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Free tools that measure your mix and tell you what to fix first. Honest plugin reviews, production breakdowns, and beats.

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SIGNAL CHECK

Drop a track and see what to fix first. Free, in your browser, and nothing gets uploaded.

Try it hereDemo loop. Not your track.
Verdict PRESS PLAY
Press play, then drag the gain up until it clips.
Gain+0.0 dB
-120+12
Peak
-inf dBFS
Level
-inf dB RMS
Clipped
0 /s
Simplified demo rules. The real tool grades 7 checks on your own file. Check your own track →
  • REAL NUMBERSLoudness, dynamics, stereo, frequency, and true peak, measured in seconds.
  • FIX THIS FIRSTOne plain sentence names the worst problem, or tells you nothing’s blocking.
  • SHOW THE RECEIPTSEvery number sits next to the target it’s graded against. On a phone, re-check after a fix and see what moved.
SC-01 See Everything It Checks Every measurement it runs, explained in plain words. →

THE TOOLBOX

Each preview is a quick animated sketch of the tool. Click through for the real thing.

T-01 EQ Trainer A parametric EQ you can play with, and it tells you when you've gone too far. → T-02 Compression Trainer Drag the transfer curve, watch the meter pump. → T-03 Music Money Splits Who gets paid what, and where the gaps are. → T-04 Genre Map The family tree of modern genres. Click any one to trace where it came from, or spin the GLOBE to see where each one started. → T-05 Mix Map Draw your signal chain: tracks, buses and plugins. See any chain as a rack, then export a poster or carousel. →
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FROM THE BLOG

What the numbers mean and what to do about them. Written from real sessions.

P-01 Why Your Master Is Quieter A quiet master is usually a sparse one. Where loudness comes from and how to check yours. → P-02 Why Your Mix Sounds Muddy (And How to Fix It) Mud is almost always a buildup between 200 Hz and 500 Hz. How to find it, cut it, and check the fix landed. → P-03 Free Mix Analyzer Built With Claude The Signal Check story: what I decided, what Claude wrote, and every version since May 2026. →
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I make music, and I make content about making music. By day I'm a Senior Content Strategist. The rest of the time it's beats, plugin reviews and production breakdowns.

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