Gregory Scott (UBK) & Nathan Daniel

The UBK Happy Funtime Hour

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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...

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Gregory Scott (UBK) & Nathan Daniel

Episodes

Episode 179 - "@#$!" 14.02.2019 37:30

Fix Your @#$! Room! Duck Your @#$! Delay! Automate the @#$! Vocal! Master That @#$ Song! This week's plugin winner is...Luke Bjornsenn! ...and much, MUCH more!

Episode 178 - "Who's a Good Boy?!" 07.02.2019 35:38

How to Arrange a Song! Hearing Thru Other Ears! Fletchers & Munsons! This week's plugin winner is...Zac Schmidt! ...and much, MUCH more!

Episode 177 - "Boundaries Bro!" 25.01.2019 32:49

Demo It First! Get Your Own Sounds! Bass is a Distraction! This week's plugin winner is...Ian Stewart! ...and much, MUCH more!

Episode 176 - "Intimate Personal Limiter!" 10.01.2019 47:37

Personal Limiting & You! Artist Identity & Branding! Being "In It" & Hating "It"! Sidechaining the Bass! This week's plugin winner is... benbav! ...and much, MUCH more!

Episode 175 - "Speaking of Apologies!" 21.12.2018 41:42

- Using Cracked Plugins! - Bass EQ "Fundamentals"! - Wideners Explained! - LUFS Explained! This week's plugin winner is...Aditya Kamath! ...and much, MUCH more!

Episode 174 10.12.2018 42:26

This week's plugin winner is...Chris Prescott!

Episode 173 - "Not Threats… Promises!" 15.11.2018 37:20

Balancing 'Life' & 'Dreams'! Playing the Social Media Game! Foresight & The Brain! This week's plugin winner is… Kris Booth!

Episode 172 - "It's a Potpourri!" 09.11.2018 40:10

How to Grab the Listener! Our Favorite Reverbs! A Very Adult Discussion! This week's plugin winner is… Ron "manticolorjam"!

Episode 171 - "I Hate My Life!" 30.10.2018 36:49

Stop Waiting! Start Backing Up! Keep Experimenting! Ride the LOLlercoaster! This week's plugin winner is… David Lomelino!

Episode 170 - "UBK Flies Solo… Again!" 16.10.2018 51:30

What Does Oversampling Do? Vertical Melodies Explained! Mono Really *Does* Matter! Mixing Extra Drum Channels! This week's plugin winner is… nobody!

Episode 169 - "Achieving Success!" 09.10.2018 51:34

Monetizing live recordings! Practicing more efficiently! Helping the depressed! Are routines necessary?? This week's plugin winner is… Jack Byrne!

Episode 168 - "Of Pants & Shame!" 28.09.2018 46:34

Get Space in a Song! Listen Loud and Quiet! Where to Use Kush EQ's! Charge More Than the Pro's! This week's plugin winner is... Chipi Chipi! ...and much, MUCH more!

Episode 167 - "I Need a Shower!" 12.09.2018 42:53

- Funtime Signal Chains? - Tracking Without Headphones? - Preserving Dynamics with Compression? - Fattening Up Sparse Tracks? This week's plugin winner is... Finn D. Dueffy! ...and much, MUCH more!

Episode 166 - "Totally BroFi!" 06.09.2018 38:50

- Sample Rate v. Aliasing! - Width in Electronic Pop! - What's a "Pro Mix"? - What's "Real Music"? This week's plugin winner is... P. Tunch! ...and much, MUCH more!

Episode 165 - "Vive la Résistance!" 30.08.2018 38:33

- Hearing What Isn't There! - Resisting What Isn't There! - Tuning Drums to Notes! - Hire a Damn Acoustician! - This week's plugin winner is......... Kevin Cowrange!...and much, MUCH more!

Episode 164 - "This is How You Were Made!" 23.08.2018 36:51

- Studio Drumming = Different? - Real Ambience = Depth? - Analog Summing = Meh? - Parenting = Drawing Lines? - This week's plugin winner is……… Nate Yancy! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 163 - "Spicy Cocaine Sex!" 01.08.2018 46:30

- 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!

Episode 162 - "Speaking of Puberty!" 28.07.2018 42:44

- 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!

Episode 161 - "Kaayyy-YAH!" 25.06.2018 42:31

- Easy Acoustic Treatments! - Kaaaayy-YAH! - All Effects are Parallel! - Destructive Habits! - This week's plugin winner is………Benjamin Dingle! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 160 - "Robbing the Entitled!" 15.06.2018 59:45

- 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!

Episode 159 - "I'm Being Repressed!" 07.06.2018 55:41

- Oppressive Mixing! - Oppressive Sessions! - Oppressive Mindsets! - Oppressive VI's! - This week's plugin winner is………Jordan Gilby! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 158 - "Artisanal Mixing!" 24.05.2018 55:08

- Humans vs. AI! - Does Anything Matter?? - Refreshing Acoustic Guitars! - B-STOCK ROCKS! - This week's plugin winner is………Eitan Brown! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 157 - "There's Always a Cost!" 19.05.2018 57:58

- Monitors v. Headphones! - Clients v. Drummers - Phase v. Imaging! - Friends v. Family! - This week's plugin winner is………John Whitt! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 156 - "Smedium Slatte!!" 03.05.2018 47:29

- 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!

Episode 155 - "Chronic Longorrhea!!" 27.04.2018 49:32

- 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!