Top 5Has said they use
“This is my most essential piece of hardware. It’s been on nearly everything I’ve done in the last couple of years.”
Said in Magnetic Magazine: My Toolbox, Le Youth, November 2020
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Le Youth has said the Moog Sub 37 is his most essential piece of hardware and that his Elektron Analog Keys is all over his track Aquiver. He has also said he works with Steven Slate Audio VSX headphones, a Behringer TD-3 bass line synth and a Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water pedal.
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Top 5Has said they use
Elektron
Analog Keys“I sold this last year and rebought it 2 months later. You can hear this all over my track “Aquiver”.”
Said in Magnetic Magazine: My Toolbox, Le Youth, November 2020
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Steven Slate Audio
VSX Modeling Headphones
Top 5Has said they use
Steven Slate Audio
VSX Modeling Headphones“This is the newest addition to my studio.”
Said in Magnetic Magazine: My Toolbox, Le Youth, November 2020
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Behringer
TD-3 Analog Bass Line Synthesizer
Top 5Has said they use
Behringer
TD-3 Analog Bass Line Synthesizer“When I’ve been in the box, using software plugins all day, it’s really nice to use something physical.”
Said in Magnetic Magazine: My Toolbox, Le Youth, November 2020
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Fairfield Circuitry
Shallow Water K-Field Modulator
Top 5Has said they use
Fairfield Circuitry
Shallow Water K-Field Modulator“This pedal is pure magic.”
Said in Magnetic Magazine: My Toolbox, Le Youth, November 2020
No store page for this one.
What synths Le Youth uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Has said they use
“This is my most essential piece of hardware. It’s been on nearly everything I’ve done in the last couple of years.”
Said in Magnetic Magazine: My Toolbox, Le Youth, November 2020
Has said they use
Elektron
Analog Keys“I sold this last year and rebought it 2 months later. You can hear this all over my track “Aquiver”.”
Said in Magnetic Magazine: My Toolbox, Le Youth, November 2020
Steven Slate Audio
VSX Modeling Headphones
Has said they use
Steven Slate Audio
VSX Modeling Headphones“This is the newest addition to my studio.”
Said in Magnetic Magazine: My Toolbox, Le Youth, November 2020
No store page for this one.
Behringer
TD-3 Analog Bass Line Synthesizer
Has said they use
Behringer
TD-3 Analog Bass Line Synthesizer“When I’ve been in the box, using software plugins all day, it’s really nice to use something physical.”
Said in Magnetic Magazine: My Toolbox, Le Youth, November 2020
Fairfield Circuitry
Shallow Water K-Field Modulator
Has said they use
Fairfield Circuitry
Shallow Water K-Field Modulator“This pedal is pure magic.”
Said in Magnetic Magazine: My Toolbox, Le Youth, November 2020
No store page for this one.
Questions
About Le Youth's gear.
What synth does Le Youth use?
He has called the Moog Sub 37 his most essential piece of hardware, on nearly everything he made in the couple of years before 2020. He also has an Elektron Analog Keys, heard all over Aquiver, and a Behringer TD-3.
What headphones does Le Youth use?
Steven Slate Audio VSX Modeling Headphones. He has said he bought them because his loft studio, with a 30 foot ceiling, is not ideal for acoustics.
What pedal does Le Youth use?
The Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water K-Field Modulator, which he described as a chorus, vibrato, pitch shifting, tape echo pedal.
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About this guide · Last checked
Le Youth is the Los Angeles producer Wes James, who broke through with the house tracks C O O L and Dance With Me and now releases melodic progressive house on labels like Anjunabeats and This Never Happened. This guide covers the synths, headphones and pedal he picked for Magnetic Magazine's My Toolbox series.
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