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 12 - "I Don't Bathe Much"

    - Why does Saturation add 'Depth' - How to say "Your Music Sucks"? - EQ tips for novices - another UBK Brain Training Exercise® - New Segment: "Grump of the Week" (!!!) - How Tempo dictates Arrangement choices And much more, another action-packed adventure for mixing & production nerds everywhere! Enjoy!!!

    32 min
  • Episode 11 - "Crime Pays..."

    - UBK's patented "Complimentary EQ" technique

    - 70's delay techniques & studio monitors

    - Exactly how 'quiet' is 'quiet monitoring'?

    - Better Mic Placement on Vocalists

    - Whining Old Guys

    - Managing Multiple Deadlines

    - Happy Funtime's Analog Vocal Chain

    - Singing with Feeling

    Enjoy!

    31 min
  • Episode 10 - "You don't like Bing Crosby???"

    - UBK doesn't really like 6k - what every client *really* wants & how to earn their trust - get new gear vs. get better with what you have - should you cut breaks on your rate to get a gig? - more on getting a tight bass - do good arrangements still need automation? - brain chemicals & musical evolution - is new gear a good business investment? - when to stop trusting your ears on a mix

    This one is DENSE, enjoy it twice! Gregory Scott | UBK

    35 min
  • Episode 9 - "Humans Ruin EVERYTHING!"

    - Balancing Glue with Separation

    - EQ before vs. after Compression (UBK-1 vs. UBK Fatso)

    - Pusher Video Update

    - Troubleshooting Digital and Analog Gainstaging

    - Addressing Frequency Balance via Arrangement

    - Bouncing Tracks Together = Commitment

    - Lo-Fi sounds in Hi-Fi productions

    - Pro's and Con's of Mixing While High

    - People: Good Crazy vs. Bad Crazy

    - and more!

    32 min
  • Episode 8 - "I Wanna Smell It!"

    - Getting Past Walls & Creative Blocks in a Mix

    - Small Moves, "Shaving the Mix into Being"

    - Tucking Things Further Back with more Presence

    - Mixing on Headphones vs. An Untreated Room

    - You don't want "dead", you want "dry"

    - Getting mix critiques on the Internet... hmmm....

    - and more!

    33 min
  • Episode 7 - "I Love People…Now Go Away!"

    - Getting a Juggernaut Low End

    - Finding the Ideal Tempo

    - Monitor Placement & Low Freq Tuning

    - Arrangement: What It Is vs. What It Contains

    - Being Ruthless with the Mute Button

    - Gainstaging and When to Keep Levels Low

    - Getting Free Stuff by Signing Up for the UBK HFH list

    - and more!

    5 min
  • Episode 6 - "Audio Hoarding"

    - Different 2-buss compression approaches

    - Knowing When It's Done

    - BACK IT UP and HIT DELETE

    - Why 192k?

    - Making it Bright but Not Edgy

    - Mixing more Emotionally

    - and more!

    32 min
  • Episode 5 - "Everyone's French!"

    - Reverb Braintraining Exercises

    - Earthquakes

    - PONO: Will Anybody Care?

    - Compression Before Saturation

    - Arranging the Old Fashioned Way

    - The Neuroscience of Compulsions

    - and more!

    31 min
  • Episode 4 - "I'm Not a Creep!"

    - Deviated Septums

    - Creating Width & Depth with L/R Contrast

    - Reverb: Simple Starting Points for color & movement

    - Colored A/D Converters like the B2

    - Coke Snorting Investment Bankers

    - Tweak Your Setup to Maximize Creativity

    - Davíde Pensadieux

    - Monitoring at Incredibly Low Volume

    - Reference Mixes: Yes or No?

    - and more!

    9 min
  • Episode 3 - "We'll Edit That Out"

    - 192k meets the Studer

    - Home Mastering Advice

    - Nathan's version of Brauer's "5 comps on vox"

    - Do We Really Need Another New Mic?

    - Magic Frequencies redux

    - Nine Days in Patchbay Hell

    - and more!

    31 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.