The UBK Happy Funtime Hour
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.
Whether you mix professionally on a 9000J or in your bedroom on Cubase, these ballbusting fanatics of sound will spark your thinking in creative new ways, help you bust out of your own limiting habits, and get you laughing in the process.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 219
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2021
Episode 120 - “Coffee Trumps Cocaine!”
- How Nathan & Gregory Met! - DIY Acoustic Treatments! - Finding Hidden Distortions! - Multiple A/D Conversions?? - Car Test vs. Studio Monitors??
- This Week’s Plugin Winner Is…… Dustin Duwa!
...And…
Episode 119 - “Take That, Horse!”
- Multiband vs. Regular Comps! - Sad Horse Stories! - Should Clients Get Stems?? - Bad Sound at Live Shows! - Subscribing to Hardware??
- This Week’s Plugin Winner Is…… Mike Whatever!
...And More!
Episode 118 - “It’s a F#@king Fader!”
- Does A/D Matter? - Unmotivated for Music?? - Is Music Like Therapy??? - Should You Collaborate????
- This Week’s Plugin Winner Is…… Enrico (91gringos)!
...And More!
Episode 117 - “Karlis Navidad!”
- Parallel EQ Explained! - Headroom and VI’s! - Optimizing Your Rig! - Balancing Life & Music!
- This Week’s Plugin Winner Is…… C. Smith!
...And More!
Episode 116 - “Dangling Participle!”
- New Kush Plugin Teaser! - Subscriptions vs. Buying! - The Politics of Sampling! - Getting Better, Faster!
- This Week’s Plugin Winner Is…… Joaquin Etchegoyen!
...And More!
Episode 115 - “F*ck Off, Politely!”
- What IS a Transient? - Getting Good Mix Feedback? - Breakthrough Moments? - Fuck Off Politely?
- This Week’s Plugin Winner Is…… Ángela Enríquez!
...And More!
Episode 114 - “Six Inches in the Back!”
- When Clients are WRONG! - Producing While Engineering! - Effects: When and Why! - Peace in the Loudness War!
- This Week’s Plugin Winner Is…… Julian Fader!
...And More!
Episode 113 - “Don’t Forget the Bag!”
- Simulating Analog Workflows?? - 10dB Cuts on Vocals?? - Are You a Salesman?? - How to Compare Mics?? - One Speaker Mono??
- This Week’s Plugin Winner Is…… Jude (sevenjude2)!
...And More!
Episode 112 - “Is That Lint??”
- Self-Producing Vocals! - Compressing Saturation! - Expanders: When? Why?? - Mixing INTO Mastering Chains?
- This Week’s Plugin Winner Is…… Caskré!
...And More!
Episode 111 - “Dick’s on Deck!”
- Mistakes We Stopped Making - Track EQ vs. Buss EQ - Internships: Worth It??? - Music Theory: Worth It???
- This Week’s Plugin Winner Is Gunnar Nagle!
...And More!
Episode 110 - “Am I Distorted??”
- Hating Yourself and Your Mix! - Reversing the Mix Buss! - Doing Things Without Permission! - Handling Harsh Sibilants!
- This week’s plugin winner is… Karlis Steinmanis!
…and more!
Episode 109 - “It Hurts My Heinous!!!”
- The Worst Intro EVER! - Creativity vs. Tradition! - Marketing vs. Bragging! - Regret vs. Acceptance!
- This Week’s Plugin Winner Is..... Greg Berne!
...And More!
Episode 108 - “RELAX!!!”
- How to Start a Mix! - Compression vs. Automation! - How to “Find the Time”! - Getting Good at Everything!
- This Week’s Plugin Winner Is..... Tim Keen!
...And More!
Episode 107 - “I Like the Hash!”
- UBK Goes Deeper ITB! - Advice from the Future! - Improv in the Studio! - Workflow Beats Sound! - This Week’s Plugin Winner Is..... Bobby Balow!
...And More!
Episode 106 - “Nate Digital!”
- Compressing Sample-Based Music! - Complexity vs. Simplicity! - The Magic of Pre-Delay! - All You Need To Know About Mono! - This Week’s Plugin Winner Is..... Ryan Raffa!
...And More!
Episode 105 - “The ‘Old Fashioned’ Way”
- Why Vocals are Hard To Mix! - Hit Men LOVE La2a’s! - Room Treatment: Why?? - Writing: Escape the Rut! - This Week’s Plugin Winner Is..... Bunmi Solomon!
...And More!
Episode 104 - “The Facts Of Life!”
- Sizeful Drums! - Working with Limited Gear? - Getting A “Professional” Sound! - Cleaning Up Messy Sessions! - This Week’s Plugin Winner Is..... Enrico (Redblackredmusic)!
...And More!
Episode 103 - “Whiskey & Lucky Charms!”
- Ordinary vs. “Extraordinary” Compressors - How To Gain Stage With Plugins? - Can Noise Help Your Mix? - How to Mix Two Tracks! - This Week’s Plugin Winner Is..... Sharon (Kearney Music)!
...And Mor…
Episode 102 - “A Bunch of Width!”
- Attacks: Slow, Medium, or Fast? - Does Mono Compatibility Matter? - How to Arrange an Album! - Great Mixes vs. Great Songs! - This Week’s Plugin Winner Is..... Chris Vail!
...And More!
Episode 101 - "Hyperacusis!"
- Our Latest “Eureka” Moments! - Why Can’t Artists Finish Songs?? - How to Produce While Engineering! - Why Everything Sounds Like Ass! - This Week’s Plugin Winner Is..... Robert (Bag of toys)!
...An…