The UBK Happy Funtime Hour

UBK grills a gifted pro and learns: - How he Gets a Smooth Midrange. - How he Gets a Loud, Punchy Sound - Which Verbs he uses on Which Sounds - What Studio tech he Wants Re-Invented

and then Andrew …

- Yet Another Kush & Sly-Fi Plugin Winner!  - Are Apple Earbuds the New NS10’s? - Knowing when Money can Solve Problems   - When Internet + Networking = Fail - You Booked the Session, Now Manage It -…

- UBK Happy Funtime Withdrawal? We’ve got excuses/answers! - Worrying about conversion: is the juice worth the squeeze? - Agreements! Contracts! Advice! - Mixing High-gain distorted guitars: Help! - …

- Compression: New York vs. Vermont

- Mixing the Instruments You Play - MONITOR MORE QUIETLY - Recording and Mixing in the Same Space - Phase Correction: Does it Help? - Choosing a Song's Style

and…

- This week’s Kush Plugin winner! - How to work in a Real Studio for the first time - Go-To Mix Bus settings, yea or nay? - So…is UBK on the green stuff when he builds? The answer is not what you thi…

- High End Gear: What's all the Fuss? - Thoughts Not on Streaming Music - Live Electronic Music = Live Music - Transparent vs. Colored vs. Moist vs. Fluffy - Professional "Enhancements"

…And much, …

- What to do when your phone rings during a session. - Want a free plugin? Ask a question! - Automation: Controller? Mouse? Magic? - Mix critique with Jesus Romero’s “Deslices” - Creating space in an…

- 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 Fo…

- 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 w…

- 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

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- 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 wi…

- 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

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- 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…

- 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

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- 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

- Sweete…

- 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 Peop…

- Dealing with Musicians who Overplay

- Taking Gear Out of the Rack... and Into Your Bed

- Neve vs. ART Preamps

- How to Raise Your Rates, and by How Much

- Investing in a Room You Won't Be in Foreve…

- Getting Stereo Depth from Mono Sources

- Tracking Vocals with Compression

- Getting Space in Modern Metal

- Proximity Effect: Friend or Foe?

- Killer Results with Random Mic Placement

- Crosstalk: …

- Forming a "Vision" of the Mix

- UBK's Favorite Frequencies

- Getting Electronic Drums to Leap Out

- Best time of day to Mix

- Technically Better vs. Creatively Weaker

- Reznor-esque Drones & Sounds…