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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Mar 11, 2015 • 1h 6min
Episode 26 - "From Bison to Antelope!"
- 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 - Enduring the Brutal Southern California Winters ...and much, MUCH more!
Mar 5, 2015 • 56min
Episode 25 - "Tho Thmooth & Thweet!"
- 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 - Sweetening an Already Mastered Track - Knowing What Frequencies Need Adjusting ...and much, much more!
Feb 20, 2015 • 59min
Episode 24 - "Some Say!"
- 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 People Buying It? - How many stages of Saturation & Compression? And much, MUCH more!
Jan 19, 2015 • 1h 3min
Episode 22 - "This is the Sound of Neve!"
- 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 Forever - When Mixing Becomes a Battle and much, much more!
Jan 12, 2015 • 51min
Episode 21 - "Do Stuff!"
- 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: When Does it Matter? - Clariphonic YES, Bassophonic NO...? - Samples vs the Real Deal - Expensive Mics: Worth It? ...and much more!
Dec 16, 2014 • 39min
Episode 20 - "Louder! Brighter!"
- 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 & Soundscapes - How Passive EQ's really work and a LOT more!!!
Nov 24, 2014 • 44min
Episode 19 - "Step Away from the Bass!"
- FOUR Question of the Week Winners! - Getting Multi-Tracks to Sound Like 'A Band in the Room' - Staying Nourished During Marathon Sessions - Making Friends with Bass - Business & TAXES - "Irrational Headphone Mixes"! plus Uncensored Bloopers and much, much more!
Sep 9, 2014 • 53min
Episode 18 - "Hi Hats on Five!"
- Analog Summing: Does It Make a Difference? - Why Is High End Gear So Stinkin' Expensive?? - Invasive Cymbals… Look Out! - 3-8k Harshness: What's Really Going On? - Free UBK Plugins? - Balancing, Faders, and Controlling the Space - Headroom Advice for Mastering - Is Mono a Thing of the Past? - More Grumbling about The French
Aug 18, 2014 • 32min
Episode 17 - "Analog is Up!"
- Elevating a mix from 'balanced' to 'GROOVIN' - Getting a fresh perspective on your mix - Making a mix 'smooth' rather than 'dirty' - Plugins that emulate a/d converter clipping - Getting more analog into digital sounds - Surround Sound: does the industry care? - Is it better to sound 'New' than to sound 'Good'? - How far is too far when polishing a mix? - Learning to hear more subtlety & nuance And bonus blooper reel!
Aug 11, 2014 • 41min
Episode 16 - "Everyone's Italian!"
- Multi-band Compression: yes or no? - Tracking sounds that serve the Production - Mix/Arrangement Analysis: Lovage - Is recording to SSD drives safe? - Clients who can't hear groove or subtlety - Cracking open the dark tone of ribbons - Expensive monitors: worth it? - PLUS: Uncensored Blooper Reel!
