Atmos/Spatial Routing into Pro Tools

[milosziv]

I have a 7.1.4 system and am able to play Apple Music hearing all those channels when I'm not in Pro Tools. However, when I'm in PT and want to listen to it, I can't seem to get the channels to go into, say, the Pro Tools Audio Bridge 16. When I go to audio/midi setup and try to assign the speaker channels, it tells me I have to assign independent channels to each speaker - but everything already is! If I change the system to play audio out of the Dolby Audio Bridge, say, I'm getting about 5.1, but not the 4 heights and rear surrounds. In trying to change their speaker configs in audio midi setup, I can get pink noise on 7.1.2, but I can't get audio to the Top Rears...

This is frustrating - but I'd love to get Atmos mixes into PT to see how mine size up! Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Milos
SubsonicStudio.com

[bz lewis]

I don't have a solution for you, but how are you routing Apple Music so that you get all the channels? I can't get more than 5.1 routing audio from Apple Music to the Dolby Audio Bridge. If you have it all kinda working somehow without Pro tools, I would LOVE to know how!!

[milosziv]

Hey BZ,

I was always able to monitor Atmos in 7.1.4 outside of PT - by setting up the channels correctly in audio-midi setup - but I had a hard time getting it into PT using PT Audio Bridge 16. For whatever reason it was just assigning the channels incorrectly - and when I tried to adjust them in audio midi setup - no matter what, it would tell me channels were overlapping. Well, I made a 12 channel (7.1.4) virtual device using Source Nexus - and blamo - worked like a charm. What gives PT Audio Bridge?!

[npapaleo]

My understanding is that Apple Music (or Tidal) does not play Atmos on a computer, you can monitor binaural/spacial through a headphones (AirPods Pro/Max/etc.) but not Atmos to 7.1.4. Unfortunately this is purposefully crippled.

If you want to experience Atmos content through your 7.1.4 mix setup you have to purchase an Apple TV and a consumer Atmos receiver with XLR outputs that will then feed 12 analog inputs of your interface. There are several threads on this topic all leading to the same point.

[milosziv]

Sorry, but that’s simply not true, I’m monitoring 7.1.4 directly from the Apple Music app… And now I have it going into ProTools using source nexus. It’s quite great.

[its2loud]

Side note… this is 💯 dependent on your computer and OS.

https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/pro...ostly-hardware