Welcome 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!

- 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!

- Making VSTi Drums Sound Good
- It's not the Reverb, It's You
- Preamps: Do They Really Matter?
- Tips for Mixing Meaty Guitars
- Plugin Winner: Leonardo Telles!

…And Much, Much more!

- Hip Hop is our friend.
- Learning to Commit to sounds In The Box. 
- Being Unhappily Satisfied With Your Mix Translation.
- How to Give Advice to a Professional Equal. 
- The Three-to-One Rule and You!

- This week’s plugin winner is Kristofer Göransson!

…And much, much more!

- When Did We Discover Our Passion?
- The TRUE Truth about PHASE
- What the Heck is “Compressing for Tone”?
- Panning & Treating Backing Vocals
- How to Survive a Business Partnership
- Brand New Segments!

- This week’s plugin winner is…Jack Russ! Come on down and claim your prize!

…and much, much more!

In this episode...

- How Joe Builds a Mix
- Why Joe Holds Workshops for You
- Why Joe Uses 16 Analog Delays
- Why Joe Stops at 44 Tracks
- Why Joe Prefers Pedals to Plugins

...and much, MUCH more!

- The Correct Way to Produce Singers
- WTF is Multi-Mono Processing?
- New Segment: Funtime TRAINWRECK Time!
- The old 'Start With Automation' debate
- Sweat the Acoustics... but Not Too Much!

…and much much more!

- Having Multiple Sclerosis & Pursuing Dreams
- Do Cheap Cables Sound as Good?
- Do 500 Modules Sound as Good?
- Do Clones & Knockoffs Sound as Good?
- Can You Phase Align Everything in a Mix?

and much, much more!

- Shocking Audio Engineering School Exposé!
- When Do You Consider Your Work ‘Good’?
- De-Essing vs. De-Ethhing
- Blending Acoustic and Electronic Sounds
- Emphasis/De-Emphasis: When & Why

…And much, much more!

- What Exactly IS Mixing?
- Listener Mix Critique!
- When to Stop Tinkering?
- Down with Homogeneous Stereo!
- E-Lancing Sites: Blessing or Curse?

…and Much, much more!

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!!!

- Yet Another Kush & Sly-Fi Plugin Winner! 
- Are Apple Earbuds the New NS10’s?
- Knowing when Money can Solve Problems   
- When Internet + Networking = Fail
- You Booked the Session, Now Manage It
- Tube Traps: there can Never be Enough!

…And much, much more!

- 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!

- Compression: New York vs. Vermont

- Mixing the Instruments You Play
- MONITOR MORE QUIETLY
- Recording and Mixing in the Same Space
- Phase Correction: Does it Help?
- Choosing a Song's Style

and much, much more!

- 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!

- High End Gear: What's all the Fuss?
- Thoughts Not on Streaming Music
- Live Electronic Music = Live Music
- Transparent vs. Colored vs. Moist vs. Fluffy
- Professional "Enhancements"

…And much, much more!

- What to do when your phone rings during a session.
- Want a free plugin? Ask a question!
- Automation: Controller? Mouse? Magic?
- Mix critique with Jesus Romero’s “Deslices”
- Creating space in an ultra-dense mix.
- Mastering: How? What? Huh? When?
- Perspectives on overproduced music.
- Monitoring techniques in a crappy room.

…and much, much more!

- 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!

- The finer points of mixing duets

- Learning to use your ears before your plugins

- Recording vs ReAmping: Fight!

- Using phase to diagnose insanity

- Getting energy into your mix

- Creating space with subtractive EQ

- The magic of the Time Domain

...and much, much more!

- 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!

- Female Human Audio Engineers
- Mix It Like It's Someone Else's
- Why iLok?  Why???
- Studio Spaces in High, High Places
- Judging if Your Work is Any Good
- The Age Old Desert Island Mic Dilemma

…and much, much more!

- DIY Marketing of DIY Music

- Dealing with Bugs & Crashes

- The Car Test: Truth, or Lies?

- Spirituality and Physics

- What Exactly Is "The Source"?

- Live Tracking a Band in the Studio

- Dealing with Odd Vocal Timbres

…and Much, Much more

- What Exactly is Mixing Anyway?

- Getting Past Your Own Crap

- Part 2 of Natural Reverb & Mic Placement

- Analog Processing Gotcha's

- How Many Tracks is 'Too Many'?

- Checking Your Ego at the Door

…and much, much more!

- A Step-by-Step Definition of Mixing?

- Mixing Sub Bass in Sub-Optimal Rooms

- Helping Clients Become Better Arrangers

- When Your Gear Equals a Famous Studio B

- Gear: Power it Down, or Leave it On?

- Stacking Delays

- What Kind of Desk for your Computer?

...and much, much more!

- 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! 

- 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!

- 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!

- 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! 

- 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!