10-Minute Dolby Atmos Mixing Setup Challenge

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Omg thank u

Fl studio and atmos should work together

FYI for those that have updated PT or the Renderer - using 129 no longer works. You have to sacrifice obj buss 128 to use it now. Not sure why this is, but the recent update to PT broke using 129

When playing your MP4 file on your iPhone make sure to play it using your iPhones built in Files App. Also, even if you’re mixing with headphones only please make sure to turn Speaker Outputs ON so that you can see the meters for all of the channels, that way you keep an eye on those meters and know that you’re not distorting your surround and height channels. Those channels are not as audible or perceived in headphones.

Hey Nicholas, Thank you for the great and insighful video! What do you usually set your binaural redermode settings to in the plugin and how do you usually utilise those settings within your mix? e.g. do you usually set certain objects to a certain distance?

Very nice tutorial for a quick routing. I use a Macbook Pro Mac Os 12.6 with Pro Tools Studio 2022.10.0 and the Dolby Atmos 5.0.0_272-501207d3. Unfortunately, I still don't get any signal with the signal generator to the renderer. Does anyone have similar experiences?

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If this is the concise breakdown omg this will be a headache. I'll pass😡😡😡 The will not bully me into moving to this foolishness.... totally understand for milm and gaming work totally unnecessary for music.

where's your speakers? how do that work, your making a tut no setup

What a great video, thanks so much for doing this.

What really struck me was how Dolby Atmos is unbelievably complicated from a mixing point of view. Okay, I'm not familiar with Pro Tools so some of it may simply be to do with that, but oh my word it adds a layer (or layers) of complexity to the mixing process. Again, being fair, some of this is a one time setup thing but you can't hide from the "Surround Sound on Steroids" nature of Dolby Atmos with all the complexity that involves.

My own personal view is that this is not going to be adopted. I think the huge extra cost in production and in playback systems (which can take advantage of it) is not going to make this any more than a niche market. And being honest, I don't think it makes listening to music a tangibly better experience in the way that stereo sounds simply better than mono. It's different, but not necessarily better. In fact, I think many people will consider it worse. So this is definitely pushing something that consumers don't need and don't really want. Although there's a huge amount of effort being put into convincing people otherwise. Which may work.

Crystal ball gazing to one side though, I have to say I just desperately hope that this doesn't become the new musical standard. From a personal point of view it would involve a huge investment in time and money. But from a "world of music" point of view it makes the barriers to entry so much higher and that will inevitably squash creativity.

Hey can u make a video on file delivery formats? Do you export on mp3/aac at all?

Far out! this is the most comprehensive, no fluff tute on Dolby I’ve seen so far. Thanks so so so much

Can't thank you enough for this video! Trying to figure out how to audition the Apple spatial on the AirPod Max's has been a pain.

Best video I’ve seen for this subject. Thanks!

🤯awesome man!

How can i sett my LFE in Ableton?

i'm really keen to learn a new technique just because greedy people on apple's board of directors just decided to take on spotify and they can't think of a better differentiator to market to than a wider stereo field, which 99% of end users neither need nor appreciate. thank you anyway for your tutorial brother

How can i do beds in ableton without rossetta? thanks

Such a valuable resource! Quick, concise, and direct. One stop shop

Nice breakdown. So are you going to continue doing Atmos mixing on headphones, or do you plan on investing in a proper 7.1.2 Atmos monitoring system?

I cant do dolby atmos on reaper well lets say i dont know how and there are no tutorials!

For someone dabbling testing what speakers headphones would you get for while you're mixing (in real time)?

Much appreciate the value you provide! So thank your for that first of all!

Could you do a video on using Dolby Atmos in Logic as well? That would be very great and helpful 🙏🏽

Saying thank you and hello from Germany 🙋🏽‍♂️

THIS IS A LIFE SAVER!
THANKS, A LOT

Cubase has one of the tightest integrations with Dolby atmos and the renderer is baked in, if you get nuendo you’ve go no limit to the number of beds or objects you can have

I still don't get the point of atmos - the number of listeners with the equipment or acces to it or that even go to venues where it would be a thing that was used for music is aboslutely tiny. 5.1 was and still is completely niche for music listening

Doing the Lords work my friend!
When I read "so you...." even with my non native English I knew what follows :-)
I must say that Atmos has not convinced me . I have also high doubts it will stay. Same as surround music a few years back or "super audio" music etc etc.
Somehow a simple but good Stereo setup is a already almost the pinnacle of sound reproduction. 
Multiple speakers is something very few people will actually do resulting in a very niche product and market.
I mean its crazy I know but people have moved backwards from using stereo to Bluetooth speakers somewhere in the corner of a room. 
Who exactly is going to install multiple speakers and where? I really don't believe it. Same goes for headphones. I don't have statistics but I think Headphone 
audiophiles are a small percentage of the population also. 
Maybe it will be cool in the Cinemas.

Of course I might be wrong, who knows.

Thanks for your constant work and quality content.
Cheers !

Thanks for this!

Thank you for another awesome video! I think this set up is only available on mac, if I am not mistaken

Any chances of Dolby enabling FL Studio users to mix in Atmos soon?

Super informative, thanks for all this content! Would be amazing to see your set-up in more details (hardware and stuff). Also, what has been your experience transitioning from stereo to atmos? Cheers