Nick Messitte

Nick Messitte

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Nick Messitte is an award-winning engineer, composer, sound designer, and educator. His credits span a variety of genres and disciplines, from indie rock to post-production sound design. He’s mixed and mastered records for Peach Face, Adjective Animal, Soul Cannon, Super City, Micah E. Wood, Not Charles, Pete Mancini, Leland Sundries, and others. A veteran engineer in the podcast space, Nick has worked on shows and segments for NPR, WHYY, WBURR, OZY Media, ABC, Voyage Media, Criminal Content, and more. If you’d like to connect with Nick about a project or have any questions about the craft of engineering, you can reach him here.

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