Dolby Atmos Renderer

Dolby Atmos Renderer

The Dolby Atmos Renderer is the central element of any Dolby Atmos mixing system. It works in tandem with your DAW to render your mix to any playback environment, based on the audio and positional metadata you author in the DAW.

 

It renders up to 128 inputs (including audio beds and objects with metadata) to your monitoring configuration, as well as rendering to standard channel-based layouts for both monitoring and deliverable creation. It also creates the Dolby Atmos master files, used for encoding for final distribution to streaming services or Blu-ray.

 

The Dolby Atmos Renderer application includes all features from the previous Dolby Atmos Production and Mastering Suites.

 

 

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Existing Dolby Atmos Production and Mastering Suite customers:

  • Existing Dolby Atmos Production Suite customers can upgrade to Dolby Atmos Renderer
  • Existing Dolby Atmos Mastering Suite customers can upgrade to Dolby Atmos Renderer

When purchasing an upgrade, please ensure that you have purchased the correct upgrade for your existing solution. Surrender of your existing Dolby Atmos Production or Mastering Suite iLok license is required via the iLok license manager.

 

New customers:

Customers who do not have existing licenses for the Dolby Atmos Production Suite or Dolby Atmos Mastering Suite must purchase the Dolby Atmos Renderer application product in full. Upgrade purchases will not enable you to use the Dolby Atmos Renderer application unless you have a Dolby Atmos Production or Mastering Suite license to surrender.

 

Comparison of Dolby Atmos Renderer to Dolby Atmos Production and Mastering Suites

 

 

DAPS

DAMS

DAR

Single system workflow for Music, OTT etc.

Yes

No

Yes

Multi-system workflow for complex content production

No

Yes

Yes

Windows compatible

No

Yes

Yes

Mac compatible

Yes

Yes

Yes

EQ and room calibration support

No

Yes

Yes

Speaker array mode support

No

Yes

Yes

Remote connectivity

No

Yes

Yes

Native Apple Silicon compatibility

No

No

Yes

 

Compatible Digital Audio Workstations

  • Ableton Live*
  • Apple Logic Pro*
  • Avid Pro Tools
  • Blackmagic Designs Resolve
  • Merging Pyramix
  • PreSonus Studio One*
  • Steinberg Nuendo**

*Requires Dolby Atmos Music Panner

**Connection to Dolby Atmos Renderer not yet supported in native Apple Silicon mode

 

Additional Mac and Windows compatibility info:

 

 

Mac

Windows

Dolby Atmos Renderer on same computer as DAW

Yes

No*

Dolby Atmos Renderer on separate computer from DAW

Yes

Yes

Dolby Audio Bridge

Yes

No

Dolby Atmos Music Panner plug-in

Yes

No

Dolby Atmos Binaural Settings plug-in

Yes

No

LTC Generator plug-in

Yes

No

*Dolby Audio Bridge, which is necessary to route audio from a DAW to Dolby Atmos Renderer on a single computer, is available for macOS only. Customers running Dolby Atmos Renderer on Windows must run on a separate computer from their DAW and use a hardware solution to route audio to/from the DAW.