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The Reverse Engineer review

The Reverse Engineer publishes 610 course modules on Skool. It is free to join.

A review on the numbers, not an opinion: nobody here has joined The Reverse Engineer, and nothing below is a verdict.

The Reverse Engineer is the members' Skool group for Mastering.com's training and mentorship program of the same name, which covers mastering, mixing and production.[1][2] The group was created in May 2022, and its owner account belongs to Mastering.com's operations manager.[1]

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Members
1,965
Published price
Free to join
no paid tier published here
Members, last 28 days
+2
3 Oct 2026 to 31 Oct 2026
Rank by members
#921
of 6,077 sellers listed here
Size rank in niche
#23
of 171 sellers listed in music and audio, by published members
Check the Course score
95
A, very strong
Niche
Music and audio
175 listed here
Created
16 May 2022
Skool publishes this date
Readings
15
since 24 Aug 2026

About The Reverse Engineer

The program teaches audio production backwards, starting with mastering.[2] It includes lifetime access to a mentorship calendar with more than 50 hours of live coaching and tuition each week, along with the Skool community.[2] Those who pass receive an official Mastering.com Gold Record Plaque.[2]

Mastering.com is owned by Rob, a lifelong musician, mixing and mastering engineer and online educator since 2015.[2]

As of September 2026, the program cost $6,800, with financing from $244 a month.[2] Because it is a mentorship program in which the team works directly with every student, it offers no refunds.[2]

Sources

  1. Skool listing: skool.com/reverse-engineer-9251, as collected 23 Sept 2026
  2. Official website: mastering.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026

Compiled by Check the Course from the sources listed, to the best of our ability.

What the listing describes
NicheMusic and audioFormatMentorship or coaching

Read from the listing’s own words: what is offered, never how well.

What is inside

Course modules
610
Courses
16
Posts, all time
22,778
People running it
14

Counts published by The Reverse Engineer on its own page, read on 31 Oct 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by dustin-speckman-3342.

How we knowSourced & dated
Observed on 31 Oct 2026 from Skool source page archived copy d9141017fdb0.
Observable monthly ceiling
$0
monthly price
1,965
published members
$0
theoretical ceiling per month

This community is published as free, so the figure is zero. Its members are an audience, not customers. Nothing here estimates what that audience might be worth, and no price is applied to it anywhere on this site.

Against the music and audio niche

Percentile among the other 174 music and audio listings here, each seller counted once for size.

Size87th
smallestlargest
Check the Course Score
95AVery strong

Ahead of 95% of the 13,577 Skool communities we track, including ones without a page here, on the measures below, each read from a figure The Reverse Engineer published itself.

  • Size 53% of the scoreahead of 90%
  • Growth 27% of the scoreahead of 41%
  • Track record 20% of the scoreahead of 99%

An algorithmic position among tracked listings: not an endorsement, a guarantee or advice. How the score works.

  • Top 25% by size in music and audio. Measured by Check the Course.Top 25% by size in music and audio. Measured by Check the Course.
  • Listed every week since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.Listed every week since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.

    Present in every one of the 10 weeks recorded since August 2026, with no week missing.

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Evidence and signals

Listed on 1,965 members.

Evidence: measured.

First recorded
24 August 2026our first reading, not its launch

Tracked over time

Member change
+4+0.2%over 4 days+2+0.1%over 28 days
Price change
Unchanged at all 6 readings with a price

15 observations over 68 days.

Member count
1,9451,9501,9551,9601,9651,96524 Aug 202631 Oct 2026change

Observation log

Observation log
ObservedMembersChangePriceCeiling / month
31 Oct 20261,965+4Free to joinNot calculated
27 Oct 20261,961+2Free to joinNot calculated
23 Oct 20261,959-5Free to joinNot calculated
19 Oct 20261,964+1Free to joinNot calculated
15 Oct 20261,963+1Free to joinNot calculated
11 Oct 20261,962-1Free to joinNot calculated
7 Oct 20261,9630Not recordedNot calculated
3 Oct 20261,963+4Not recordedNot calculated
28 Sept 20261,9590Not recordedNot calculated
23 Sept 20261,959+2Not recordedNot calculated
14 Sept 20261,957+6Not recordedNot calculated
7 Sept 20261,951+2Not recordedNot calculated
5 Sept 20261,9490Not recordedNot calculated
31 Aug 20261,949+5Not recordedNot calculated
24 Aug 20261,944Not recordedNot calculated
Average per week, last 28 days3 Oct 2026 to 31 Oct 2026+1
Average per week, since first reading24 Aug 2026 to 31 Oct 2026+2

Course content readings

Course content readings
ObservedPostsModulesCourses
31 Oct 202622,778+11961016
23 Oct 202622,659+9761016
15 Oct 202622,562+5761016
11 Oct 202622,505+8361016
3 Oct 202622,422+28861016
8 Sept 202622,13461016
Added per week8 Sept 2026 to 31 Oct 2026+8500

Common questions about The Reverse Engineer

What is The Reverse Engineer?
The Reverse Engineer is the members' Skool group for Mastering.com's training and mentorship program of the same name, which covers mastering, mixing and production. The group was created in May 2022, and its owner account belongs to Mastering.com's operations manager.
How much does The Reverse Engineer cost?
The Reverse Engineer is free to join on Skool; its listing shows no charge, read 31 Oct 2026.
How many members does The Reverse Engineer have?
The Reverse Engineer lists 1,965 members, read 31 Oct 2026.
How has The Reverse Engineer's membership changed?
From 1,944 members on 24 Aug 2026, our first reading, to 1,965 on 31 Oct 2026: up 21, or 1%.
How does The Reverse Engineer compare with other music and audio communities?
The Reverse Engineer is free to join, where the median priced music and audio listing charges $14.50 a month. The niche median is 508 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
What else does The Reverse Engineer's seller list?
The same seller has 1 other listing we track: MoaM - Coaching.
What do you get inside The Reverse Engineer?
The Reverse Engineer publishes 610 course modules, 16 courses, 22,778 posts, 14 admins. Communities with the most course content.

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MoaM - Coaching50631 Oct 2026

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