Hi, I’m Nicholas Torres. I’m a Senior Audio Engineer and Sound Designer with 15+ years of experience across podcasts, television, and film.
Hi, I’m Nicholas Torres. I’m a Senior Audio Engineer and Sound Designer with 15+ years of experience across podcasts, television, and film. I specialize in editing, mixing, sound design, dialogue cleanup, scoring, and workflow optimization to deliver polished post-production that sounds great and ships on time. I’ve delivered post-production for over 1,000 podcast episodes and thousands of TV episodes, earning recognition from Signal Awards, SPJ, SABEW, and Ambies.
I love building sonic identities, training and supervising engineers, and coding custom tools to streamline audio workflows. I enjoy salvaging challenging audio, collaborating across video and production teams, and bringing brands to life with immersive sound design and music.
Full audio postproduction for Ritual's Words to Live By series. Starting with raw, unedited voiceover recordings, I handled all dialogue editing, audio cleanup, sound design, music selection and editing, mixing, and mastering. The goal was to transform each recording into an immersive, thoughtfully paced listening experience, using music and sound to support the storytelling without overwhelming the narration.
Computer Freaks is a narrative podcast from Inc. Magazine exploring the early internet era and the people who shaped it. I handled full post production across the series, including dialogue editing, audio cleanup, sound design, and final mix. The interviews came from a wide range of recording environments, each requiring tailored restoration and balancing to create a consistent, natural sound. I shaped pacing and clarity across multi-voice storytelling, then built out the sound design using music and effects to support tone, transitions, and narrative momentum. The goal was to elevate the story while keeping the dialogue grounded and intelligible throughout. This work received a 2023 Signal Award for Best Sound Design.
The Money with Katie Show was a flagship personal finance podcast from Morning Brew, blending financial education with sharp, personality-driven storytelling. I handled editing, mixing, and sound design across 300+ episodes on a tight weekly schedule, helping shape the show’s sonic identity through music, effects, cold opens, and overall pacing. I also built and mixed 100+ ad spots, integrating host reads and dynamic placements with strong tonal consistency.
I joined Morning Brew at the launch of its podcast division, contributing to the foundation and growth of its audio operation, including early flagship shows like Business Casual. Across The Money with Katie Show, I guided and monitored hundreds of remote recordings, ensuring high-quality capture, and managed episodes through final delivery, including publishing and ad integration. Consistent, high-quality production helped the show surpass 12M+ downloads and 150K monthly listeners, supporting its growth into a leading voice in the finance podcast space.
Diabolical Lies is an independently produced Substack podcast blending culture, politics, and commentary through long-form, free-flowing conversations between its hosts. The show has grown to 55k+ subscribers and reached #1 Rising and #2 Best Selling in Substack’s Culture category, driven by a direct-to-audience model without traditional advertising. I lead full post-production, editing and mixing extended dialogue to shape pacing while preserving the natural tone and chemistry between hosts. This includes removing filler and repetition, managing crosstalk, and ensuring clarity across long-form discussions. I also incorporate light sound design and recurring elements to reinforce the show’s identity, delivering polished episodes on tight release schedules.
The Business Model is Inc. Magazine’s flagship podcast, released twice weekly in two formats: roundtable conversations with founders discussing their business endeavors, and reporter-led interviews breaking down recent stories from Inc.’s editorial team. I handle audio post-production across both the video and audio versions, ensuring each episode translates cleanly across formats. This includes dialogue cleanup, pacing and editorial tightening for the podcast version, balancing music levels, and full mix to maintain clarity and consistency.
As Inc.’s first move into video podcasting, I also built and implemented the audio workflows to support a dual audio and video pipeline, drawing on my background in TV post to align audio with picture edits and streamline collaboration across teams. The work requires managing multiple voices, varied recording conditions, and two distinct episode formats while maintaining a cohesive tone and high production standard across a fast, twice-weekly release schedule.
Office Hour is Fast Company’s interview podcast hosted by editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan, featuring in-depth conversations with leaders across business, government, and culture. I handle full audio post-production, shaping long-form dialogue into clear, engaging episodes while preserving the natural tone and flow of each conversation. This includes tightening pacing, removing filler and repetition, managing crosstalk, and ensuring clarity across multiple speakers.
I perform detailed dialogue cleanup and mixing across a wide range of recording conditions, using tools like iZotope RX for declicking, de-reverb, plosive control, breath shaping, and removal of background interruptions. Each episode is mixed to consistent, broadcast-ready standards, with careful leveling and tonal balance to support a polished, professional sound. The goal is to let the ideas lead while maintaining a clean, focused listening experience that holds up across long-form conversations.
● Lead full post-production for a top-ranked Substack podcast in culture and politics, reaching 55k+ subscribers and a #2 Best Selling Culture ranking, delivering episodes on tight release schedules ● Edit and mix long-form conversational dialogue, shape pacing while preserving natural tone and flow ● Remove filler, repetitions, and manage crosstalk to ensure clarity and intelligibility across speakers ● Perform detailed dialogue cleanup and mixing, including declicking, deverb, plosive reduction, breath control, leveling, and surgical removal of unwanted noise such as chair creaks, door sounds, and background interruptions using iZotope RX ● Incorporate sound design and recurring elements to reinforce identity
Lead audio post-production for six original series on the Ritual App. Edit, pace, and mix dialogue to create a smooth, immersive listening experience. Build unique sonic fingerprints across genres such as prayer, meditation, and self-help. Edited and mixed trailers for 12 series, bringing them to life through scoring, music editing, and sound design to establish each show’s identity and set the tone for subscribers.
● Lead audio post-production for multiple weekly podcasts, including Most Innovative Companies (#1 Apple Business) and award-winning Computer Freaks ● Hire, train, and oversee audio engineers, providing feedback and ensuring consistently polished delivery ● Delivered high-quality post-production on 1,000+ episodes, contributing to award-winning and Ambie-nominated work ● Mix and master episodes to broadcast standards, ensuring clarity and accessibility across a wide range of listening devices and audiences ● Insert and time host read and dynamically inserted ads, maintaining tonal consistency and clean transitions ● Create and implement audio post-production workflows for video podcast integration, leveraging TV experience to enable smooth cross-department collaboration ● Assist the video team with problematic audio including severe background noise and mic errors, often salvaging productions that would otherwise be unusable ● Code and implement custom tools that track dialogue editing complexity and editing efficiency, improving scheduling and budgeting accuracy ● Train audio producers in editing and mixing techniques, sharing best practices to elevate team performance. ● Provide sound design, scoring, and audio branding for podcasts, video podcasts, and live events such as the Fast Company Innovation Festival and Inc. 5000, creating sonic identities for 10+ series ● Primary audio consultant on best recording practices and workflow optimization across departments
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