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 53 - "You're Gonna Fail!"

    - Making Art vs. Making Money

    - How to Think About Compression

    - Optimizing your Attitude for mixing

    - Fixing Bad Acoustics with Software??

    - Mid-Side Processing… Phooey!

    - This Week's Plugin Winner is…Harold LaRue!

    …and much, much more!

    36 min
  • Episode 52 - "Infinite Recursive Contradiction!"

    - Monitoring! Dark or Bright? Or Both? HELP!

    - Mix Critique! Fred PuaTuaa's "Elegance and Intrigue"

    - How to get an Analog Vibe when you're working ITB.

    - Does music theory affect your engineering?

    - This week's plugin winner is Gary Jamms!

    …and much, much more!

    35 min
  • Episode 51 - "An ECKspecially Good Show!"

    - This week's plugin winner is…Adam Chavez!

    - Panning, Panning, and more Panning!

    - How to break up your mix process for optimal results.

    - Mixing and Mastering, which one's cart, which one's horse?

    - How to get out of your own way and just MIX.

    …And much, much more!

    42 min
  • Episode 50 - "Elastic Puzzles!" 2015's Best of Mixing Advice

    Welcome to the first collection of juicy 'best of' mixing advice from the first 49 episodes of the UBK Happy Funtime Hour!

    - Andrew Maury talks Spectral Analyzers!

    - The Myth about Magic Frequencies.

    - Session-wide phase alignment: Worth the effort?

    - How to balance Glue and Separation in your Mix.

    - How to approach your mix critique from different angles.

    - Joe Barresi talks Getting it Right at the Source!

    …and much, MUCH more!

    48 min
  • Episode 49 - "-6dB for F*ck's Sake!"

    - UBK Grump of the Week! - Why 6dB of Headroom for Mastering? - CoAxial Monitors: Yay or Nay? - Stacking Vintage-Style harmonies - Should You Reference Other Mixes?

    - This week's plugin winner is...Fred PuaaTuaa!

    ...and much, much more!

    40 min
  • Episode 48 - "Drink Your Drink!"

    - Making VSTi Drums Sound Good - It's not the Reverb, It's You - Preamps: Do They Really Matter? - Tips for Mixing Meaty Guitars - Plugin Winner: Leonardo Telles!

    …And Much, Much more!

    37 min
  • Episode 47 - "Dancing Pubes!"

    - Hip Hop is our friend. - Learning to Commit to sounds In The Box. - Being Unhappily Satisfied With Your Mix Translation. - How to Give Advice to a Professional Equal. - The Three-to-One Rule and You!

    - This week's plugin winner is Kristofer Göransson!

    …And much, much more!

    41 min
  • Episode 46 - "Et-CETRA!"

    - When Did We Discover Our Passion? - The TRUE Truth about PHASE - What the Heck is "Compressing for Tone"? - Panning & Treating Backing Vocals - How to Survive a Business Partnership - Brand New Segments!

    - This week's plugin winner is…Jack Russ! Come on down and claim your prize!

    …and much, much more!

    44 min
  • Episode 44 - "It's So Cold in the D!"

    - The Correct Way to Produce Singers - WTF is Multi-Mono Processing? - New Segment: Funtime TRAINWRECK Time! - The old 'Start With Automation' debate - Sweat the Acoustics... but Not Too Much!

    …and much much more!

    38 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.