Avid’s music distribution service, AvidPlay, is the first platform to let you distribute Dolby Atmos music to compatible streaming services such as Amazon Music HD and TIDAL HiFi. In this article, we’ll explore new features introduced by Avid, including support for sample rates and bit depths up to 192KHz and 24-bit, as well as the Dolby Atmos format.
To learn more about how to use AvidPlay to distribute your own music in Dolby Atmos and why we awarded AvidPlay the coveted Experts’ Choice Award, check out our full article AvidPlay Now With Dolby Atmos – First to Support Dolby format platform.
How to set up and use a Dolby Atmos system using Pro Tools Ultimate and Dolby Atmos Production Suite
Mixing music in Dolby Atmos opens up a whole new world of creative possibilities and truly brings any production to life with immersive audio. However, to ensure that all your creative efforts don’t get stymied at the final hurdle: delivery, planning ahead is crucial.
This means starting with a careful analysis of your delivery requirements – what you need to deliver in order for your content to reach the outside world, whether that’s a commissioned work or one that’s self-funded and distributed.
objects and beds
In a “traditional” surround system, where you route audio to specific speaker locations pre-arranged in the playback room, Dolby Atmos works differently. You can still choose to route to and pan between specific speakers – in this case “Beds”, which come in sizes up to 7.1.2, but Dolby Atmos also gives you the option to use ” Object” option.
They differ from beds in that they are not fixed speaker positions, but point sources of sound that exist in 3D space. Because these are point sources rather than speaker channels, their position in the 3D listening space remains the same no matter how many physical speakers you have in your listening area.
Series 6 Tutorial
With support from Avid, post-production expert and immersive audio expert Alan Sallabank shares a series of 6 articles sharing detailed tips and tricks to help you master your audio post-production workflow to deliver content for Dolby Atmos home entertainment (Dolby Atmos Home Entertainment), which is especially useful if you’re offering services to companies like Netflix and Amazon.
Multinational companies and streaming distributors are particularly keen on Dolby Atmos because it is a so-called “single file transfer” that automatically adapts to the playback device.
Again, these tutorials are aimed at post-production workflows, but since the setup and configuration of Dolby Atmos For Music is nearly identical, these tutorials will be very helpful even though you will be mixing music in Dolby Atmos.
what do you need
The Dolby Atmos Production Suite and Dolby Audio Bridge are software solutions, so while you don’t need any specific Avid or Dolby hardware to follow the advice in these tutorials, you will need a specific version of the software –
Running everything in software will also put a considerable strain on your console, so we also recommend running a computer with at least 6 physical cores and at least 32GB of RAM.
