Dolby Atmos Music

Content Creation Quick Start Resources
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2023

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Dolby Atmos Tools Overview
Spend time on your mix, notyour deliverables

Easily and efficiently generate your channel-based music deliverables

Your mix, optimized for any
listening environment

Dolby Atmos automatically optimizes content based on the number of speakers in an environment or device,delivering the best experience it can for mobile devices, home theaters, soundbars enabled with Dolby Atmosand 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.

Mix with more control andefficiency
Integrate easily with yourchoice of hardware andsoftware
Master and archive in highresolution

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

Access Dolby Atmos workflows with native Dolby Atmos Renderer integration in Logic Pro, Nuendo, Cubase, andDaVinci Resolve, and native panning with Pro Tools

Master at 96k for a higher-quality 48k output
Archive mixes in high resolution to future-proof your content
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DAWs Supporting Dolby Atmos Music
Native Renderer Integration

Apple

Steinberg

Steinberg

Blackmagic

PreSonus

Avid Pro

Logic Pro

NuendoCubaseResolve

Studio One

Tools

Native Object Panning Support

Avid Pro
Tools

Steinberg

Blackmagic

NuendoResolve

Merging
Pyramix

PreSonus
Studio One

Supported with Dolby Atmos Music Panner Plugin

AbletonApple

Avid Pro

Steinberg

Steinberg

Live

Logic Pro

Tools

NuendoCubase3Dolby Atmos Music Mixing Workflow
Monitoring outputs

Speaker monitor
outputs

7.1.2 audio beds

Dolby Atmos
enabledworkstation

Up to 118
audio objects

Headphone /binauralDolby Atmos
RendererAtmos

Metadata

File outputs
Dolby Atmos MasterFileBWF

ADM BWF

Channel-based
deliverables
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Dolby Atmos Music Creation Quick Start
The Dolby Atmos Help Center consists of our self-help knowledge base and forums. Content creators can find support
articles and discussions on a wide range of Dolby Atmos Music related topics.
Atmos Music FAQ & Documentation

Tools Downloads & Tutorials

Studio Enablement & Design• Dolby Atmos Music FAQ• Dolby Atmos Production Tools Downloads• Studio Setup and Tuning Video• Dolby Atmos Music Knowledge Base

• Dolby Atmos Album Assembler Quick Start• Mix Room Configuration• Dolby Atmos Renderer Documentation• Dolby pHRTF Creator• Speaker Calibration and Mix Levels• Self Guided Atmos Music Training• Getting Started with Pro Tools Studio andUltimate• Bass Management• Getting Started with Presonus StudioOne• Currently Enabled Atmos Music Studios• Dolby Atmos Music Creation Video Series• Studio Design and Consultation Support• Getting Started with Ableton Live• Getting Started with Logic Pro• Getting Started with Nuendo/Cubase• Getting Started with DaVinci Resolve• QC your Dolby Atmos Mix• QC your Dolby Atmos Mix on an AppleDevice• Avid Pro Tools Dolby Atmos Certification• EngineEars Certification Course5

Contact Dolby Music Partnerships for Additional GuidanceStudio Enablement

LabelsCreatives

Over 850 studios around the world support
Dolby Atmos Music creation! If you are a studioowner looking to outfit your studio, we've gotyou covered!

Dolby Atmos Music is available for artists andlabels across the music industry, offering artists
the opportunity to realize share their creative
vision with confidence, from content creation todistribution. Immersive listening experiences are
optimized and accessible to a wide range ofcompatible playback devices.

Expand your creative possibilities! Learn how tocreate Dolby Atmos Music with groundbreaking,immersive audio production tools.

• Introduction to Dolby Atmos Music• Agile content creation methods via headphones• Studio resources• Distribution opportunities• Tools access and training for in-house mixers• Ongoing education for the relative community• Playback ecosystem and content distribution /streaming services outlets

To learn more about creating Dolby Atmos Music,
please complete the Creative onboarding Creativeonboarding form.

• Studio build consultation and design• Tools and workflow best practices• Hardware recommendations to optimize
Dolby Atmos content creation• Ongoing education and updates on newDolby Atmos tools releases
To learn more about how to enable your studio,
please complete the studio onboarding form.

To learn more about Dolby Atmos Music, please
complete the Label onboarding form.

• Access to Dolby Atmos toolsets• Content prep and QC best practices• Dolby Atmos-first workflow processes6

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