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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Aug 23, 2018 • 37min
Episode 164 - "This is How You Were Made!"
- Studio Drumming = Different? - Real Ambience = Depth? - Analog Summing = Meh? - Parenting = Drawing Lines? - This week's plugin winner is……… Nate Yancy! …and much, MUCH more!
Aug 1, 2018 • 47min
Episode 163 - "Spicy Cocaine Sex!"
- Highpass that Compression! - One Guitar is a Record! - Knowing Music vs. Knowing Sound! - Do Converters Really Matter? - This week's plugin winner is………Stoyan (ssttoo)! …and much, MUCH more!
Jul 28, 2018 • 43min
Episode 162 - "Speaking of Puberty!"
- Budget Vocal Mics! - Doing What You SORTA Love! - It's All a Distraction! - Monitors When Traveling! - This week's plugin winnerS ARE………Nick Barnshaw & Kostas Papadapolous! …and much, MUCH more!
Jun 25, 2018 • 43min
Episode 161 - "Kaayyy-YAH!"
- Easy Acoustic Treatments! - Kaaaayy-YAH! - All Effects are Parallel! - Destructive Habits! - This week's plugin winner is………Benjamin Dingle! …and much, MUCH more!
Jun 15, 2018 • 60min
Episode 160 - "Robbing the Entitled!"
- Getting Depth ITB! - Lowpassing Like Analog! - Strumming Like the 70's! - Recording Like Good! - This week's plugin winner is………Nathan Whitney! …and much, MUCH more!
Jun 7, 2018 • 56min
Episode 159 - "I'm Being Repressed!"
- Oppressive Mixing! - Oppressive Sessions! - Oppressive Mindsets! - Oppressive VI's! - This week's plugin winner is………Jordan Gilby! …and much, MUCH more!
May 24, 2018 • 55min
Episode 158 - "Artisanal Mixing!"
- Humans vs. AI! - Does Anything Matter?? - Refreshing Acoustic Guitars! - B-STOCK ROCKS! - This week's plugin winner is………Eitan Brown! …and much, MUCH more!
May 19, 2018 • 58min
Episode 157 - "There's Always a Cost!"
- Monitors v. Headphones! - Clients v. Drummers - Phase v. Imaging! - Friends v. Family! - This week's plugin winner is………John Whitt! …and much, MUCH more!
May 3, 2018 • 47min
Episode 156 - "Smedium Slatte!!"
- Phase Plugins Don't Work?? - Don't Kill the Room! - Software IN Hardware?? - Mastering Your Own Mix! - Starstruck Nerds! - This week's plugin winner is………Ray Foo and Jacob Born (retroactively)! …and much, MUCH more!
Apr 27, 2018 • 50min
Episode 155 - "Chronic Longorrhea!!"
- Converters vs. Preamps! - Logic vs. Pro Tools! - Routing Your Reverbs! - How to Buy Kush! - Listening Burnout! - This week's plugin winner is………Audrius Lelkaitis! …and much, MUCH more!
