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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 worlds top producers, composers and sound designers. 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. 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 Freurs sequel, Underworld. New Nine Inch Nails 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. Coldplay Logic is integral to Coldplays 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 6s Amp Farm and various other plug-ins in Pro Tools. Butch Vig The world of music discovered Butch Vig when he produced the breakthrough Nirvana album, Nevermind. Then, after producing the Smas***ng Pumpkins Siamese Dream and doing remixes for U2, Depeche Mode, and Beck, he started the band Garbage. Alan Moulder Producer Alan Moulder was discovered in the 1980s when he engineered tracks for The Jesus and Mary Chain. Now, hes regularly in demand to engineer, produce and mix records for bands like Nine Inch Nails, The Smas***ng Pumpkins and My Bloody Valentine. Radiohead When Radiohead goes on tour, its 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 mult**rack recorder, says Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich. 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. 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. Liam Lynch Liam Lynch is not only the conceptualist behind MTVs highly successful Sifl and Olly Show, but he recently became an international rockstar with his radio hit, My United States of Whatever. Rob Zombie Rob Zombie penetrates, shocks and entertains the ma***es 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. Jerome Dillon Produces Former NIN drummer Dillons 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. 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. 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 Preachers Wife, Crimson Tide, The Thin Red Line and The Prince of Egypt. 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. 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 NINs epic The Fragile. Now hes just produced a new sonic library full of dark, gritty textures: Useful Noise V.2. 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. Want More? New EQ and DIGIZINE Sections Read everything here? Check out Steph Jorgls Session Files, Success Stories and Cover Stories for EQ Magazine in the EQ Interviews section. And if youre a serious Pro Tools junkie, be sure to check out the links to Steph Jorgls Pro Tools producer, engineer, mixer and sound designer feature stories up in the Digizine section. Are you a Sound Junkie? If you would like to be updated when new interviews are added, please click the link below and sign up now: (Audiohead.net will not share your info with anyone) Make me a junkie! SEARCH AUDIOHEAD.NET Search For: Match: Anyword Allwords Exactphrase Sound-alikematching |