack for a thriller/horror movie, people would either turn into stone from fear or leave the theater screaming.
well...
0:41 sounds like the beginning of "There Will Be Blood"..
Literally thought the same thing.
Glad im not the only one
I love that it needs a key to operate. :)
Looking through the couple videos that there are of a Swarmatron demo it's like Trent's the only one that knows how to use it.
And an academy award, not to forget! This guy is a genius, thats what he is!
Oh! He almost cracked a smile. ;) Love ya Trent.
wow the energy in that tiny little room! can you feel it?
Everything is alive
Amazing man.
he has grown quite well over the years
Absolutely stunning setup!, just a wall of epic audio gear!
Love NIN!
Sounds a bit like an orchestra doing a cluster, only electronic and by just one person, being almost fully in control. That's really great!
i would pay mad cash just to watch him and atticus in the studio for one day.
"If you open this one you'll find a spider web of cables soldering and MADNESS !!! "
The knowledge and depth is awe inspiring.
Film video and society one of my favorite classes. This man should have been in that textbook! Genius! @treznor Legend
I could literally watch 10 hours of this nonstop, with just 3 tall glasses of water and 5 nutrition bars at my disposal. Literally. If 50 hours of this work were available, I'd watch every second of it.
This thing has it's own key!!! Must be good.
Trent is a God and a fucking genius
Watching Trent work is like watching a Michelangelo working on his next painting
OMG! I LISTEN, AND MR. REZNOR, AND I HAVE ALWAYS HEARD A "BEE HIVE" ....KEEP.UP THE AWESOME MUSIC! 😉
This movie is an example of everyone involved operating at their peak. The end result is incredible.
oraganic perfectly imperfect!
Thank You Trent for Your Music.
nice tool for atmospheric sounds ...i raise my hat for this work
I come back to this video when I need a reminder that it’s ok to get WEIRD with music and experiment in a way that scares you! I truly hope one day I get to score a film the way TR & AR have all these years. They’re two of my biggest musical inspirations.
That is the sound of nightmares.. Can you imagine that constant sound in your head all day long?
Love to see things like this
Absolutely Incredible!!!!!
Great upload. Cheers
As far as I know, Jonny Greenwood uses the Ondes Martenot to create these sort of sounds. You can also hear the Martenot in "How to Disappear Completely" by Radiohead.
really intense! guys a genius!
As a recording engineer, it would be an honor to be there recording his music for hours and hours.
i hope i turn out someone like him in the next 30 years
I keep hearing The Shinning
"The Shinning" like the Simpsons Episode? :)
Thanks for the info! I'm glad his music is still "him." If HTDA is any indication I'd say sobriety has been very kind to him.
I so want a ballin ass studio like this one...all that analog equipment! So awwwwwe!
I could listen to him talk about gear all day, he's amazing, truly inspirational. Where's your pen & paper kids, you should be taking notes... again with the skull lamps.
yeah in an interview he said that for the past 10 years he's been sober and that would explain mass gain. sobriety has helped him broaden his music too i think
Mr Reznor is a genius. No more need be said.
I love this man. Analog!
When i didnt realize that NIN did the sound track at the time, I was feeling like I was playing Quake again. And said SHIT thats NIN!! Loved the movie even more.
genious working
I wanted a VST for this but just ended up making the sounds in harmor cuz it has all the functionality to do it. I love the sound of this
two years late, but you were able to do this in Harmor? never found it to sound that great
Atticus Ross sat there on the computer with Trent, making big albums, picking up Oscars, went to school with David Cameron and Brother of Princess Dianna.
Theres alot of SWARMATRON in THE BOOK OF ELI. Atticus Ross used it there if my memory serves me correct. Gotta say, these 2 guys are geniuses, just listen to NIN's new album, and you'll see
This dude can make a hit out of literally fucking anything.
Swarmatron is very high on my to-have list, now i've seen it in action. The two brothers at dewanatron.com are the true geniuses in this clip, even though one doesn't see them. They made a Dual Primate Console as well, and the text on that page is hilarious.
Anyway. Back to work. In the Shoarmatron... CIAO & thx4UL
Maynard should have learned something from him in Tapeworm. All I hear him do is experimenting with megaphones in his concerts while Trent has all kinds of gear both on the studio (like the swarmatron) and on concert.
+fenryx0 I don't know, man, have you heard his newest album or see him in concert? They're very different, and I actually find myself listening to Money Shot more than Hesitation Marks lately.
alarikmarcus I really don't see how much "different" they are. The tension 2013 tour was incredible. And I actually think that both money shot and hesitation marks were awful but that's because they sounded like they were made on a pc rather than by a full band. I know it may not be that way but both albums definitely sounded that way.
Four years on and this is still a stupid comment.
TRENT!!! awesome.
Most impressive soundtrack for a long time
Trent, thank You for visit Poland, Malta festival.
Trent is the Dr Frankenstein of music. Truly amazing.
don't know why but it reminds me of The Shining movie.
possibly because the shining used krystof penderecki's work, which is mostly based on unisons and eery slow glissando, much like the swarmatron.
Buena rancaguino
buena! te conozco?
Estudie en el ingles como el 85 cuando venia recien de nueva York. Me gustó tu respuesta y luego vi que eras de Rancagua. Hay un profe del UNIACC que tab es compositor y quien tab habla de Michel chion quien viene de ahí.
I love their stuff. It’s a very sweet beastie. Full of wire and goodness. A little unruly but in a good way. Peace 👍🏻👽✌🏻🎶Christo
absolutely agree with you 100%
I love him.
He is really building an army of robots in that lab.
he's so perfect
Well said!!!
omg I NEED that instrument! :D
0:40 There will be blood; first scene.
In the immortal words of bruce campbell " well hello mr. fancy pants "
Fun fact - this synth was heavily used on Kate Tempest - Everybody Down. Dan Carey did wonders with it!
I don't know why this was in my reccomended, but hey. I'm not complaining
saw him live in Boise,the opening act was horrid but omg he played so many golden oldies I had a mass melancholy goose bumps meltdown and was hoarse from singing along,can't believe he lost money on that tour doing it himself. Trent is the frigging man!!!!!
That fucking synth. That shits based on one of the original synths that had a similar design with the ribbon. Thats so fuckin cool.
Oh my god oh my god oh my god. That's brilliant.
That would probably be just about the coolest thing ever.
Why can't this be real?
Reznor should make the soundtrack for a System Shock 3 using this machine. :D
I love that it needs a key.
The skull lamp is perfect
indeed the music industry doesn't have Trent.
Can't believe we get to see an inner look at this genius's studio and the majority of you would rather comment on his weight. Ah, the decline of civilization. I'll bet most of you fans don't look quite as sharp as you did the first time you heard his tunes either, but everyone's a critic, eh?
You get a very similar effect by playing with the coarse/fine pitch control on a standard analog synth oscillator
Dad can I have the keys to the synthesizer?
and damn good looking
@franklottar I understand you COMPLETELY here, man. But I'm glad that when I DO need his music, it's there! :-)
There production made this movie imo.
basically, as he says in 1:53, it plays a cluster of notes, and when he turns that knob at 0:40 the interval between the notes gets bigger
wow..i was dumb. the info is in the title and at the beginning of the video. thanks :)
this movie did not deserve this great soundtrack
What's wrong with it you didn't like?
I love the way he over uses this on How to Destroy Angels :D
It makes me wonder if the same instrument was used there. If not the sounds are definitely first cousins. As, musically, are Jonny Greenwood and Trent Reznor :P
mmmyeah!!!!!
@OddPoPMusic You can still do it. Its never too late to give it shot.
@Zorsha Agreed and he knew that, so he cut of his label and sold his music by himself. Love this man.
My dream is to one day own a studio like that
Cool Story Bro.
The imagination some people have is truly remarkable.
trent is a f@cking genius.
Wow! It seems like a starship central room...