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AUDIOHEAD Features
Find
out how these Audioheads use technology in their studios and on the road. Click
on any image below to get the low down on the current favorite apps, plug-ins and
gear being used by some of the world’s top producers, composers and sound designers.
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Richie Hawtin
Richie Hawtin has been spinning and mixing records for over 20 years. But he decided to move beyond the realm of vinyl, into using computer-based,
BPM-warping tools like Ableton Live to expand his
mixes and tricks.
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Underworld
Godfathers of electronic music, Rick Smith and Karl Hyde hooked up first as the
atmospheric band Freur, then drove electronic music to a new level of
sonic world takeover with Freur’s sequel, Underworld.
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He significantly changed the sound of rock music with “Head
Like a Hole” and the epic “The Fragile.” Now Trent Reznor is back to
bite you with a brand new release. Step
into the studio and witness the recording process for Nine Inch Nails “With Teeth.”
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Coldplay
Logic is integral to Coldplay’s songwriting and
recording process — from designing sounds on a PowerBook that can later be
triggered by a controller via MIDI, to processing guitar tracks with Line 6’s Amp
Farm and various other plug-ins in Pro Tools.
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Butch Vig
The world of music discovered Butch Vig when he produced the breakthrough Nirvana album, “Nevermind.”
Then, after producing the Smashing Pumpkins’ “Siamese Dream” and doing
remixes for U2, Depeche Mode, and Beck, he started the band Garbage.
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Alan
Moulder
Producer Alan Moulder was discovered in the 1980’s when he engineered tracks
for The Jesus and Mary Chain. Now, he’s regularly in demand to engineer, produce and
mix records for bands like Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins and My Bloody
Valentine.
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Radiohead
When Radiohead goes on tour, it’s imperative that the band can still capture its
creativity on the road. “We have recently done a bit of recording on the road
using a Mac running Logic Audio as a multitrack recorder,” says Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich.
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John
Digweed
Globetrotting DJ and remix master John Digweed, voted top DJ in the world by DJ
and Mix magazines, may use turntables, but when it comes to producing his sets,
he relies on technology like Macs, and software like Logic Audio.
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Chad
Muska
Pro skateboarder Chad Muska produced his own hip hop record from a hotel room in
NYC. He lured in Biz Markie, Afrika Bambaataa, Raekwon, U-God, Melle Mel, Guru,
KRS-One, Jeru, Prodigy, McLyte, Special Ed, Ice-T and Flavor Flav and recorded the entire
thing straight to hard drive.
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Liam
Lynch
Liam Lynch is not only the conceptualist behind MTV’s highly successful
“Sifl and Olly Show,” but he recently became an international rockstar
with his radio hit, “My United States of Whatever.”
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Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie penetrates, shocks and entertains the
masses through all means of media. After writing and directing two of his own films,
Zombie just wrote and recorded a new CD, “Educated
Horses” with his producer Scott Humphrey at The Chop Shop.
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Jerome Dillon Produces
Former NIN drummer Dillon’s
“nearLY: reminder” soundtrack-meets-rocktronic masterpiece started as
an attempt to sonically recreate his recurring dream. He
and engineer Brett Pierce (B. Poledouris/T. Boyle) tell us how they recorded this epic release.
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Chris Vrenna
Grammy-winning composer/producer Chris Vrenna talks about recording and engineering his new Tweaker
record in Pro Tools, his latest favorite plug-ins, and composing music for games.
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Hans Zimmer
German-born composer Hans Zimmer has been nominated for seven Academy Awards,
including his music for “Gladiator,” “As Good As It Gets,” “The Preacher’s Wife,”
“Crimson Tide,” “The Thin Red
Line” and “The Prince of
Egypt.”
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Jack
Dangers
Jack Dangers masterminded the breakbeat and delivered dub electronica
through his project, Meat Beat Manifesto. Also a highly
skilled remixer, producer and composer, Dangers is largely credited for being one
of the true fathers of electronic music.
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Keith
Hillebrandt
After producing a sonic masterpiece sound CD called “Diffusion of Useful Noise,” sound designer
Keith Hillebrandt went on to design all of the sounds for NIN’s epic “The Fragile.” Now he’s just
produced a new sonic library full of dark, gritty textures: “Useful Noise V.2.”
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Richard
Devine
Richard Devine has remixed top Warp artists like
Aphex Twin, designed sounds for virtual instrument deity Native Instruments,
scored commercials for Nike and Touchstone Pictures, and engineers and performs
his own ear-tearing music mayhem worldwide.
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Pro Tools producer, engineer, mixer and sound designer feature stories up in the Digizine section.
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