Dolby Atmos for content creators

For over 50 years, content creators and audio professionals have relied on Dolby to make soundtracks that inspire, amaze, and bring audiences into the story.

Today, we continue to push the envelope for quality sound through innovations in immersive audio. Dolby Atmos® Content Creation Solutions enable you to easily create a three-dimensional sonic environment where you can precisely place and move individual sounds to deliver an entirely new entertainment experience. And because these intuitive tools integrate into your existing mixing, editing, and sound design workflows, you can start using them quickly and easily while staying focused on your creativity.

Plus, with Dolby Atmos becoming more readily available across devices and content, it’s been embraced by both audiences and the world’s top content creators.

 

Explore a new dimension of creativity

Dolby Atmos lets you precisely place and move sounds in three-dimensional space with the introduction of audio objects — and with much more precision compared to traditional surround. And with the addition of overhead speakers, you can create a fully encompassing soundstage to make listeners feel like they’re inside the experience.

 

Tap into new business opportunities

More movie titles, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs, TV series, and games are being created for the Dolby Atmos experience every day. More content — plus availability across devices, streaming services, and increasing consumer demand for the experience — all results in more business opportunity for you.

 

Spend your time on your mix, not your deliverables

Easily and efficiently generate all your channel-based deliverables from a single Dolby Atmos mix, for virtually any listening environment — cinema, home, mobile device, PC, or streaming services. Whether you need a 5.1 or 7.1 surround, stereo mix, or binaural or B-format render, the Dolby Atmos Renderer can create it.

 

Your mix, optimized for any listening environment

Dolby Atmos automatically optimizes content based on the number of speakers in the environment or device, so your mix delivers the best experience it can for cinema as well as mobile devices enabled with Dolby Atmos, home theaters, soundbars, and even headphones.

 

Stay creative using familiar workflows

Intuitive Dolby Atmos content creation tools integrate easily with your choice of industry-standard workflows, so you can stay focused on the work, not the tools. With native panner integration in Pro Tools and Nuendo, plus support for industry-standard I/O hardware using Core Audio and ASIO, you can build the system that fits your workflow with support for both Mac® and PC.

 

What’s new in the latest updates

 

Mix with more control and efficiency

• Streamline Dolby Atmos mixing with a new unified workflow and interface for configuration, metering, monitoring, and mastering of Dolby Atmos content.
• Create and monitor headphone mixes with advanced binaural render mode metadata.

 

Integrate easily with your choice of hardware and software

• Access Dolby Atmos mixing workflows with native panner integration in Pro Tools and Nuendo.
• Choose the I/O that fits your studio with support for ASIO and Core Audio interfaces.
• Harness the I/O density and network ability of Dante I/O.

 

Create deliverables effortlessly

• Configure up to 64 channels of live re-renders and improved offline rendering.
• Export to ADM BWF, IAB MXF, and MP4.

 

Master and archive in high resolution

• Master at 96k for a higher-quality 48k output.
• Archive mixes in high resolution to future-proof your content.

 

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Dolby Atmos production tools documentation

When mixing, your focus is on creating a great soundtrack, so we designed Dolby Atmos® content tools to integrate and work intuitively with your existing mixing solution.

Building on top of the traditional surround approach, Dolby Atmos brings two key innovations to deliver an exceptional, immersive entertainment experience. The first is a pair of overhead bed channels, resulting in a 7.1.2 surround mix. The second key development is the introduction of audio objects — individual sources that can be placed anywhere in the room, independent of the surround beds, informed by metadata that places them based on X, Y, Z coordinates and the number of speakers available in the room.

Whether you’re mixing in Pro Tools or Nuendo, the native integrations allow for easy routing and panning of sources to either the multichannel beds or to object busses, which are readily available in the I/O dropdown selection.

The 7.1.2 bed audio, object audio, and metadata are routed from your audio workstation to the Dolby Atmos Renderer, which can monitor, record, and play back Dolby Atmos content. This will render the audio and metadata to your defined speaker configuration for monitoring, as well as rendering to standard channel-based layouts for both monitoring and deliverable creation. The Dolby Atmos Renderer also records Dolby Atmos master files used for encoding for 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs and can export to ADM BWF, commonly used for encoding by streaming services.

 

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Dolby Atmos Mastering Suite

Create and deliver immersive Dolby Atmos® mixes for television, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs, music, and gaming with the Dolby Atmos Mastering Suite. Running on qualified hardware, this provides the tools you need to mix in Dolby Atmos.

 

Includes Dolby Atmos professional software tools:

• Dolby Atmos Renderer software, which monitors, records, and plays back Dolby Atmos content. This software runs on a qualified Mac® or PC-based workstation to transform it into a dedicated rendering and mastering workstation. It renders up to 128 inputs (made up of audio beds and objects with metadata) to your defined monitoring configuration, as well as rendering to standard channel-based layouts for both monitoring and deliverable creation.

• Three copies of the Dolby Atmos Production Suite (Mac only). When combined with the Dolby Audio Bridge and send/return plug-ins (included with the software) the Dolby Atmos Production Suite provides an in-the-box solution for editors, sound designers, composers, and others to perform editing and pre-mixing.

• The Dolby Atmos Conversion Tool for additional control over your Dolby Atmos master file deliverables with head/tail trimming, stitching, concatenation, and frame/sample rate conversion.

Required materials not included:

• A Pro Tools Ultimate or Nuendo audio workstation & qualified Mac or PC workstation to run the renderer software.

For information on how to get the Dolby Atmos Mastering Suite, please contact your local Dolby dealer.

 

Dolby Atmos Production Suite

For audio professionals contributing to Dolby Atmos experiences for film and episodic TV, gaming, and music, the Dolby Atmos Production Suite enables an in-the-box solution for editing and pre-mixing content. Running on a laptop with headphones or in an offline edit suite, editors, mixers, and sound designers can keep your project on track and on budget without tying up your A-room or dub stage.

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Compatible solutions:

• Pro Tools Ultimate Software 12.8 or later

• Avid S6

• Avid S5

• Steinberg Nuendo 8 or higher

• Yamaha Nuage

• Davinci Resolve 17 or higher

• Harrison MPC

• AMS-Neve DFC

• Pyramix 25th Anniversary addition or higher

 

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Dolby Atmos Certified Facilities

A Dolby Atmos Certified Studio is a professional studio that has met the following requirements:

1. Criteria for room size, geometry, layout, and more

2. Loudspeaker and amplification specifications

3. Room acoustic criteria

4. Mix and monitoring solution requirements and recommendations

Antaviana Films Rossello 34 Bajos, 08029 Barcelona, Spain +34 93 143 9044   Annapurna Studios 7 Acres, Road, 5 Jubliee Road, 500045 Hyderabad, India (91) 916011 2226   Authorwave Post 8 Amaseias Street, 11634 Athens, Greece (30) 210 756 1050   Best Digital C/Valle De Belagua 29, 28660 Boadilla Del Monte, Madrid, Spain +34 64 998 1059   Beijing Black And White Image Culture Diffusion Co Ltd Room 101, No. 27 Chaoyang North Roadm 100020 Beijing, China   Beijing Zhu Brothers Jiahong Lianhua Building, Lianhuachi Xili, Haidian District, 100161 Beijing, China   BTI Studios USA 3601 W. Olive Ave, Suite 650, Burbank, CA, 91505, United States +1 818-450-3742   Eclair Deutschland Franklinstr. 12, Berlin, 10587, Germany +49 175 723 9032   Famous Digital Studios 5th Floor, Ramee Emerald - II Plot No. 65A, Linking Road, Santacruz West, Mumbai, 400054, India +91 981 998 9878   FFS Film & Fernseh-Synchron GmbH Poccistrasse 3, 80336 Munich, Germany +49 89 767 08464   Fox Studio Lot 10201 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035, United States +1 310-369-5689   Halo Post Production 25 Noel Street, London, W1F 8GX, United Kingdom +44 207 292 8000   Hong Kong Baptist University Room 618, Communication and Visual Arts Building, 5 Hereford Road, Kowloon, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong +852 34 117 473   Guangdong Ultra Pictures Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. Building C, No. 8 Science Avenue, Guangzhou City, 510000 Guangdong Province, China (86) 135 8039 8072   Immersive Music/Media Group 1630 Manheim Pike, Suite 3A, 17601 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States (1) 717 743 0224   Innenhofstudios GmbH Schwarzspanierstrasse 15/5/2, 1090 Vienna, Austria +43 1 942 6698   Inventure Studios Inc 11320 Magnolia Blvd, North Hollywood, CA, 91601, United States +1 818-508-9894 IYUNO MEDIA GROUP NETHERLANDS DUB BV Franciscusweg 219D, Hilversum, 1216SE, The Netherlands +31 3568 56696   JNU Arts College No. 601 Huangpu West Road, 51000 Guangzhou City, China   One Cool Sound Ltd 1/F Milkway Building, No. 77 Hung To Road, Wuan Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong +852 2345 6600   Oslo Studios Oslo-Strasse 2, Basel, 4023, Switzerland +41 61 544 45 45   Picnic Sound Av Prado Del Espino 3, Boadilla Del Monte, 28660 Madrid, Spain (34) 6098 55587   Pixelogic Media UK 19-22 Rathbone Place, London, W1T 1HY, United Kingdom +44 207 462 6200   Post Republic GmbH Schlesische Str. 20, Berlin, 10997, Germany +49 30 322 9840 Post Works 609 Greenwich Street, 10014 New York, NY 10014 United States (1) 212 894 4000   Riverside Studios/Torus GmbH Holzgasse 14, 50676 Koln, Germany +49 221 4230 1378   SSI Post Services Hollywood 7165 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90046, United States +1 323-969-9333   The Kitchen Spain Gran via 45, 28013 Madrid, Spain (34) 6011 75018   TAB@Bavaria Musikstudios Schornstrasse 13, 81669 Munich, Germany +49 172 852 8855   Technicolor Creative Services 28-32 Lexington Street, London, W1F 0LF, United Kingdom +44 207 319 4900   Tonik Studio GmbH Daimlerstrasse 71b, 22761 Hamburg, Germany +49 40 284 754 31   Tonwerk Munich @ Alpha Postproduction GmbH Schleissheimerstr 6-10, 80333 Munich, Germany +49 89 813 030 35   Toolshed Audio Post Inc 22024 Cresp Stree, 91364 Los Angelese, United States (1) 323 420 4679   Top Works (Beijing) Culture Media Building 20, Languan Station No 53, Chaoyang District, 100020 Beijing, China   Tres60 Grupo C/. Alcala 518, 28027 Madrid, Spain +34 917 546 700   USC-SJTU Institute of Cultural and Creative Industry Rm. 301, No. A8, Zizhu International Education Park, 100000 Shangahi, China +86 139 1600 5182   VoiceArchive UK Ltd 2 Junction Road, Harrow, London, HA1 1NL, United Kingdom +44 207 993 8251   VSI Berlin Stralauer Allee 2-B, Berlin, 10245, Germany +49 30 700 11600   Wim Pel Productions BV Verrijnstuartweg 9, 1112AW Diemen, The Netherlands +(31) 2046 10 444

Abbey Road Studios 3 Abbey Road, St. John's Wood, London, NW8 9AY, United Kingdom +44 20 7266 7254   ARRI Media GmbH Türkenstr. 89, München, 80799, Germany +49 89 380 91352   Beijing SanGui Media Co. Ltd 2 Building, 3rd Yuan, Dongfeng Arts District, Jiang Tai Road, Beijing, Tuo Fang Ying, 100076, China +86 1 3910 777 550   Boom Ltd 27-29 Berwick Street, London, W1F 8RQ, United Kingdom +44 207 478 8600   Central Post LA 3365 Barham Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90068, United States +1 323-484-7474   CSC Studio Alsterdorferster 2A, Hamburg, 22299, Germany +49 40 488 824   Creative Outpost Limited  Courtyard Building, 17 Evelyn Yard, London, W1T 1Au , United Kingdom +44 207 434 1920   Deluxe Madrid Calle Miguel Fleta 5, Madrid, 28037, Spain +34 9172 53607   D-Facto Motion Bavariafilmplatz 7, 82031 Munich, Germany +49 89 6499 333   Envy Post Production 19-21 Mortimer St, London, W1T 3JE, United Kingdom +44 207 908 4600   Fengshengyuedong Beijing Era Cultural Broadcasting Company Ltd Xingfuiqihe Wenchuangyuan A10, Dougezhuang 1, Chaoyang District, 100020 Beijing, China +86 10 4418 78 Films@59 59 Cotham Hill, Clifton, Bristol, BS6 6JR, United Kingdom +44 117 906 4300   Futureworks Media Ltd Empire Studio, 2nd Floor, Veer Desai Road, Andheri West, Maharashtra, Mumbai, 400053 India +91 932 202 2987   Henszey Sound LLC 3575 Cahuenga Blvd, Suite 500 Studio D, Los Angeles, CA, 90068, United States +1 424-230-4563   Maxsfilm Beijing Culture Media C9-12 Chuangyiyuan Qikeshu, No 55 Banjieta Road, Beijing, Chaoyang District, 100016, China +86 1 381 0603 121   MD Productions GmbH Lorenzstrasse 20B, 76135 Karlsruhe, Germany (49) 721 90 99 88 72   Mels Studios 1600 Boul. De Maisonneuve Est, Montreal, Quebec, Canada +1 514-879-0020   MSM Studios GmbH Theresienstr 27, Munich, Bavaria, 80333, Germany +49 89 286 69233   National Film Board of Canada 1501 Rue de Bleury, Montreal, QC H3A 0H3, Canada (1) 418 225 1527   Next Studios 11F Building A1, No. 1528 Gumei Road, Zuhui District, 200233 Shanghai, China   Nordic United AB Dobelnsgatan 53, 11352 Stockholm, Sweden   One Union Recording Studios 1 Union St., Suite 240, San Francisco, CA, 94111-1222, United States +1 415-675-7477   Ott House Audio 8561 Fenton Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910 United States +1 301-244-0129   Outer Limits Post Production Ltd  89 George's Street upper, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland (353) 876 288 093   Oxygen Sound Studios GmbH Bouchestrasse 12, 12435 Berlin, Germany +49 (0) 30 5486 888 0   Piste Rouge 35 rue de l'Annonciation, 75016 Paris, France +(33) 1 4503 1050   Post Haste Digital 2700 La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, 90034 CA, United States +1 213-480-6440   Red Bull Media House Oberst-Lepperdinger-Strasse 11-15, A-5071 Wals near Salzburg, Austria (43) 66451 38206   Serious Facilities Ltd FilmCity Glasgow, 11 Merryland Street, Glasgow, G51 2QF +44 141 440 6940   Secuoya Studios Avda Espana 1, Tres Cantos, 27860 Madrid, Spain (34) 661 57 73 43   Shenyang Radio And TV Station 296 Qingnian St, Heping District, Shenyang, 110013 Liaoning, China (86) 138 400 88769   SIM New York 12 Desbrosses St, 10013 New Yory, New York, United States (1) 310 801 6532   Studio Funk GMBH & Co KG Friedrichstr. 79/80, Berlin, 10117, Germany +49 30 611 4074   The Scoring Lab 2042 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA, 90403 United Statues +1 310-817-3378   The Record House 150 Sierra St, El Segundo, CA, 90245, United States +1 516-655-9760   Viktoria Studios Kreuzbergstrasse 7,2.HH, 4. OG, Berlin, 10965, Germany +49 30 467 98639   Voiceover Soho 33 Tottenham Street, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 4RR, United Kingdom +44 207 437 3202   VSI Paris / Chinkel SA 23 Rue Pierre Fontaine, 75009 Paris, France +33 153 200 808   Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music 3 Conservatory Drive, 117376, Singapre, Singapore

 

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• Knowledge base articles and FAQs
• "How to" tutorials
• Documentation: user guides and best practices guides

• "Why Dolby Atmos" whitepaper

   

• Past webinars on Dolby Atmos

• Sky Original "Das Boot"
• Netflix Original "Rising High"