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 81 - "SUPER Bummed Out!" 16.08.2016 37:29

- 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 Francis Miller! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 80 - "Cage Free Nuts!" 09.08.2016 43:26

- Digital Precision VS Analog Tone? - Kush Plugins VS Kush Hardware?? - Better Mixing through Limitations - Minimizing Attack and Maximizing Tone - Should You Share Unfinished Mixes? - This week's plugin winner is…Wayan Raabe! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 79 - "Make People Like You!" 2016's Best Of Professional Advice 02.08.2016 42:24

BULLETIN: UBK had too much cake on his Birthday, so we're bringing you another 'Best Of' episode chock full of our favorite bits of professional advice! - When to Use Money to Fix Problems. - We *still* Don't Care About Surround Sound! - RE-Visiting the RE-Branding of Nathan Daniel. - Are Expensive Mics Worth the Cash? - Why Do Engineers Keep Secrets? - You Booked the Session, Now Manage It! - T...

Episode 78 - "It's Barter Time!" 26.07.2016 36:24

- How to Write a Good Song - Making Drums Sound Roomier - Getting a Chorus to LIFT - Should You Mix Into a Limiter? - Straight Talk about Weed - This week's plugin winner is…Ron from Continental Recording Studios! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 77 - "I'm Better Than Youz!" 19.07.2016 46:58

- Ambience: You're Doing It Wrong - Pre-Fader Sends? Why?? - Workflows That Actually Work - Strugglin' with Strugglin'. - Can You Mix in a Car? - This week's plugin winner is…Taylor Bartholomew! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 76 - "Dither is a Dangerous Drug!" 12.07.2016 48:31

- Parallel Compression Explained! - Room Treatment or Instruments? - What *did* happen to Hiphop? - Getting your vocals to SIT. - Pickin' the right mic. - Recording to tape: it's all in the TUBES. - This week's plugin winner is…Rob 'NT' Weber! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 75 - "Rarely Offensive!" 06.07.2016 46:13

- Compression Is For Movement. - Good News: Absolutely Nothing Matters! - Dry 70's Drums. - How to Damage your Hardware! - Getting Over Loudness Envy. - How to College? - This week's plugin winner is…Dan 'Soundsmith' Smith! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 74 - "6k! 6k! 6k!" 28.06.2016 38:57

- Lyrics and Cliches: STOP! - Ya Can't Touch a Plugin! - Does A/D Hurt Quality? - Mixing Sneaky Little Devil - Rocking Out vs. Protecting Hearing - This week's plugin winner is…Rob "Soundbaker"! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 73 - "I FaVOUR CoLOUR!" 21.06.2016 40:52

- Choosing Sounds that Mix Themselves - How Many Monitors Ya Got? - Big Studios vs. Self Recording - Accurate Bass in a Bad Room? - Using Cassette for Color! - Tubes, Transformers, and… Classical? - This week's plugin winner is…Josh Evans! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 72 - "What You Really Want is Coldplay!" 14.06.2016 42:12

- Beginner Questions! - What exactly *is* a Mix Buss? - Handling Client Revisions - How to make a show! - What's the Deal with Melody? - Our thoughts on Sampling/Remixing. - This week's plugin winner is…Raj Bobo! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 71 - "Cancerous Mole!" 31.05.2016 35:18

In this Episode… - Do Great Artists Really Steal? - How to Make It LOUD - How to Be Invisible - EQ When Tracking? - Compression When Tracking? - "Burning In" Your Monitors? - This week's plugin winner is…Andreas Tengblood! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 70 - "Stop Being White!" 24.05.2016 41:15

- Should You Copy Other Artists? - What Instrument Defines the Groove? - How much EQ is too much EQ? - Four Compressors on One Vocal?? - This week's plugin winner: Ghislain Brindamour ! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 69 - "I'm in THE INDUSTRY!" 17.05.2016 37:55

- Getting a Foot in THE INDUSTRY - Wider Mixes? Easy! - Screw the Credit, Get Your Money! - What's NOT on your Mix Buss?! - Rapid Fire Question Time! - Don't record yourself! Meditate! - Mmmmm…Attack Walls… - This week's plugin winner is…Archie Miller! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 68 - "The Donut Button!" 10.05.2016 39:05

- Using a DAW as a songwriting tool? Do it! (Or…don't!) - Printing a mix for a Mastering Engineer. - Getting some VIBE into your studio, man. - UBK Happy Funtime Rapid Fire Question Time! - Transient designing and YOU! - Staying inspired as you get better at your job. - How much does your gear matter, really? - This week's plugin winner is…Axel Hirczak! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 67 - "I'll Be the Potato Chips!" 03.05.2016 38:17

- Getting Drum Samples to Sound Real - Recreating Other Arrangements! - UBK Rapid-Fire Question Time! - Broaching Touchy Subjects with Clients - Putting on your Producer Pants - This week's plugin winner is…Edward Enlo! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 66 - "Dinner and Drinks!" 26.04.2016 39:35

- Are Engineers Stuck in the Past? - Turning Off Your "Engin-Ears" - Finding Tutorials That Help - GRUMP OF THE WEEK! - This Week's Plugin Winner: Benjamin Richards! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 65 - "As Long as You Pay Me!" 20.04.2016 34:57

- The Dangers of EQ! Beware!!! - Mixing into a Master Limiter? - Templates are for Winners! - Our Favorite Analog Distortion - How to Finally, Actually (Probably) Grow Up - This week's plugin winner is…Michael Williams! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 64 - "Gobble Gobble!" 13.04.2016 44:11

- Staying creative with Option Anxiety. - Making Big Moves to Big Cities. - UBK Happy Funtime Rant of The Week Time! - Got a problem in the bass? It ain't the bass! - Multi-tracking guitar and YOU! - Can new gear solve old problems? - This week's plugin winner is…Jinzōningen Jū Roku-Gō! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 63 - "Take a Hike!" 05.04.2016 38:10

- Mic Preamps: Tools with 1,000 Uses - Making VI's Sound Less FAKE - Getting Authentic Dub Music Effects - Do You Really Need Outboard Gear? - Recording Ensembles with One Mic - This Week's Plugin Winner: Alex 'Run by Dogs'! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 62 - "Wide & Deep!" 31.03.2016 48:07

- Artists Who Continually Rework their Art - Mixing Music Destined for the Background - Binaural Recording for Dummies! - Web Forums: Run Away!!! - Stereo Reverb? Why??? - Electronic Music, Live & Energetic! - This Week's Plugin Winner is…Ken Barnum! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 61 - "Suck My Big Fat Toe!" 22.03.2016 43:05

In this episode... - This Week's Plugin Winner is…Brian Decker! - Another Badass Mix Critique! - Tracking with EQ vs. Moving the Mic? - Our Favorite Cheap Analog Gear! - Choosing a Good Reference Mix - Are Effects part of the Arrangement? …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 60 - "Honey, I'm a Failure!" 15.03.2016 37:41

- Staying Inspired Over Time - Dealing with Insecure Singers - Tuning Your Ear for Compression - Supporting Your Partner - Rapid-Fire Question Time - This week's plugin winner is…Ete Kurttekin! …and much, MUCH more!

Episode 59 - "It's Hopeless!" 09.03.2016 1:06:49

Nathan's still sick, so UBK takes the podcast out for another solo run with… - Tracking with UBK! - Gear talk with UBK! - Mix Critique with UBK! - Process and Perspective...with UBK! - This week's plugin winner…Paul Smith from Lewisberg, PA! …and much, much more!

Episode 58 - "UBK Flies Solo!" 01.03.2016 59:31

Nathan is sick, so UBK tackles a TON of questions for your listening pleasure! Densely packed with gems… - Mixing Questions! Mud! Reverb! - Analog! PreAmps, Distortion, and Summing! - Production! Audio Perspective for Video, What!? - Randomness! Too Many Corey's? Too Much Muzak? Too Many Cows to Find a Job?! - Business! Clients! Changing Arrangements! This Week's Plugin Winner is…Imtiaz Ahmed...

Episode 57 - "Never Talk to the Cops!" 23.02.2016 34:03

- Getting More *Contrast* in the Mix! - Compressing Spatial Effects: Why?? - Billing for Grunt Work is... Grunt Work - Drawing the Line Between Mixing and Tracking - When a Dead Room Beats a Treated Room - This week's plugin winner is…Rick James! …and much, much more!