Producing Spatial Audio in Dolby Atmos, Binaural, and Surround
56mIntermediate2022-07-28
Authors
Nate Mars
Producer, Music Technologist
Course details
Dolby Atmos opens up whole new dimensions of creativity for your sound mixing projects, whether you’re working with film and television audio tracks, mixing music, or performing live. In this course, producer and sound designer Nate Mars teaches you the basics of working with Dolby Atmos. He covers the basics of spatial audio and the key formats used to deliver it; how to mix spatial audio using a binaural monitor setup; how to create a special audio/3D mix; how to convert existing mix sessions from stereo to Atmos and Logic; and more. Nate also shares tips on how to use Atmos for live performances.
Skills covered
Audio Post-ProductionAbleton LiveAbletonLogic ProPro ToolsAvidAppleAudio and MusicProject
Concepts
Introduction
- Creative applications for immersive mixing
The Basics of Spatial Audio
- A rapidly changing industry
- Audio mixing in a surround environment
Using Dolby Atmos
- Dolby Atmos in Logic Pro
- Binaural monitoring settings
- How binaural monitoring works
- Optimizing sample rate and buffer for Atmos mixing
- Converting a stereo project to Dolby Atmos
3D Mixing Concepts
- Introduction to 3D mix objects and signal flow
- Understanding the Atmos 3D Panner
- Surround beds vs. objects and automation
Using the Atmos Renderer and Surround Plugins
- Converting multi-mono plugins to 7.1
- Master channel effects
- Rendering a binaural mix
Dolby Atmos - Creative Applications
- Considerations for a band or acoustic ensemble
- Ableton Live performance with Dolby Atmos
- Other surround sound tools in Ableton Live
Conclusion
- What's next