track-coachlisted
Install: claude install-skill happysasha18/track-coach
# track-coach
Full-stack compositional coach for music producers. Runs the complete pipeline by default.
**Core principle — three output layers (always):**
1. **Measured** — exact numbers from scripts only, never invented
2. **What this typically means** — specific, concrete interpretation (not "energy is low" but "bass dominates 250–500 Hz in the first 2 minutes, mids are present but buried")
3. **Up to you** — patterns observed, no directives. The author decides what to do.
Read `references/methodology.md` for the conceptual framework (variety vs development, masking principle, what each metric measures). Read `references/interpretation.md` for the numerical ranges. Read `references/install_troubleshooting.md` if setup fails.
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## When NOT to use track-coach
track-coach reads a musical mix on the author's own machine and gives a composition-and-mix read. A few jobs sit outside that scope; reach for the fitting tool instead.
- **Spoken or non-musical audio.** Every diagnostic — stem separation, frequency masking, drum breakdown, note transcription — assumes a musical mix. A podcast, a voice memo, or a field recording is the job of a speech or loudness tool.
- **Delivery loudness certification.** track-coach reports dynamics and tonal balance to guide the read. A streaming or broadcast LUFS delivery target is the job of a certified meter.
- **Live or real-time monitoring.** The pipeline analyses a rendered bounce offline. Watching levels move during playback is the j