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:
- 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?
- 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?