The UBK Happy Funtime Hour
Gregory Scott (UBK) & Nathan Daniel
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.
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.
Episodes
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Sep 3, 2015 • 39min
Episode 36 - "Mind Your Own Business!"
- 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 think! - What do you do with Mid-range monitors? - Should engineers share their mixing secrets? …and much, much more!
Jul 30, 2015 • 42min
Episode 35 - "You Got Nothin!"
- 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, much more!
Jul 16, 2015 • 37min
Episode 34 - "Free Steroids!"
- 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 ultra-dense mix. - Mastering: How? What? Huh? When? - Perspectives on overproduced music. - Monitoring techniques in a crappy room. …and much, much more!
Jul 2, 2015 • 44min
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!
Jun 22, 2015 • 39min
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!
May 27, 2015 • 38min
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!
May 12, 2015 • 47min
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!
May 5, 2015 • 46min
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
Apr 15, 2015 • 57min
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!
Mar 26, 2015 • 47min
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!
