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With 18 years in the industry, Mike has mastered over two thousand projects across multiple genres, including 3 Grammy nominated albums, and several Billboard charting songs.
Starting in 2004 as an assistant at Airshow Mastering, followed by 8 years working along-side Bob Dawson and Jim Robeson as the mastering engineer for Washington D.C.’s famed Bias Studios, Mike made the move to Nashville in 2018. Focused on evolving music technology, and expanding into the world of immersive audio, he partnered with Webster Tileston in 2020 to build Axis Audio - one of Nashville’s first Dolby Atmos enabled music studios.
Mike masters projects for major labels like Universal, Warner Music, Capitol CMG, Curb, Free Dirt, and Smithsonian Folkways, as well as hundreds of independent artist across the globe, and in all formats - Stereo, Atmos, Analog, Digital, Vinyl, CD, and Streaming.
A graduate of Belmont University’s renowned audio program, Webster has been a member of the Nashville music community for over a decade. An equally in-demand tracking and mix engineer, Webster thrives when lending his expertise to the creative process of a song - whether that is tracking in some of Nashville’s premier recording studios or mixing at Axis Audio.
Fueled by his fascination of cutting edge technology and workflows, he began working in immersive formats at the beginning of 2020. This led to his work with EDM artists Diplo and Dillon Francis, country artists Maren Morris and Little Big Town, R&B artist Emily King and more!
A veteran at tracking and mixing in stereo, Dolby Atmos for Apple Spatial Audio, and Sony 360 Reality Audio, he strives to create moving and memorable experiences for listeners regardless of the playback format.
Carefully chosen and curated over years of experience, our equipment provides engineers and clients with a transparent, yet inspiring playback system and a range of sonic choices to bring projects to the next level.
Avid MTRX Studio
Metric Halo ULN-8 3D
Tascam DA-3000
Mutec MC-3+ USB
Mac Pro (2019) 3.2 GHz 16 Core/96 GB RAM/1 TB
Focusrite RedNet PCIeR Card
UAD-2 Octo PCIe Card (2)
UAD-2 Octo Satellite Thunderbolt
Pro Tools Ultimate
Dolby Atmos Production Suite
WaveLab Pro 11
Nuendo 11
Cubase 10
Main LCR - Neumann KH 420 with KH 870 extension
Wings - Neumann KH 420
LFE - Neumann KH 870
Surrounds - Neumann KH 310
Tops - Neumann KH 120
API 2500 Stereo Buss Compressor
API 5500 Stereo EQ
Chandler Limited Curve Bender
Chiswick Reach Stereo Valve Compressor
IGS V8 Diode-Bridge Mastering Compressor
IGS S-Type 500 VU
Manley Vari-Mu Mastering Compressor
Retro 2A3 Dual-Channel Tube EQ
Ampex ATR-102 1/2” and 1/4” 2 Track
Dolby A and SR Noise Reduction
Yamaha Aventage CX-A5100 AVR
