Evan Stewart Toronto — Est. in the room
SIXBUS v0.1 Sound Kits Send a record
001 A song review from inside the room

I'll tell you if it's a song. And where it needs space.

Send me your record. In five days you get a straight read — the song, the sound, and the one move that gives it the most life.

From $36.96 CAD  ·  questions → upload → pay last  ·  5 business days

002The thesis
It's not the notes you play. It's the space you leave — and whether you meant it.

Everyone online critiques the notes — the EQ, the compressor, the plugin chain. I read the space between them: the pauses, the breaks, the room a beat leaves for a voice to live in.

That's where the soul of a record is held. Most people won't tell you the truth about it. I will.

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003The receipts
1,209Sessions in the OVO / 40 room

Noah "40" Shebib's personal assistant and assistant engineer. Three years learning how records get built, edited, cleaned, stripped down, protected, and delivered.

Recording & mixing — selected
Know YourselfDrake
EnergyDrake
10 BandsDrake
6 God · Company · PreachIYRTITL
PARTYNEXTDOOR TWOPND
TrophiesYoung Money
Actin CrazyA. Bronson
004The Space Read
The song read. The sound read. And the one move.

A clean mix can't save a bad song. I tell you which problem you actually have — and most of the time it's the song, and nobody's been straight with you about it.

The Song

01Is it a song?verdict
02Structure & canvasroom to exist
03The penbars · hook
04Flow & deliverycadence · air
05Vibe & identityis it you

The Sound

06Vocal pocketon top / buried
07Low-end architecturebuilt / mud
08Spatial imagingroom / stack
09Slapdoes it hit
The One Move The single highest-leverage change. If you do nothing else, do this.
005The work
No fluff. No filler. No "keep going."

Entry from $36.96 CAD · Full $69.96 · Song Review $99.66 · optional rush +$36.96. Nothing gets posted without permission. Ever.

About the song → upload the file → pay last.
006The show — forthcoming
6ears
Three people. Six ears. Reviewed blind. Then we compare.

Me, a fellow artist, and a rotating guest each review the same track alone. Then we sit down and see where we agree, where we split, and what the record teaches us.

Agreement is proof. Disagreement is the whole conversation.

007If the money's not there yet
A few free slots, every month, for people putting in the work.

Grinding and broke? Tell me what you're building. Somebody opened a door for me once when I couldn't pay my way in. I haven't forgotten it.

008Studio software — SIXBUS v0.1.0 (macOS)
Per-app audio capture, lock-free routing, and a real AU insert chain.

SIXBUS (co.6ears.SIXBUS) is our native macOS audio router, per-application process-tap recorder, mixer, and Audio Unit (AUv3/AUv2) host built around one signal-flow model: sources → routing → processing → destinations.

Capture the system mix, isolate a single running app via Core Audio Process Taps, or patch in hardware inputs. Record 48 kHz / 24-bit WAV, CAF, and AAC with live peak/RMS metering, host your installed Audio Units in low-latency bypassable insert chains, and monitor across multi-output aggregate devices.

Release v0.1.0 — macOS 15+ (Apple Silicon arm64)
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SIXBUS v0.1.0 Archive (.zip) Download ZIP (1.5 MB) →
Direct 6ears.co Mirror (.dmg) Mirror DMG →
GitHub Release & Checksums v0.1.0 Release Notes →

SHA-256 (DMG): fd514dc9414ed59270541964ab0be6a65f21907a256397febd8c730340a45558

009Control Room 2 — 5-Master Sound Kits
Five master finishes per record. Listen and choose in your own DAW.

Every 6EARS Sound Kit delivers five 48 kHz / 24-bit stereo WAV master finishes from S.O.T.A. Control Room 2: 01 Original, 02 Loudnorm, 03 Air, 04 Air Light, and 05 Full Dynamics.

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Mastered 5-Finish Kit Series (48 kHz / 24-bit WAV)
Mystic · 103 BPM · D#min (2A) LIVE ON BEATSTARS →
Harmony · 88 BPM · C#min (12A) 5 Masters · 246 MB ZIP
Gutsy · 125 BPM · Dmin (7A) 5 Masters · 241 MB ZIP
Wintry · 96 BPM · Ebmin (2A) 5 Masters · 201 MB ZIP