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 100 - “What's Wrong with 300Hz??”
- What Exactly Is a “Pro Mix”? - Hi Pass WHATs? - Yet Another Phase Lecture! - Rapid Fire Question Time! - This Week’s Plugin Winner Is..... Daniel Kassulke!
...And More!
Episode 99 - “Christmas 2017!”
- Why Mix At Low Volumes? - Does Bussing Degrade Sound? - Drum Samples: When? Why? - EQ'ing: Frequencies, or Notes? - This Week’s Plugin Winner Is..... Sergey!
...And More!
Episode 98 - “Hello Xanax!"
- Reaching the Next Level! - Talking to Clients About Money! - That 70's Doubled Vocal Sound! - The Ups & Downs of Collaboration - This Week’s Plugin Winner Is..... Mrs Jason Ferguson!
...And More!
Episode 97 - “Audio Tools!”
Episode 96 - “It's TOO Lopsided!”
Ep 95 - "It Has to Sound Green"
Episode 94 - "Whatever Hertz!"
- hi-passing too much? Back it off! - How did UBK and Nathan get so smart? - Monitoring at low volumes. . . How low should you go? - What makes a record memorable?
- This week’s plugin winner is.....…
Episode 93 - "Scientistic Fact!"
- Watching Out for Signs of Burnout - Taming Dynamic Music vs. Crushing It - Rewriting a Song? Recapture the Passion! - Arranging Tunes the UBK Way!
- This week’s plugin winner is..... Dave Tate!
Episode 92 - "Coke... It's for Winners!"
- Ladies Need More Than 90 Minutes - Seating Vocals into the Mix - New Gear: Do You Need It? - Who Does Multibuss Compression?
- This week’s plugin winner is... Dhaitanya Das!
...and much, MUCH more!
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Episode 91 - “Spread Your Duties!”
- How to Get Into The Music Production Mindset!
- Uplifters and Downlifters..what they are why use them!
- Nathan shares one of his tracks!
- How to really win over mixing clients!
- This week’s…
Episode 90 - "I'm Going to Reaper!"
- Estimating mix time for your clients!
- De-essing vocals to make them sound SMOOVE!
- Old Man of the Week Time!
- Get to know the bass on your NS10’s!
- This week’s plugin winner is…..Kevin A.…
Episode 89 - “Angry Monkey! 2016’s Best of Mental Health and Perspective!”
- An ECKspecially good bit of mix perspective!
- Delegate your way to a better you!
- UBK’s Favorite Meditation Practice.
- Go Outside and Recharge Your Brain!
- Watch your Compulsions!
- Tune in n…
Episode 88 - "What's on Your Sleep Bus!?"
- Asymmetrical Drum Mic Technique!
- The Basics of Hearing Compression.
- Puttin’ Stuff on Your Mix Buss!
- All the Ways You’re Sleeping Wrong!
- This week’s plugin winner is…Roland Guerin!
…and …
Episode 87 - "Electronic Bedroom Musics!"
- Finish Your Ideas!
- Break Projects into Chunks!
- Room Correction Software: INCORRECT!
- The Wrong Way to Network
- This week’s plugin winner is…Scott H Stephenson!
…and much, MUCH more!
Episode 86 - "Mi Familia!"
- Limitations Foster Creativity?
- Distractions Limit Creativity??
- Being a Pro Has Downsides???
- Hint: Small Moves
- ITB Gain Staging: It’s a Thing!
- This week’s plugin winner is…Frank “dufault…
Episode 85 - "I'm Daddy!"
- Check us out on Patreon!
- Tracking with Analog Compression !
- Josh Franklin’s 1 year anniversary!
- Getting movement from a simple arrangement.
- Guitar Mic Techniques and YOU!
- Stop Comparing y…
Episode 84 - "BALLS!"
- Fostering the Creative Flow
- Amp Sims vs. Crappy Rooms
- Templates = Faster Mixes
- Tambourines with Balls!
- Using Multiple Reverbs??
- This week’s plugin winner is…Robert ’Robbies88!’
…and m…
Episode 83 - "WHAT DO YOU WANT!?"
- Favorite Analog and Digital Effects!
- Printing Stems and YOU!
- Recording Claps and Snaps.
- What on earth is Peak Limiting?
- Tracking vocals in a tiny room.
- Monitoring: If it works, keep doing…
Episode 82 - "I'm a GROWNUP!"
- Struggling with Snares and Claps!
- Saturation & Heavy Track Counts
- What on Earth Does ‘Musical’ Mean?
- The Yin-Yang of EQ
- Linked vs Unlinked vs. Dual Mono vs. Stereo
- Big Console Mixing, In …
Episode 81 - "SUPER Bummed Out!"
- Procrastination: Cure it Tomorrow!
- Is Sound Getting Better, or Worse??
- Improving Your Suck!
- Organize That Session!
- Higher Sample Rates: Worth It?
- This week’s plugin winner is…Archie Fra…