the record underwent development at six different studios, hell (new orleans, louisiana), royal recorders at lake geneva, wisconsin, south beach studios at miami, florida; village recorder and a&m studios at los angeles, california, and le pig at beverly hills, california. the last two studios were later used during the production process for "the downward spiral" (1994). tom baker mastered the ep at futuredisc. following this step, reznor presented the recording to interscope records in september 1992, and signed to the record label, making "broken" nine inch nails' major label debut.