Ableton Music Producer Podcast

In this episode, COPYCATT dives into bass music sound design and Ableton workflows—breaking down a track, talking clipping vs limiting, fun stories, and sharing tools for getting movement and character. We'll talk about waveshaping, feedback experiments, and a few Live 12.4 favorites.

COPYCATT (Andre) is an Australian-based producer with a dedicated following in the neuro/ hip-hop/ bass scene, known for his unique sound design. His collaborations include working with artists like Frequent and Mr. Bill, and his tracks have been performed by acts such as Pretty Lights, Haywyre, Mr Carmack, Tipper, Excision, and more. Since his first release in 2015, COPYCATT has built a cult following around 90’s hip hop-inspired grooves, hard-hitting snares, and bone-rattling sub basses—and he also releases sample packs and video tutorials to share his production process.

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In this episode, NUEQ shares how he writes high-energy dance music in Ableton Live, breaking down his Operator-heavy sound design, groove-first drum mindset, and how he builds “call and response” ideas that stay cohesive through a track. He also digs into resampling, distortion chains, sidechaining, and favorite stock tools like Vocoder for adding character.

NUEQ is a bass music producer known for detailed, rhythm-forward productions and building sounds from scratch. He’s played festivals like Tipper & Friends, Infrasound, Submersion, Fire Lights, Desert Bass (IL), and Balter Festival (UK), and has supported artists including Tipper, Culprate, K.L.O, Tsuruda, kLL sMTH, Duffrey, and Thought Process. He’s collaborated with Mr Bill, Culprate, Yehezkel Raz, Azaleh, and Omnist (with ongoing work w/ Vorso + Culprate), released on Inspected, VALE, Billegal Beats, Colony Productions, and Wormhole Music, and has sync placements with Tesla, Nothing Phone, and Ninja.

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Matt Hill from The Floozies joins the podcast breaking down the live-looping workflows that keep their sets flexible and more. We get into fun show stories, building performance-ready rigs (including multi-Serum setups), mapping + record-arm shortcuts, and the mixing/mastering tools that save time—like Ozone, referencing, and other “work smarter” tech.

Brothers Matt and Mark Hill are the sonic visionaries behind electronic-funk powerhouse The Floozies. Known for sold-out shows nationwide (including their annual hometown Funk Street Festival), they’ve lit up major festivals like Bonnaroo, Electric Forest, High Sierra, Summer Camp, Wakarusa, Camp Bisco, Summerset, and Bumbershoot—plus headlining Red Rocks. Their formidable sound continues to get love from coast to coast.

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In this episode, Dillon Bastan breaks down how he approaches building playful, physics-inspired music tools—plus the stories behind Iota, the Inspired by Nature Pack, Entanglement (his “quantum” synth concept), and the viral new ChatDSP Max for Live devices that generate instruments/effects from text prompts. We get into why he loves workflows that invite happy accidents, and his broader philosophy around creativity, meaning, and making art.

Dillon Bastan is a multi-talented artist and developer known for esoteric Max for Live devices and experimental artistic adventures. His work pulls from natural processes, mathematical systems, and physical forces—often replacing traditional parameters with unconventional controls and environments. He created Ableton’s popular Inspired by Nature Pack, the granular-looping instrument Iota, and advanced tools like Entanglement, and ChatDSP (a viral new prompt-based AI device builder).

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In this episode, Flozone sits down and shares his Ableton workflow—from his production template and sidechain setup, to dialing in kick/sub balance that translates on small speakers. We also get into mixing decisions (clippers, limiters, and avoiding weird plugin glitches), Serum tips, and how he stays creative without forcing ideas.

Flozone is a bass music producer known for overwhelming low-end, gritty leads, and a fluid-but-aggressive sound shaped by Southern trap influences and modern bass music. He’s played major stages like Lost Lands, Wakaan, and Okeechobee, hit Red Rocks, toured on the Wooli bus tour, and is now stepping into his first headline shows.

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