Mastering vs. Stem Mastering – What’s The Difference?

Toronto producer and engineer 5PiECE breaks down the difference between mastering a 2-track and stem mastering. While both rely on similar processes, they are executed differently. Find out in this week’s tutorial. Where To Find Funding For Your Music (FREE EBOOK) SONG USED IN TUTORIALMaking The Band (Diddy) by EverythingOShauN

In Your Biz Podcast Feat. 5PiECE

Also listen to the podcast here 5PiECE was recently a guest on the In Your Biz podcast with Jonathan Harvey. The bearded dynamic duo talked about a lot of things relating to music, business, reading, and life. Some conversational highlights include: the amount of money in the education industry the importance of creating systems for … Read more

3 Of My Favourite Free Mixing Plugins

Toronto music producer and engineer explores 3 of his favourite FREE mixing plugins and shows you how to incorporate them into your mixes. Plugins Mentioned In This Video Softube Saturation Knob YouLean Loudness Meter 2 TDR Nova Download The Free eBook “Where To Find Funding For Your Music”

How To Compress Rap Vocals

Toronto music producer and engineer 5PiECE shows you how to use a compressor on rap vocals. In this tutorial, 5 walks you through what a compressor does, how each setting affects the sound, and how he approaches setting it up on a rap vocal. This is a continuation from a previous tutorial: How To EQ … Read more

How To EQ Rap Vocals

Toronto music producer and engineer 5PiECE shows you how to effectively EQ rap vocals. These ideas are relevant to EQing vocals in general, although the context here is a Toronto rap song. SONG USED IN THIS TUTORIAL 5PiECE Feat. Gudini, Rich Kidd & Romeyo Wilson – Don’t Feel The Same