This month’s Electronic Musician has an interesting profile of Alessandro Cortini, best known for his work with Nine Inch Nails.
In the article, Cortini discusses his Buchla 200e modular synthesizer:
“It was kind of like buying a car. But this takes me more places than a car. It’s my favorite piece of gear. If I had to [...]

Trent Reznor today announced another free music download, the line up for his touring band and took the opportunity to trash Windows along the way:
I am proud to announce the final personnel lineup of nine inch nails for the foreseeable future. We’ve added, we’ve subtracted and we’ve wound up with unquestionably the strongest lineup I’ve [...]

Peter Grenader, Principal Designer for Plan B, sends word about a custom Electro-Acoustic Research (EAR) synth that they created for Ninch Inch Nails.
In May of 2006, Alessandro Cortini, keyboard player for Nine Inch Nails, contacted Electro-Acoustic Research to develop a custom mid-sized performance-based synthesizer. Housed within a 26 x 18 inch Zero Halliburton suitcase, this [...]