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The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 218The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing bringing you a solo Nathan episode! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2020-12-0326 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 217The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2020-07-0946 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 216The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2020-06-2649 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 215The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2020-05-2852 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 214The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2020-05-2155 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 213The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2020-05-1546 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 212The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2020-05-0846 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 211The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2020-05-0144 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 210The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2020-04-2442 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 209The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2020-04-1851 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 208The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2020-04-0752 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 207The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2020-02-2735 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 206The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2020-02-2239 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 205The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2020-02-1354 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 203 - The Boob Tube!- How to Start a Mix! - EQ that Reverb! - BIG Metal Guitars! - This week’s plugin winner is…Chris Krasnow ! …and much, MUCH more! 2020-02-0751 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 202The funniest podcast on music production and mixing presents Episode 202 - “Tuned to G Whiz!” - Low-Mids = Vibe! - More Automation Gems! - How to Live Your Life! - How to Run Your Business! - This week’s plugin winner is…Josh Richard! …and much, MUCH more!2020-01-3047 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 201The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2020-01-1053 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 200The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-12-1346 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 199The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-12-0649 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 198The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-11-2147 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 197The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-11-1449 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 196The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-11-0159 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 195The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-10-2640 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 194The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-10-1045 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 193The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-10-0443 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 192The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-09-2746 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 191The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-08-3042 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 190The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-08-2336 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 189The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-08-1744 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 188The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-07-2638 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 187The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-06-2751 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourConversations with Joe Chiccarelli - Part 2The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-06-2054 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 185A very special episode of banter from the world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-06-0643 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 184The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-05-2343 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 183The world’s funniest podcast on music production, engineering, & mixing! Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-05-0940 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 182 - Let Us Know When You Fail!Someone wins a plugin every episode, listen to find out who!2019-04-2247 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 181 - “Generic Episode!”- Generic Discussions! - Generic Answers! - Generic Humors! - This week’s plugin winner is…a Generic Listener! …and much, MUCH more!2019-04-1231 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 180 - “ Unmixable!”- Mixing the Unmixable! - Overcooking the Mix! - A/D: Embrace or Replace? - Reading Spectrum Analyzers! - This week’s plugin winner is…Will Smith! …and much, MUCH more!2019-04-0444 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 179 - “@#$!” Fix Your @#$! Room! Duck Your @#$! Delay! Automate the @#$! Vocal! Master That @#$ Song! This week’s plugin winner is...Luke Bjornsenn! ...and much, MUCH more! 2019-02-1437 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 178 - “Who’s a Good Boy?!” How to Arrange a Song! Hearing Thru Other Ears! Fletchers & Munsons! This week’s plugin winner is...Zac Schmidt! ...and much, MUCH more!2019-02-0735 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 177 - “Boundaries Bro!” Demo It First! Get Your Own Sounds! Bass is a Distraction! This week’s plugin winner is...Ian Stewart! ...and much, MUCH more!2019-01-2532 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 176 - “Intimate Personal Limiter!” 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!2019-01-1047 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 175 - “Speaking of Apologies!”- Using Cracked Plugins! - Bass EQ “Fundamentals”! - Wideners Explained! - LUFS Explained! This week’s plugin winner is...Aditya Kamath! ...and much, MUCH more!2018-12-2141 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 174This week's plugin winner is...Chris Prescott!2018-12-1042 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 173 - “Not Threats… Promises!” Balancing ‘Life’ & ‘Dreams’! Playing the Social Media Game! Foresight & The Brain! This week’s plugin winner is… Kris Booth!2018-11-1537 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 172 - “It’s a Potpourri!” How to Grab the Listener! Our Favorite Reverbs! A Very Adult Discussion! This week’s plugin winner is… Ron “manticolorjam”!2018-11-0940 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 171 - “I Hate My Life!” Stop Waiting! Start Backing Up! Keep Experimenting! Ride the LOLlercoaster! This week’s plugin winner is… David Lomelino!2018-10-3036 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 170 - “UBK Flies Solo… Again!”What Does Oversampling Do? Vertical Melodies Explained! Mono Really *Does* Matter! Mixing Extra Drum Channels! This week’s plugin winner is… nobody! 2018-10-1651 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 169 - “Achieving Success!”Monetizing live recordings! Practicing more efficiently! Helping the depressed! Are routines necessary?? This week’s plugin winner is… Jack Byrne!2018-10-0951 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 168 - “Of Pants & Shame!” 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!2018-09-2846 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 167 - “I Need a Shower!”- 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! 2018-09-1342 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 166 - “Totally BroFi!” - 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! 2018-09-0738 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 165 - “Vive la Résistance!” - 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! 2018-08-3138 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 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!2018-08-2336 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 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!2018-08-0146 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 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!2018-07-2842 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 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!2018-06-1559 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 153 - “The Face of Regret!”- Stop Regretting! - Start UBK-erizing! - Keep Cheating! - Quit Facebooking! - This week’s plugin winner is…..! …and much, MUCH more!2018-04-141h 00
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 152 - “Just a Blazer!’”- When Is a Mix Done? - Making Sounds ‘Tougher’! - Analyzing vs. Enjoying! - Compression While Tracking! - Mix Bus Essentials! - This week’s plugin winner is….. Gregory McMurtrie! …and much, MUCH more! 2018-04-061h 02
The UBK Happy Funtime HourGreg Wells is our next guest! Submit your questions now!Mix engineer extraordinaire Greg Wells is coming this month to the UBK Happy Funtime Hour podcast! (Sylvia Massy is coming too, in January!) Send us your questions for this grammy-winning, multi-instrumentalist engineer/composer, and you know us... nothing is too off-the-wall or inappropriate to be considered! Ask away!2017-12-0200 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 133 - “Facebook EQ!”- Adding Spice to Flavorless Drums! - Slathering Vocals in Buttery Air! - Cooking Plugins for Chef UBK! - If We Weren’t Mixers, We’d Be…??? - This Week’s Plugin Winner Is………Michael B! ...And More!2017-11-0945 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourSylvia Massy is our next guest! Submit your questions now!Sylvia Massy is coming to the UBK Happy Funtime Hour! Hurry and submit your questions for this Grammy winning engineer with scores of Platinum and Gold records and a distinctly creative approach to all things recording! http://www.ubkhappyfuntimehour.com/2017-10-2700 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 130 - “Global Reacharound!”- Compressors: FET vs. VCA vs. Diode! - Taking a Mix to the Next Level! - Punchy, Tight Guitar Stacks! - UBK Does Hillbilly Heroin! - Drum Buss Compression! - This Week’s Plugin Winner Is………Thorsten Meyer! ...And More!2017-10-1949 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 128 - “I Love Enchiladas!”- UBK Got Mastered! - Getting Soft, Overdriven Drums! - EQ Ear Training? - How Many Sets of Monitors? - When Clients Never Finish! - This Week’s Plugin Winner Is……Geoff Southall! ...And More!2017-09-2646 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 120 - “Coffee Trumps Cocaine!”- How Nathan & Gregory Met! - DIY Acoustic Treatments! - Finding Hidden Distortions! - Multiple A/D Conversions?? - Car Test vs. Studio Monitors?? - This Week’s Plugin Winner Is…… Dustin Duwa! ...And More!2017-07-0151 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 107 - “I Like the Hash!”- UBK Goes Deeper ITB! - Advice from the Future! - Improv in the Studio! - Workflow Beats Sound! - This Week’s Plugin Winner Is..... Bobby Balow! ...And More!2017-02-2433 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 100 - “What's Wrong with 300Hz??”- What Exactly Is a “Pro Mix”? - Hi Pass WHATs? - Yet Another Phase Lecture! - Rapid Fire Question Time! - This Week’s Plugin Winner Is..... Daniel Kassulke! ...And More!2016-12-3042 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 96 - “It's TOO Lopsided!” The funniest podcast on music production and mixing presents Episode 96 - “It's TOO Lopsided!” - Tune It, or Leave it Pitchy? - Producing: Hands Off vs Heavy Handed! - Making Lop-Sided Arrangements Work! - Good Internet Feedback? Good Luck! - This week’s plugin winner is..... Daniel Barreto! ...and more! 2016-12-0237 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 94 - "Whatever Hertz!"- hi-passing too much? Back it off! - How did UBK and Nathan get so smart? - Monitoring at low volumes. . . How low should you go? - What makes a record memorable? - This week’s plugin winner is..... Tim Scanlon! ...and more!2016-11-1732 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 93 - "Scientistic Fact!"- Watching Out for Signs of Burnout - Taming Dynamic Music vs. Crushing It - Rewriting a Song? Recapture the Passion! - Arranging Tunes the UBK Way! - This week’s plugin winner is..... Dave Tate!2016-11-1041 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 91 - “Spread Your Duties!”- How to Get Into The Music Production Mindset! - Uplifters and Downlifters..what they are why use them! - Nathan shares one of his tracks! - How to really win over mixing clients! - This week’s plugin winner is…..OMAR ! …and much, MUCH more!2016-10-2441 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 89 - “Angry Monkey! 2016’s Best of Mental Health and Perspective!”- An ECKspecially good bit of mix perspective! - Delegate your way to a better you! - UBK’s Favorite Meditation Practice. - Go Outside and Recharge Your Brain! - Watch your Compulsions! - Tune in next week for another plugin winner! …and much, MUCH more!2016-10-1224 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 87 - "Electronic Bedroom Musics!"- Finish Your Ideas! - Break Projects into Chunks! - Room Correction Software: INCORRECT! - The Wrong Way to Network - This week’s plugin winner is…Scott H Stephenson! …and much, MUCH more!2016-09-2839 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 79 - "Make People Like You!" 2016's Best Of Professional AdviceBULLETIN: 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! - Tune in next week for the next Plugin Winner! 2016-08-0242 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 68 - "The Donut Button!"- 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!2016-05-1039 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 67 - "I'll Be the Potato Chips!"- 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!2016-05-0338 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 64 - "Gobble Gobble!"- 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!2016-04-1344 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 59 - "It's Hopeless!"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!2016-03-101h 06
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 58 - "UBK Flies Solo!"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! …and, much—well actually, that’s a lot. What more do you want!? 2016-03-0259 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 56 - "Call Your Mother!"- UBK's Vocal Panning Workflow - Are Any Women Listening to Us? - Boosting and Sweeping EQ: Quit It! - Fostering the Sessions Creative Flow - Recording with EQ and Compression...Why?? -This Week's Plugin Winner is...Dave Roth! ...and Much, MUCH more!2016-02-1632 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 54 - "I Don't Think I'm Cool!"- Can Plugins Make You Insane? - Is Analog Gear Really ALL THAT? - UBK Apologizes! - What Would YOU Do with a Billion Dollars? - This week’s Plugin winner is…Jampa Dawa! …and Much, Much More!2016-02-0144 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 50 - "Elastic Puzzles!" 2015's Best of Mixing AdviceWelcome to the first collection of juicy ‘best of’ mixing advice from the first 49 episodes of the UBK Happy Funtime Hour! - Andrew Maury talks Spectral Analyzers! - The Myth about Magic Frequencies. - Session-wide phase alignment: Worth the effort? - How to balance Glue and Separation in your Mix. - How to approach your mix critique from different angles. - Joe Barresi talks Getting it Right at the Source! …and much, MUCH more!2015-12-2147 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 49 - "-6dB for F*ck's Sake!"- UBK Grump of the Week! - Why 6dB of Headroom for Mastering? - CoAxial Monitors: Yay or Nay? - Stacking Vintage-Style harmonies - Should You Reference Other Mixes? - This week's plugin winner is...Fred PuaaTuaa! ...and much, much more!2015-12-1439 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 40 - "Andrew Maury Spills It!"UBK grills a gifted pro and learns: - How he Gets a Smooth Midrange. - How he Gets a Loud, Punchy Sound - Which Verbs he uses on Which Sounds - What Studio tech he Wants Re-Invented and then Andrew grills UBK & Nathan! Must hear!!!2015-10-0645 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 38 - "Paul McCartney's Thumb!"- UBK Happy Funtime Withdrawal? We’ve got excuses/answers! - Worrying about conversion: is the juice worth the squeeze? - Agreements! Contracts! Advice! - Mixing High-gain distorted guitars: Help! - A long list of reasons why this podcast is amazing. - Recording electric bass in a home studio. ...and much, much more!2015-09-2234 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 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!2015-09-0339 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 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!2015-07-0243 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 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! 2015-05-2738 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 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! 2015-03-111h 06
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 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!!!2014-12-1638 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 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 French2014-09-0952 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 15 - "Evolution, Baby!"The Season 1 Finale of UBK Happy Funtime Hour is up! Over one hour long, for your listening pleasure! - "Question of the Week" Kush T-Shirt winner - Mix Analysis: Arctic Monkeys! - Using Compressors to Alter Note Lengths & Timing - How Bright is Bright Enough? - Knowing what the Next Step is - What's included in your Mix Rate? - How to Choose your Clients - OTB Workflow Problems: Solved And more... enjoy our longest...2014-06-1057 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 13 - "Good Luck With That!"- Question of the Week Giveaway Prize Awarded! - Plugin Marketing Claims vs. Plugin Truth - Grump of the Week! - Big Snares in Dense Mixes - What Doesn't Go in the Drum Comp - Beware of Too Much Isolation - UBK Saturates Everything! - Self-Doubt... WTF?- Subwoofer Faux Pas2014-05-2638 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 12 - "I Don't Bathe Much"- Why does Saturation add 'Depth' - How to say "Your Music Sucks"? - EQ tips for novices - another UBK Brain Training Exercise® - New Segment: "Grump of the Week" (!!!) - How Tempo dictates Arrangement choices And much more, another action-packed adventure for mixing & production nerds everywhere! Enjoy!!!2014-05-1931 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 11 - "Crime Pays..."- UBK's patented "Complimentary EQ" technique - 70's delay techniques & studio monitors - Exactly how 'quiet' is 'quiet monitoring'? - Better Mic Placement on Vocalists - Whining Old Guys - Managing Multiple Deadlines - Happy Funtime's Analog Vocal Chain - Singing with Feeling Enjoy!2014-05-0730 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 10 - "You don't like Bing Crosby???"- UBK doesn't really like 6k - what every client *really* wants & how to earn their trust - get new gear vs. get better with what you have - should you cut breaks on your rate to get a gig? - more on getting a tight bass - do good arrangements still need automation? - brain chemicals & musical evolution - is new gear a good business investment? - when to stop trusting your ears on a mix This one...2014-04-3034 min
The UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 9 - "Humans Ruin EVERYTHING!" - Balancing Glue with Separation - EQ before vs. after Compression (UBK-1 vs. UBK Fatso) - Pusher Video Update - Troubleshooting Digital and Analog Gainstaging - Addressing Frequency Balance via Arrangement - Bouncing Tracks Together = Commitment - Lo-Fi sounds in Hi-Fi productions - Pro's and Con's of Mixing While High - People: Good Crazy vs. Bad Crazy - and more! 2014-04-2831 minThe UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 7 - "I Love People…Now Go Away!" - Getting a Juggernaut Low End - Finding the Ideal Tempo - Monitor Placement & Low Freq Tuning - Arrangement: What It Is vs. What It Contains - Being Ruthless with the Mute Button - Gainstaging and When to Keep Levels Low - Getting Free Stuff by Signing Up for the UBK HFH list - and more! 2014-04-2804 minThe UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 3 - "We'll Edit That Out" - 192k meets the Studer - Home Mastering Advice - Nathan's version of Brauer's "5 comps on vox" - Do We Really Need Another New Mic? - Magic Frequencies redux - Nine Days in Patchbay Hell - and more!2014-04-2830 minThe UBK Happy Funtime HourEpisode 2 - "Find Your Inner Mongolia" - NAMM (it's about the people) - UBK's process for writing & self-recording songs - Antelope's Orion 64 i/o Interface, Focusrite Red Compressor, Izotope's Denoiser - The Magic of 1k - Meditation - We're All Thieves - and more! 2014-04-2834 min