In this video from NAMM 2020, Avid’s application specialist, Jeff Komar takes an in-depth look at working on music projects with Dolby Atmos natively, in Pro Tools, with the power of HDX, Avid S4, and MTRX.
Watch this video to see Jeff give some insights into techniques for mixing music using a combination of objects and bed tracks. He shows how you can switch a track from object to bed and use the same panners in Pro Tools to either control the audio position in a 7.1.2 bed or to send metadata to the Dolby renderer to tell the renderer where to position each object in the room. What is smart is that the Dolby ecosystem will take that metadata and position the sound of the object in the same place, even though the room, speaker positions and number of speakers are different to the room you use to mix in.
The Gear Used In The Demo
In this video, Avid was using an Apple Mac Pro HDX3 system running Pro Tools Ultimate with an Avid S4 control surface and Avid MTRX interface and audio router. In addition, they had the Dolby Atmos Renderer.
A typical Dolby Atmos mix would consist of at least one 7.1.2 bed and up to 118 objects. Some mixers use a series of beds and others mainly use objects. Objects can be mono or stereo and objects don’t have to be dynamic, i.e. moving around, they can be static too.
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In this exclusive everything-you-need-to-know guide to mixing music in Dolby Atmos we look at what it takes to make your studio suitable, as well as our exclusive 6 part tutorial series on setting up and using Pro Tools Ultimate and Dolby Atmos Production Suite to work together in Dolby Atmos.
In this article, community member Chris Testa is going to share his recent transition from using Pro Tools natively with the Dolby Audio Bridge, to a Dolby Atmos HDX Hybrid Engine system. This new system allows him to utilise the power of the HDX DSP with the Hybrid Engine along with the computer’s native power while mixing in Atmos all on the same computer with the most recent version of ProTools Ultimate. Over to you Chris…
PerfectSurround has released another update of their Penteo 16 Pro upmixing and downmixing all-in-one plugin, to make it is the only upmixer that supports all Dolby formats natively from Atmos 2.1.2 to Atmos 9.1.6 so that now it supports 930 channel up/downmix combinations.
PerfectSurround has released an update of their Penteo 16 Pro upmixing and downmixing all-in-one plugin, adding Ambisonics decoding and downmixing to any supported format, a Tilt mode allows more forward control for the overhead channels and an LFE full bypass option.
Want to learn how to mix music in Dolby Atmos? In this free expert tutorial, Matt Lange walks you through, in detail, how he mixes a track in Dolby Atmos. He has made the Pro Tools Session available for you to download for free. Don’t worry if you don’t have Pro Tools Ultimate or the Dolby Atmos Production Suite because there is a free 30-day trial bundle available as well.
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Following our article Dolby Atmos Home Entertainment - Everything You Need To Know we were asked about the business model behind upgrading to Dolby Atmos. In this article we outline the business case for Dolby Atmos by asking industry experts, mixing in Dolby Atmos to share their business reasoning for investing in Dolby Atmos.
One of the costly elements of setting up a Dolby Atmos studio is the need for a 7.1.4 monitor controller.What if you could use the DSP in an audio interface to create a Eucon enabled monitor controller which was much cheaper than the alternatives? Nathaniel Reichman and Mike Crehore worked out how to achieve this using Metric Halo interfaces. Here’s how they did it.
Have you ever wanted to try mixing a Dolby Atmos production but don’t have access to any content? If so, Netflix has made an Anime production - Sol Levante to help the industry better understand 4K HDR and immersive audio in anime. In addition, they have released the raw materials used in Sol Levante for download and experimentation and you can download the video and Pro Tools session assets, learn from the professionals and then try mixing it for yourself. We have all the details…
Are you used to mixing in stereo, or maybe you are mixing in 5.1 for broadcast or OTT channels like Netflix and now you want to migrate to mixing in Dolby Atmos for home entertainment content? In this article, we look at what it takes to make your studio suitable to mix in Dolby Atmos, whether you need certification, what hardware and software you will need, how to build or convert your studio to Dolby Atmos, as well as our exclusive 6 part tutorial series on setting up and using Pro Tools Ultimate and Dolby Atmos Production Suite to work together in this excli=usive everything-you-need-to-know guide to working in Dolby Atmos Home Entertainment.
Mike Thornton has been involved in the broadcast audio industry for all his working life, some 45 years. Mike has worked with Pro Tools since the mid-1990s recording, editing and mixing documentaries, comedy and drama for both radio and TV as well as doing the occasional music project. He was the co-founder of Pro Tools Expert and has now retired and has taken up the role of Chairman of Production Expert Ltd.