How To Make A - Legowelt - Track

Legowelt has been putting other house and techno producers to shame since the the 1990s.
The Dutch artist releases music at a rate of knots - there’s been at least nine albums under the Legowelt name alone now, and he has over 30 different aliases, all of which interact in weird, wonderful ways. His music has appeared on labels as disparate as Unknown to the Unknown and Cocoon, and he’s got a reputation as a real studio wizard - not only due to the hardware in the studio, but the sample packs and plugins that he gives out for free online. On top of that, he’s about as unpretentious as it’s possible to get.
In this video, FACT and DJ Haus - who, as previously mentioned, has released Legowelt records on his Unknown to the Unknown label - get to watch Legowelt make a track from scratch, using a combination of his own patches and sample packs, a tape player and more. It’s no surprise that he makes it look easy, is it?
Even better, we’ve had the track mastered and Legowelt is letting us give it away: / legowelt-institute-of-...
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[@myautobiographyafanfic1413]

I saw the the Volca and said "oh cool, he's like me" then he said "it's a shit synthesizer" and I just thought "damn me and my poverty"

[@wrecknumber]

haha!

[@RockstahRolln]

+My Autobiography A Fanfic LOL!!

[@Suzukisenpai]

If it was a true he never buy it, right? ;) So, he is just a joke of course.

[@myautobiographyafanfic1413]

***** I'd still have to save for a synth. I want an ms-20.

[@aviolentpurple9925]

+My Autobiography A Fanfic Hey, whatever works for you... everyone's workflow is different. Also one man's shit is another man's, uh, gold

[@lukisnootis5708]

I'm so grateful for the samples he shares for free. Amazing talent

[@ericcookson7211]

The guys a fucking animal. No wonder he has so many releases when his work flow is so fast. No time messing about thinking just bouncing ideas fast with great results! :)

[@MattLongstaff]

Honestly, for the first 16 minutes I was listening to this thinking it was pretty horrible, then suddenly he put it through the tape machine and it magically came together for me. I even jumped between the times on the video to check what I was hearing. What a transformation that brings - very cool!

[@ionturcanu7486]

The song is definitely mixed and mastered at the end, it's not just the tape machine.

[@jovantrendmaker4722]

Yes because first 16 minutes you were listening what its comming from his speakers thru mic because they were recording him speak. After you jear audio directly from ableton thats why such difference

[@plssmellmycheese]

yes totes agree...not so much the sound being messy, but the actual music/ tune/ groove was really messy! i guess you need the mess in the process to make it interesting and not generic, and lo and behold, sounds great by the end! 👍👍

[@MagnitudePerson]

I disagree, it sounds amazing since the beginning

[@thatmr.a8010]

Disagree totally as well. Kind of a bullshit comment as well "oh it's the analogue tape thingy that made it awesome!" No. From the start you could tell that there was some Legowelt magic dust going on, just unpolished. By the time the track was ready for tape it was already gold. It's not the tape that makes a Legowelt track. Legowelt makes a Legowelt track. Pure magic!

[@APKSRMKS]

this man is so pure

[@jacksiegrist8385]

He's such a nerd. I like this guy..

[@lambd01d]

+Jack Siegrist He reminds me of Hackerman from Kung Fury.

[@jacksiegrist8385]

+lambd01d You ar so on point! Love that guy!

[@rachelar]

Jack Siegrist very nerdy, ironically making music for chavvy clubbers on pills, oh the irony. Oh the irony, oh the revenge of the nerds that was 90s instrumental techno (none of them were good looking singers or front men)

[@Sundownerrr]

@@rachelar chavvy clubbers 😭

[@TamagoTamago77]

I wish Legowelt did a Podcast, or maybe read for books on tape. He is so calming.

[@HeIiosphan]

he does, check his website

[@Tofu_Pilot]

Just imagine him reading fairytales into a recorder. Instant naptime.

[@timitimit]

If you want to listen to this finished track: Legowelt - Insitute of the Overmind

[@jadebrand1373]

Thank you!!

[@jiajunlee6599]

This studio is simple,but has life.

[@arjanpetersen]

Simple?

[@chestnut40]

@Love made in Japan Belgian??

[@minimaleSSe]

As if we didnt guess that this navajo blanket most surely hide his spacy weed grow box

[@fatadj]

+minimaleSSe I though exactly the same

[@tyluna7692]

its pretty legal to have plants in holland isn't it?

[@yourunemployedfriendat2pm]

ty luna yeah most likely but they prob want it family friendly and maybe not risk having issues with youtube

[@falsedilimma]

Even if you don’t like this particular song it’s still interesting to see other people’s processes

[@apostrophicom]

great vid, but there were loads of fx added to the track before he dumped it to tape - delay to the 303, eq/compression on the drums, sidechaining. the way the vid plays makes it seem like dropping it to tape suddenly made it sound like gold. if only it were that easy haha :P either way, really cool peek into his flow.

[@blushingfrieza]

Im unfortunately learning this now 1st year into producing. Mix&Master is really the difference between basement band and touring headliner 😞

[@TheMancunianCandidate]

Man that is a pretty cool way of working. Great to see how he does it, Legowelt is a genius.

[@elzzino4742]

"There's gonna be a goldmine for samples" "well we found two samples"

[@billklacks9908]

wonder what kinda plant was behind that blanket..

[@jacksiegrist8385]

+Jeff Meyers Must be some kind of Fern. Looks nice.

[@coffeemilknomads]

+Jeff Meyers i think its a female hiding there!

[@Caesaurus]

+Jeff Meyers 7:56 - I bet it's a plant that _makes the brain think a little bit_... ;-P

[@randomdude7384]

+Jeff Meyers Space Weed

[@deepnineforty5646]

My guess is a vocal booth. But sure maybe a giant cannabis plant! haha

[@IAmMinnian]

It's very interesting to see other peoples work flows.

[@devvvvvvvvvvvv]

I could listen to this man talk forever.

[@liverawkstar]

" the brain likes to listen to this kind of stuff, because then the brain can think a little bit" 7:37

[@droski2394]

too much facts

[@riyad81200]

7:53

[@alf3k1]

I think his brain is hardly capable to think at all

[@andreika6681]

it's been a very long time since neurophysicians found out that all beat based music inhibits left lobe activity, where analytical activity happens. electro is made to pump up right one, resposible for non verbal stuff. no surprise that after a few years of inhibiting your left lobe you're hooked to this kind of machine noise crap forever...

[@blushingfrieza]

Brainwave 4 life!

[@niccage5337]

"TB- Tree oh Tree" Lmao his accent is awesome.

[@YDProduction]

Highly creative and I respect how patient he is with working on music! A true artist and goofy at the same time lol

[@tttv687]

Watch this in 480p and you get the real vibe

[@eightiefiv3]

easily one of my favorite people in the past 5 years or so

[@adamantportraits9514]

I love when he puts the 3.5 mm jack into the side of the laptop to record KZbin 14:08. I always think "Damn i'm such an amateur" when I do that, seems like other people do too though haha.

[@sambritt2672]

Wait so 3.5 jack from audio interface into computer you can then record straight from KZbin into Ableton?

[@RTCLR123]

@@sambritt2672 if the laptop has audio in, otherwise it could be that he plugged 3,5 out(line out) from laptop to the interface which than routed the youtube sound thru interface(via usb) back to a ableton recorder.. just speaking my mind I do it differently, i route a youtube output to a interface mixer channel and route it again to Fl studio or Audacity lets say and record it that way All it needs is a playfull mind and it will figure out by itself, just watch for those loopbacks and your ears

[@bangersandmashism]

​@@sambritt2672Use audio hijack to sample directly from your internal audio

[@neonfluxustrash]

i like his idea of music, his music and composition conception, when he speak about music is very interesting to hear it because music for me is a practice and a philosophy. I have been practicing a lot of (i studied licenciature in music) every day, making scales, recording and listening my own things but some day i thought that music is more than music, think that music is a ritual practice of humans vey like a door, maybe portal where the person who is making this noise is experimenting opening planes and suffering transformations, expansión of his being, that is to say in his senses where we can ask ourselves about aesthetic practices, ask us from education, political, philosophy, music and arts.

[@junglajuan]

Music belongs to Kindom of Sound, its the spirit of that kindom.

[@squelette20]

easily my favorite video on this channel. Great job!

[@TheDaveSkinz]

So digging out my old tape deck... the tape compression really picks everything up!

[@matthewy393]

i just now realised this was DJ Haus hosting this

[@MrPrivatewiggles]

that blue towel in the background is nice; it's cool

[@dorontsur]

Such a great video. I keep coming back to it, very inspirational.

[@changedahanddlessss]

dude i remember he you came out to LA i think it was 2019... absolutely smashed it haha.

[@xanderjohanvandenhooven9649]

Fantastisch om te zien hoe dit ook allemaal nog bestaat en gebruikt word.

[@peter2meter796]

Musical Genius! Magician and Legend. also a down to earth guy, much love!

[@zzonic]

The most important thing i take out of it is: if it sounds right, let it be. He doesn't question it... i like that.

[@noor-rx1ij]

Totally agree. I tend to spend way too much time micromanaging individual sounds before I get the main building blocks down. He's doing the opposite. Really inspiring

[@Tonsofice]

listening to LegoweLt tracks on acid is the best combo

[@iainthomson1602]

such smooth arms.

[@riyad81200]

Legowelt : the king of the synthesizers

[@Phlow]

Damn. Such a wonderful, relaxed and nice dude. I can feel how he enjoys making music :)

[@PureAmbientDrone]

wow great vid and you can learn a lot about work flow here.

[@ravager06]

what a synth genius... so many great tracks!

[@DJPsychiatre]

looks like a really really nice guy

[@chrisstrobel3439]

DX100 lol my first ever FM synth, spent many a night on the sofa with that thing. Thanks for the memories :)

[@roygbiv1938]

This is gold, really appreciate his candor. Legowelt is genius.

[@BIG_PASTA]

Music studio or greenhouse, your choice. What a boss.

[@dfmn8650]

Just a mellow dude doing his thing and making some cash doing it. More power to him.

[@Archive8]

Nice video mr. Wolfers :) I´ve downloaded your SMACKOS TAPE STATION great work, like it a lot cheers Brian

[@bobbell3989]

Sound bloke! Love that studio too 😍

[@shlamhabor]

The best Video i have seen on youtube. This guy is so inspiring!

[@travellingages3563]

+Liberté Music Oh yes, gotta love him!

[@pazhonda1821]

That makes me wanna go home & do some weird shit with my gear.

[@mateocalle__]

Wow! I loved the way he flow with his tools.

[@BlackKoshinomi]

It's amazing how everything he touches becomes a hit ! ^.^

[@a.gromov3889]

At first I thought what a nonsense shit is he doing. but the end result turned to be pretty nice.

[@alessandrolucia1931]

the power of EQing

[@angelrafaellanc]

same here... I almost stopped watching, but thank goodness I kept going. What a cool track

[@farceofnature]

Agreed, stick with it until the end...

[@foggydrifty]

When the 4 on the floor drums started I was thinking, "God, don't ruin those great sounds with that crap", but the production and finished product was really nice. Pretty simple streamlined workflow too, great stuff.

[@vj7248]

5:48 I just went to his website, he has a bunch of free sample packs of synthesizers. Actually spent a couple hours combing through them, there's some good stuff.

[@Hartekist2France]

very funny (and it makes sense in a way obviously) to record using tape before digitise the track. I like the idea.

[@ilpensatoiodimarco5544]

those plants seem very healthy with that daily dose of Legowelt frequencies.

[@ddoublej69]

Great Vid!!. I picked up a SY35 for £25 a few months ago. Absolutely one of my favourite synths and, incedentally, a great controller for a Wavestation SR

[@getsbaked]

that 303 sounding vst, sounds so good, glad I found this vid

[@DJDigitalJosh]

1:37 For Real! Don't Sleep on the Tascam 4 Track Tape Recorder EQ!

[@salexmatei]

Always cool to watch some masters do their thing :D

[@AaronFerenc]

That's so dope. Thanks Legowelt!

[@GibranST]

very inspiring!!!

[@fods_wir5020]

He banged out a Legowelt classic on the spot

[@0n3MindSpinning]

I'n the beginning I felt he was just fooling around and the music didn't sound that great. But, the end result really surprised me. I like his approach, he takes something very ruff and polishes in the end, I'm glad I watched this, it gave me a new view on making beats.

[@noor-rx1ij]

Yeah, at first I thought he was just pranking the reporter for wanting to know his production secrets :-)

[@dxtrs_mnpltr]

For sure one of the coolest dudes in the scene

[@soepil]

Very interesting and colourful video. And, he has some good points, musically.

[@johngorgis]

hold on let me grab space space weed

[@zark212]

One Area of consideration is the use of the tape machine. If you havent got one of these a VHS video recorder can be just as good if not better. The VHS tapes have more time to record and in LP 8hrs worth and the bandwidth of VHS tape is phenomenal. You can use aux in on the player or scart input via phone and get that "Warmth" from your recordings . I use it a lot. Hope this helps.

[@nolongerinuse915]

also i think VHS tapes are cheaper/easier to find than type 2 cassettes these days.

[@shizzlecakes]

Awesome tip. I will head to the thrift store and see what I can find.

[@ezequiel587]

hi? but this VHS are mono or stereo?

[@fantasyproduct1042]

@@ezequiel587 he's pulling your chain

[@captainuniversalart3796]

@@fantasyproduct1042 believe it or not it's actually people who do this. Especially in the indie film industry for stylized audio and video.

[@taecamperva]

Really is this the guy that made the Memphis rap mixes how cool he choose great songs

[@lee_drifting]

+taecamperva a lot of ppl overseas fuck with memphis rap heavy, it surprises me how an electronic composer as himself loves it

[@kehindea]

Amazingly refreshing. Love his approach. I am now a fan!

[@pixiedust5239]

I got all my very first samples for Abelton from this guy ❤️

[@jadebrand1373]

Could literally listen to him talk forever

[@tk..]

interviewer -wow this sick Legowelt- then we have some *under his breath* “yeah” lmao

[@turquoisecapricorn]

Great track in the end! Especially that fat bassdrum nails it!

[@Dominic-fu1bn]

This simultaneously makes me want to try to produce and never bother even trying.

[@diezdiazgiant]

ha i have that same tascam, it really does have a nice coloring it adds to audio

[@onpatrolforthejuice]

The tascam really did help to gel everything and control some out of place dynamics

[@Nite85]

I love this guyyyyyy what a legend

[@seth1]

What an awesome set-up. Great tunes.

[@penguin350]

This guy sounds like he did the text to speech for Windows XP

[@soheilmonfared3639]

no! he sounded like McFly`s Father in Back to the Future (1985) ! lol

[@XJDesigns1]

Luke Wolfenden dutch haha

[@Certekz]

Actually, he did.

[@ianpullman203]

legend.

[@Tizzomas]

i felt like i was watching a episode of portlandia

[@zuur303]

YOU NEED TO EXPORT IN FLAC! * bounces to tape * "I'll digitise it later"

[@admarhermans1]

Great and inspiring! (I'm a bass player who's just starting out using synth bass, next to bass guitar in my new band. Curiosity and hunger for some entry level knowledge together with an old interest in synth/ elektronic music just might've 'KZbin-warped' me in some way to this master level video...)

[@LLC888]

Brilliant Dude! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@Muravchix]

beautiful watch

[@Datacustic]

Was it realy the tape recoding effect? It sounded awesome at the end. Probably they mixed it better which was cutted out. Anyway one of the most inspiring vids I have seen. Especially likes his synth sampling approach, which gives a lot of freedom.

[@bobboheemoth7255]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuucking Cooooooool . Love it !!!!!! Legowelt is a lord !!!!!

[@saren6538]

Guys a legend for sure, i wonder is he recording all parts to tape in one hit and then send all back to ableton or maybe recording just some parts using different tracks on the tascam and sending pacific parts back to ableton

[@Goettel]

Danny is such a boss.

[@themovemotion]

inspirational video, cool guy !

[@shweetbeat]

Hahahaha, you have to love Legowelt!

[@fitzjay01]

brilliant. such a nice guy too.

[@herkobaarslag7569]

The guy is a genius

[@RBAEustache]

Really love the way he produces

[@FukumanDJ]

Wonderful work!

[@TheGoodChap]

Ive had the same tascam for years i used to run everything through it just wish they didn't break so much... Have to figure out how to fix it again, love it though. The 2x speed helps with it still being lofi and the speed knob is really nice

[@chrisvandevier959]

Your an amazing musician !!! Keep inspiring !! Thank you... :))

[@altitudes00]

Well that was pretty sick...

[@noize2040]

That moment in the begining when you think ...you have surpassed legowalt.. Then at midpoint and in the ending he pulls a fast one with that voice sample .. Legowalt is insane. He has ear for that certain sound and mixes in so many things yet they are never out of balance. Its crazy me and him basically have the same production patterns.

[@zawzero]

+noize2040 Legowelt, not Legowalt. Legowelt means "Legoworld" in German.

[@Yobott]

+noize2040 thats pretty much years of practise that gets you that guidance

[@davilafriend]

Buenísimo master Danny