The UBK Happy Funtime Hour

The UBK Happy Funtime Hour

By Gregory Scott (UBK) & Nathan DanielMusic
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The UBK Happy Funtime Hour episodes

  • Episode 83 - "WHAT DO YOU WANT!?"

    - Favorite Analog and Digital Effects!

    - Printing Stems and YOU!

    - Recording Claps and Snaps.

    - What on earth is Peak Limiting?

    - Tracking vocals in a tiny room.

    - Monitoring: If it works, keep doing it!

    - Expectations of Analog Summing.

    - Special Thanks to FILMWERELD for this week's Outro!

    - This week's plugin winner is…Mark Gonzales!

    …and much, MUCH more!

    38 min
  • Episode 82 - "I'm a GROWNUP!"

    - Struggling with Snares and Claps!

    - Saturation & Heavy Track Counts

    - What on Earth Does 'Musical' Mean?

    - The Yin-Yang of EQ

    - Linked vs Unlinked vs. Dual Mono vs. Stereo

    - Big Console Mixing, In The Box!

    - This week's plugin winner is…iTunes Reviewer Speed101!

    …and much, MUCH more!

    34 min
  • Episode 81 - "SUPER Bummed Out!"

    - Procrastination: Cure it Tomorrow!

    - Is Sound Getting Better, or Worse??

    - Improving Your Suck!

    - Organize That Session!

    - Higher Sample Rates: Worth It?

    - This week's plugin winner is…Archie Francis Miller!

    …and much, MUCH more!

    38 min
  • Episode 80 - "Cage Free Nuts!"

    - Digital Precision VS Analog Tone?

    - Kush Plugins VS Kush Hardware??

    - Better Mixing through Limitations

    - Minimizing Attack and Maximizing Tone

    - Should You Share Unfinished Mixes?

    - This week's plugin winner is…Wayan Raabe!

    …and much, MUCH more!

    44 min
  • Episode 79 - "Make People Like You!" 2016's Best Of Professional Advice

    BULLETIN: UBK had too much cake on his Birthday, so we're bringing you another 'Best Of' episode chock full of our favorite bits of professional advice!

    - When to Use Money to Fix Problems.

    - We *still* Don't Care About Surround Sound!

    - RE-Visiting the RE-Branding of Nathan Daniel.

    - Are Expensive Mics Worth the Cash?

    - Why Do Engineers Keep Secrets?

    - You Booked the Session, Now Manage It!

    - Tune in next week for the next Plugin Winner!

    43 min
  • Episode 78 - "It's Barter Time!"

    - How to Write a Good Song

    - Making Drums Sound Roomier

    - Getting a Chorus to LIFT

    - Should You Mix Into a Limiter?

    - Straight Talk about Weed

    - This week's plugin winner is…Ron from Continental Recording Studios!

    …and much, MUCH more!

    37 min
  • Episode 77 - "I'm Better Than Youz!"

    - Ambience: You're Doing It Wrong

    - Pre-Fader Sends? Why??

    - Workflows That Actually Work

    - Strugglin' with Strugglin'.

    - Can You Mix in a Car?

    - This week's plugin winner is…Taylor Bartholomew!

    …and much, MUCH more!

    47 min
  • Episode 76 - "Dither is a Dangerous Drug!"

    - Parallel Compression Explained!

    - Room Treatment or Instruments?

    - What *did* happen to Hiphop?

    - Getting your vocals to SIT.

    - Pickin' the right mic.

    - Recording to tape: it's all in the TUBES.

    - This week's plugin winner is…Rob 'NT' Weber!

    …and much, MUCH more!

    49 min
  • Episode 75 - "Rarely Offensive!"

    - Compression Is For Movement.

    - Good News: Absolutely Nothing Matters!

    - Dry 70's Drums.

    - How to Damage your Hardware!

    - Getting Over Loudness Envy.

    - How to College?

    - This week's plugin winner is…Dan 'Soundsmith' Smith!

    …and much, MUCH more!

    47 min
  • Episode 74 - "6k! 6k! 6k!"

    - Lyrics and Cliches: STOP!

    - Ya Can't Touch a Plugin! - Does A/D Hurt Quality? - Mixing Sneaky Little Devil - Rocking Out vs. Protecting Hearing - This week's plugin winner is…Rob "Soundbaker"!

    …and much, MUCH more!

    39 min

About The UBK Happy Funtime Hour

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Two passionate audio engineering nerds --- Kush Audio gear designer and avowed analog snob Gregory Scott, and ITB mixing pro Nathan Daniel --- crack themselves up while answering listeners' questions about everything from gear and plugins, to the psychology of mixing, to what makes a song grab the listener's ears and heart and how to get more of it into your productions.