DOLBY ATMOS: Home Studios MUST START Preparing Now

Dolby Atmos, Apple Spatial Music, Immersive Audio, are the buzz words taking the music industry by storm. But what does any of it mean? And more importantly, what does it mean for small home recording studios? Maybe all of this is just a passing fad destined to fail like previous music surround sound formats. Or maybe this is the future of music and music production.

So let’s take a quick look at Dolby Atmos for music, what it is, and how it might affect our home recording studios going forward.

CHAPTERS
0:00 - DOLBY ATMOS: The Death of Home Studios?
0:29 - Gear Needed to Mix in Dolby Atmos
4:46 - Speaker Requirements for Dolby Atmos
5:37 - Using Headphones to Mix in Dolby Atmos
6:32 - Should You Invest in a Dolby Atmos Setup for Mixing?

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[EverythingMusicRecording]

Have you, or are you considering investing in an ATMOS setup in your home studio? Let me know in the comments.

[EdThorne]

Love your videos, Jeff. Your channel will grow quickly!

[Justin_Allen]

Great video, thanks. I am looking at it as I do post production work and had a client ask me about it. I am building out a new editing room anyways and am looking to try to create a hybrid type of console. My problem is A) starting from scratch with audio B) Starting from the very beginning with everything, and C) trying to nail down a budget. I have gone everywhere from $20, 000 all the way up to just over $100, 000. Looking forward to your journey as I start mine out.

[doro]

Hello, I have seen a second motu24/IO interfast, will it work for the dolby system?

[gibs]

I have a 5.1 version of NIN - Downward Spiral and it's incredible however, I can really only listen to it in my basement to get the full effect. As for Atmos it's cool and all but the majority of Atmos enabled devices people have (including myself) are soundbars which isn't the best way to listen to Atmos content but still cool. Keep up the videos!

[camdonhill]

So what are your thoughts on it now? With Apple Music saying they won’t playlist new music without spatial audio, and Spotify building Atmos studios. Do you think where we’re at now is gonna be where we stay?

[NexuJin]

I don't really understand the purpose of Dolby Atmos besides movies, as most music are created for stereo field. Isn't that like trying to watch 720p videos on a 4K display? Or is that comparison flawed and I should think more of MQA?

[JayfkProductions]

Well i ain't preparing to go bankrupt 😂 😂 coz yikes

[garethde-witt]

Don’t just don’t Dolby Atmos and immersive sound is bloody awful. It’s the quadraphonic of the 21 century and is just as useless

[jairedrob]

Honestly, I hate atmos. I won’t be switching over any time soon