Synthesizer: The Free 44,000-Member Skool That Feeds a $277K/Month Program

The smartest funnel on Skool starts with a community that costs nothing. Andrew Kirby's Synthesizer is a free Skool community with 44,286 members. It feeds Synthesizer Scaling, a $1,700/month program that earns $277,352/month from just 277 members. Free room at the top, high-ticket program at the bottom. Updated June 2026.

This is the textbook free-to-paid Skool model, run by one of the most credentialed people on the platform.

Who is Andrew Kirby?

Andrew Kirby (@kirby on Skool, 54,543 followers) is the founder and brand behind Synthesizer. His track record is unusually deep: the first-ever Skool investor, the creator of the first-ever free Skool community, a top 1% group, 500,000+ YouTube subscribers, and he hosted the Alex Hormozi Skool Games.

The paid program, Synthesizer Scaling, is run with his partner Aidan LaBreche. So the brand and the free community are Kirby's; Aidan helps run the high-ticket scaling side. Together they teach educators to use Skool to make $10,000 to $100,000 per month.

The free community: 44,286 members, $0

Synthesizer (the free community) was created in August 2021 and has grown to 44,286 members. Its promise: "helping educators use Skool to change the world (and make $10,000 to $100,000/month)."

What makes it convert is the proof, stated plainly on the about page:

• Helped 100 Skoolers add an average of $46,119 in 90 days
• Helped Hamza go from $20,000 to $200,000 per month
• Helped Rian Doris go from 0 to 300,000 YouTube subscribers in 12 months

A free community this large, backed by results like these, is a trust machine. It is the top of the funnel.

The paid program: Synthesizer Scaling, $277K/month

Synthesizer Scaling is the high-ticket side: $1,700 per month, 277 members, $277,352/month in tracked MRR (a top-three earner in Skool's Money category). That is roughly $1,000 per member per month, from a program founded in April 2025.

Entry is by application (the about page links a call, not an instant checkout). One standout trust signal: they claim to be the only Skool that shares the results of every single customer, not just the winners.

The free-to-paid model you can copy

Build the free community first, and make it genuinely valuable. 44,286 free members is the asset. A free room full of real results earns the trust that a paid pitch never could on its own. (Note this is also the model behind Goosify.)

Let proof do the converting. "Helped Hamza go from $20k to $200k/month" sells the paid program better than any ad. Document real member results and put them where buyers see them.

Convert a small slice to high-ticket. You do not need many. 277 paying members at $1,700 produces $277k/month. A free community of 44,000 only needs a tiny conversion rate to feed a program like that. See the highest-earning Skool communities.

What you can do with this

The lesson is the structure: a free community at the top that delivers real value and proof, and a focused high-ticket offer at the bottom for the few ready to go all in.

Start the free community, help people get real results, document them, and offer the deeper program to those who want it. The free room is not a loss leader; it is the engine. To learn the basics first, see how to get your first Skool members.

FAQ

Who owns Synthesizer? Andrew Kirby (@kirby on Skool) is the founder and brand behind Synthesizer. The paid Synthesizer Scaling program is run with his partner Aidan LaBreche.

Is Synthesizer free? Yes, the main Synthesizer community is free and has 44,286 members. The paid program, Synthesizer Scaling, costs $1,700/month and is application-only.

How much does Synthesizer Scaling make? $277,352 per month in tracked MRR from 277 members at $1,700 each, a top-three earner in Skool's Money category.

Who is Andrew Kirby? A Skool creator with 54,543 followers, the first-ever Skool investor, 500,000+ YouTube subscribers, who hosted the Alex Hormozi Skool Games and built the first free Skool community.

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Updated June 2026. Figures from Skool's Games leaderboard (tracked MRR) and the public Synthesizer and Synthesizer Scaling about pages. Editorial analysis, not affiliated, not income advice.