Thread: Dolby Atmos
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Old 08-17-2012, 08:27 PM
peter5992 peter5992 is offline
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Default Re: Dolby Atmos

Sorry if I was a bit too 'gushy' - the Dolby screening room was quite something, not a place I get to everyday.

Anyways, here is how it works:
  • You still mix and automate in Pro Tools
  • However, you create separate tracks for certain audio elements (nicknamed 'objects') which you place on separate tracks
  • The Dolby Atmos system is an 'add on' hardware / software system which comes after Pro Tools
  • Atmos translates your automation into a 3D environment, using all available speakers
  • The output of Atmos is an integrated file or file folder, with software so the system knows which assets to pick at any point
I am sorry I am not very technical, I wish someone from Dolby could step in and set me straight.

Actually I have a few follow up questions myself:
  1. About the full range speakers - I thought that very low frequency sounds are 'all over the place' so it doens't matter really where the subwoofer is?
  2. Going back, about automation, yes you can automate in 7.1 but not overhead (vertically) so how does that work? Is that still in pro tools or in atmos?
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