Nicolas de Porcel is a first-generation, American Mastering Engineer from San Francisco, CA. His origins in the world of audio begin at age 12, when he began to produce digital music, becoming a pioneer of early Digital Audio Workstations. He is a classically trained pianist and has charted multiple productions all over the globe. His studies of music theory, production, audio engineering, and music technology eventually led him to begin mastering audio, and in 2016 he founded Million Dollar Snare Mastering, which would go on to become a globally recognized, critically-acclaimed mastering studio.