24K Studios, recording, mixing, mastering, voiceover and ADR in downtown Toronto
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24K Studios, Toronto
One room on Queen East. Two kinds of work.
24K Studios is a recording studio at 550 Queen Street East, at River Street, on the 501 streetcar. One control room, one vocal booth, and an in-house engineer on every session. Open 9 AM to 2 AM, seven days a week, including holidays.
Music
Recording, mixing and mastering for artists across every genre. Studio time is C$80 an hour, booked on a live calendar from a single hour up to a ten-hour day, with the engineer comping takes as you go so you leave with a decision made rather than forty files. Tuesdays are C$55 an hour instead of C$80: the same room and the same engineer.
Mixing from C$150 a song and mastering from C$100 a track, whether you tracked here or somewhere else. Three-day turnaround. You get the master and the corrected mix.
The music sideVoice & corporate
Commercial reads, ADR with picture playback in the booth, video game dialogue to a line sheet, narration, e-learning, audiobooks, podcasts and audio forensics. Directed in the room or remotely over Source-Connect, Zoom, Listento or Google Meet. Studio time is C$150 an hour; projects are scoped and quoted within one business day.
Delivered to spec: WAV at 48 kHz / 24-bit or whatever your pipeline needs, MP3s, split files, slates, loudness to broadcast standard. Stereo and mono.
The voice and corporate sideThe room
A booth that was built, not treated.
The isolation is in the wall itself, with acoustic foam over the reflective surfaces on top, so a take does not carry the room into the mix: no boxiness to EQ out, no traffic from Queen East. Sightlines run straight from the booth to the desk, so the engineer is looking at you and not at a screen.
The chain is a Neumann U87 or a Warm Audio WA-87 into a Neve 1073SPX or a Universal Audio SOLO/610, into a Universal Audio Apollo x16, monitored on ATC SCM12 Pro, with Yamaha HS8 and Auratone 5C for the second and third opinion. The full list is public.
How booking works
- Pick a date and a length on the live calendar. It only offers times the room is actually free.
- Pay half to hold it. The balance is settled at the studio after your session, by card, debit or cash.
- Move or cancel with 24 hours or more notice and the deposit comes back in full. Rescheduling is free.
- Sessions must finish by closing, which is 2 AM, so a late start is fine and a long one is too.
Client work
Our engineers have worked on
FreshCo
Multi-year national and regional radio campaigns: directed sessions, music integration, mixing and market-specific versions.
Audible
Canadian radio and online campaigns across several seasons, from the recording session through to final broadcast mixes.
TD
Broadcast voiceover for sports and banking campaigns, directed remotely and delivered to network spec.
Toyota
English and French voiceover for training modules and technical product content, timed to match across both language versions.
Voice recording for Google Maps and Google Earth product campaigns.
Sobeys
Directed radio and streaming audio, recorded with the agency in the room or on the line, with sound design and Foley cut in house.
Penguin Random House
Audiobook sessions, author interviews and pickup recording for their audio division.
Canadian Tire
English and French voiceover for retail and internal video, turned around to tight deadlines.
Rogers
Regional radio and Stanley Cup campaign voiceover, recorded and mixed for market delivery.
Foodland
Full day radio sessions across seasonal campaigns: scripts, sound effects and music beds cut in house, delivered as mixes and processed stems.
Tim Hortons
Campaign voiceover, including their Special Olympics spot.
Notes from the studio
- Mixing and Mastering Prices at 24K Studios, Explained What mixing and mastering cost at 24K Studios in Toronto and why: per-song mixing priced by stem count, mastering by track count, the packages, the three-day turnaround, and the rule that ordering more never costs less.
- The Cheapest Way to Record in Toronto, Honestly How to spend the least on a recording session in Toronto without paying for it later: the Tuesday rate, booking only the hours you need, arriving prepared, and where cheap studios cost you at the mix.
- How Much Does It Cost to Record a Song in Toronto? What a recording session in Toronto actually costs at 24K Studios: the hourly rate, how long a song takes, the Tuesday rate, the deposit, and what mixing and mastering add. Real numbers, no quote form.
24K Studios · 550 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M5A 1V2 · (647) 389-6649 · info@24kstudios.ca · Terms