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 33 - "Lazy Goat!"

    - How to win free Kush plugins - Mix Critiques by UBK and Nathan Daniel - Making Music, not Sounds - The Magic of Serial Compression. - Coping with Unfinished Songs. - Midrange Monitors: Friend or Foe?

    …And much, much more!

    44 min
  • Episode 32 - "This Mixxa So Nice!"

    - The finer points of mixing duets

    - Learning to use your ears before your plugins

    - Recording vs ReAmping: Fight!

    - Using phase to diagnose insanity

    - Getting energy into your mix

    - Creating space with subtractive EQ

    - The magic of the Time Domain

    ...and much, much more!

    39 min
  • Episode 31 - "Robo for the Win!"

    - Breaking Down Kavinsky's Nightcall - UBK's Desert Island Mics - Programming vs Playing - Who's the Producer Here??? - Mixing Dense Electronica …and Much, Much Less!

    39 min
  • Episode 30 - "#Occupy Kush!"

    - Female Human Audio Engineers - Mix It Like It's Someone Else's - Why iLok? Why??? - Studio Spaces in High, High Places - Judging if Your Work is Any Good - The Age Old Desert Island Mic Dilemma

    …and much, much more!

    48 min
  • Episode 29 - "Know When to Fold 'em!"

    - DIY Marketing of DIY Music

    - Dealing with Bugs & Crashes

    - The Car Test: Truth, or Lies?

    - Spirituality and Physics

    - What Exactly Is "The Source"?

    - Live Tracking a Band in the Studio

    - Dealing with Odd Vocal Timbres

    …and Much, Much more

    47 min
  • Episode 28 - "Carnivorous Reverb!"

    - What Exactly is Mixing Anyway?

    - Getting Past Your Own Crap

    - Part 2 of Natural Reverb & Mic Placement

    - Analog Processing Gotcha's

    - How Many Tracks is 'Too Many'?

    - Checking Your Ego at the Door

    …and much, much more!

    58 min
  • Episode 27 - "Face Down!"

    - A Step-by-Step Definition of Mixing?

    - Mixing Sub Bass in Sub-Optimal Rooms

    - Helping Clients Become Better Arrangers

    - When Your Gear Equals a Famous Studio B

    - Gear: Power it Down, or Leave it On?

    - Stacking Delays

    - What Kind of Desk for your Computer?

    ...and much, much more!

    48 min
  • Episode 26 - "From Bison to Antelope!"

    - Room Treatment vs. Room Correction Software

    - How You'll Be Judged as an Engineer

    - Rebranding Nathan Schreier

    - The Sound of Jazz in a 100ft tall Church

    - Switching gears from Mixing to Mastering

    - Enduring the Brutal Southern California Winters

    ...and much, MUCH more!

    1 hr 7 min
  • Episode 25 - "Tho Thmooth & Thweet!"

    - Learning When Less is More

    - Getting New Clients and Earning Their Loyalty

    - How to Please Unpleaseable People

    - Stop Obsessively Re-Doing Your Songs

    - Troubles Compressing the Overheads

    - Sweetening an Already Mastered Track

    - Knowing What Frequencies Need Adjusting

    ...and much, much more!

    57 min
  • Episode 24 - "Some Say!"

    - Which Mix Compressor for Glue?

    - Suggestions for minimal mic setups on drums

    - Converters: how hard to to hit 'em

    - Getting to Automation Earlier in the Mix Process

    - Overrated Gear: Why Are People Buying It?

    - How many stages of Saturation & Compression?

    And much, MUCH more!

    59 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.