Music production · North York, Toronto
Music Production & Custom Beats in Toronto
When the problem is not the recording but the music itself. Custom beats, full arrangements, live keys, guitar and bass, and backing tracks for the stage — built from scratch for your record rather than leased to a hundred other people.
- Custom beats built for your song
- Full arrangement and sound design
- Live keys, guitar and bass in the room
- Session drummer and guitarist available
- Backing tracks for live shows
- Hourly rate, estimate before you commit
The process
How a production comes together
- 1
Say what you are trying to make
A reference track does more than a paragraph. Send two or three songs that sit near what you hear in your head, plus a tempo or a key if you already have one.
- 2
We build the track
Drums, bass, keys, guitar, samples and sound design in FL Studio, Ableton Live or Pro Tools — arranged into a real song with an intro, a hook and somewhere to go, not an eight-bar loop repeated.
- 3
Real instruments where they help
A Roland A-88 MKII weighted 88-key controller for piano and keys, a Fender Stratocaster and a Fender Jazz Bass in the room, and session players for live drums, guitar and bass when a programmed part is not going to cut it.
- 4
Record it, or take it away
Book studio time on top and cut your vocal over the production in the same room, or take the beat and record it wherever you like. Both are normal.
Production is billed at the same hourly rate as everything else here — what changes with the job is the estimate, not the rate. A beat you take away and a full production with live players tracked over it are two very different amounts of work, so tell us which one you are after and you get the hours and the cost up front. Charging by the hour is the fairer way round: if it comes together fast, you pay for the time it actually took rather than a flat fee set for the worst case.
What we make
Beats, productions and backing tracks
Custom beats
Built for you rather than pulled off a lease site — trap, hip-hop, R&B, pop and electronic are the usual ground, but the room has tracked most things.
Full productions
Arrangement, instrumentation and sound design from a voice memo or a bare idea through to a finished instrumental.
Backing tracks
Stripped or extended versions of your song for performing live, so the show does not depend on whoever is on the desk that night.
The instruments
Roland A-88 MKII 88-key weighted controller, Fender Stratocaster, Fender Jazz Bass, and a session drummer and guitarist/bassist on the team for live takes.
The software
FL Studio, Ableton Live and Pro Tools, with UAD, Waves, FabFilter, Soundtoys, Antares Auto-Tune and Celemony Melodyne on top.
How it is priced
By the hour, the same as everything else here. Send your references and you get an estimate of the hours and the cost for what you are actually asking for, before any work starts — a beat and a full production with live players are not the same job, so the estimate moves with the scope even though the rate does not.
Two productions from this room are playing on the services section of the homepage — an EDM/pop track and a hip-hop record. The full instrument and plugin list is on the about page.
Rates
What it costs
Studio rate
$65 / hour
Engineer included. Your first session is 25% off, and paying in full 24 hours ahead takes another 10% off.
Book more hours, pay less per hour
$60 / hr
4+ hours
$55 / hr
15+ hours
$50 / hr
30+ hours
That is up to 23% off the standard rate at 30 hours ($50 an hour). Bulk hours are prepaid and used whenever you like — a single booking cannot run long enough to reach the top tiers on its own.
A 25% deposit holds the room (minimum $30) and the balance is due at the session. Deposits go through Stripe or PayPal; e-transfer is fine too.
Production is billed at that same hourly rate — start a booking, choose Full Beat Production and send your references, and you get an estimate of the hours before any work starts. Cutting your vocal over the finished production afterwards is hourly studio time at the same rate.
Questions
Before you commission anything
How much does a custom beat cost?
It is the hourly studio rate, $50–$65/hr depending on how many hours you book. Send your references first and you get an estimate of the hours and the cost for what you are asking for, so the scope is agreed up front rather than discovered at the end. Recording your vocal over it afterwards is the same hourly rate.
Who owns the beat?
Agree that before any work starts. Ownership and splits are settled in writing as part of the quote — never assume it and never leave it until after the song does well.
Can I hear something you produced?
Yes. There are two full productions from this room — an EDM/pop track and a hip-hop track — playing in the services section of the homepage.
Can you finish a track I started?
Yes. Send what you have and say where it stalled. Sometimes the answer is production, sometimes it is just a mix — you will get told which.
Do you make backing tracks for live shows?
Yes — stripped or extended arrangements of your own material for performing. Say what your live setup is when you enquire so the track is built for it.
Get the track made
Start a booking, pick Full Beat Production, and send the two or three songs that sound like where you are trying to get to.
Open 12 PM to 2 AM every day except Wednesday · 23 Alexis Blvd, North York, Toronto, ON M3H 2P2
Other things we do
Music Recording Studio
Book the room by the hour and track vocals or instruments with an engineer on the desk. Mics, headphones and pop filters are provided and patched before you arrive.
Mixing & Mastering
Send your stems or a rough mix from anywhere — you do not have to record here. Billed by the hour with an estimate up front; turnaround is typically 3-5 business days.
Podcast Studio
A treated room, a mic per voice and every voice on its own track, so one person coughing does not cost you the whole take.
Voice-Over & ADR
Commercial reads, narration, e-learning and ADR to picture. Bring or send the script and the video and we cut to it.