The Wire
PMC Monitoring Installed In Dolby’s Music Studio
Dolby’s studio in London’s Soho Square is equipped with a 9.1.4 PMC monitoring system featuring products for mixing in immersive sound Dolby Atmos.
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Live Sound
On The Cover: Las Vegas Takes Immersive Live, Part 1
Immersive live sound has taken hold in Las Vegas, driven by artist residencies and cutting-edge technologies.
Facilities
Genelec in the Mix at MIX Center in Arizona
ASU's recently opened Media and Immersive eXperience Center has standardized its extensive facilities on Genelec monitors.
Music Production
Giving Snarky Puppy’s ‘Empire Central’ A Dolby Atmos Mix
Moving Snarky Puppy’s Grammy Award-winning album Empire Central to Dolby Atmos, producers and mixers Nic Hard and Fab Dupont aimed to stay true to...
Live Sound
NOLA’s 109-Year-Old Prytania Theatre Gets Atmos Update
NOLA’s 109-Year-Old Prytania Theatre recently got a big tech update with Meyer Sound speakers, Dolby Atmos and Barco projection.
New Products
Dolby Atmos Renderer Application Announced
The Dolby Atmos Renderer application combines the Dolby Atmos Production Suite and Dolby Atmos Mastering Suite into an all-in-one solution.
Music Production
Alan Parsons Master Class Records, Mixes Contest Winner in Atmos
The latest edition of Alan Parsons' ASSR Recording Master Classes saw the legendary engineer record and mix a prize-winning song in Dolby Atmos.
Music Production
Recording Academy P & E Wing Posts Immersive Webinars
The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing is making "Inside the Mix" webinar episodes that it co-presented with Dolby available online
Facilities
Las Vegas’ Studio DMI Unveils Immersive Mix Room
Studio DMI in Las Vegas, NV has launched a new immersive mix room, Studio D, outfitted with a 7.1.4 speaker setup from Focal.
Facilities
Paul Massey Builds His Ultimate 9.1.6 Mixing Studio, Part 2
Three-time Oscar-winning film re-recording mixer Paul Massey has built his dream 9.1.6 mix studio—here's how he created it.
Facilities
Mixing Stormzy in Dolby Atmos
Producer Will Reeves recently visited PMC’s Dolby Atmos demo facility in London to mix the immersive version of UK rapper Stormzy’s third album.
Blog
Mix’s Top 20 Articles of 2022, Part 4
As 2022 comes to a close, we’re counting down our top 20 most popular articles of the year, as chosen by the readers of...
Facilities
Sydney’s Forbes Street Studios Adds Dolby Atmos Mixing
Forbes Street Studios in Sydney’s Woolloomooloo has created an immersive mixing environment in its main studio with a 9.1.4 Genelec Smart Active Monitoring system.
Blogs
Last Week in Nashville: Tuesday
Tom Kenny's epic travels through Nashville continue, as he scopes out Curb and Starstruck Studios, Belmont University and very respectable Mexican food at Nada.
Facilities
Instrumentoz Promotes Affordable Immersive Music
Miami-based creation facility Instrumentoz has created a new Dolby Atmos mix room outfitted with KRK Rokit monitors.
Music Production
Inside Spotify At Mateo Studios
Spotify’s new campus in Los Angeles features a world-class studio, podcast bays, a performance hall and Dolby Atmos mixing.
Facilities
Spoon’s Jim Eno Dishes on Recording ‘Lucifer on the Sofa’
Jim Eno's studio, Public Hi-Fi, has hosted Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Roky Erikson, Arcade Fire and now his own band, Spoon, which recorded and...
Facilities
Inside the ‘Billy Joel: Live at Yankee Stadium’ Atmos Mix
Tom Davis and Jake Davis of Seismic Sound, Nashville, remixed the film for release in the Dolby Atmos format and confirm, “This was such...
New Products
Waves Spherix Immersive Dynamics Control Ships
Waves is now shipping Spherix, a new suite of plug-ins for immersive mixing environments such as Dolby Atmos.
Featured
Dean St. Studios Launches Dolby Atmos Mastering Suite
First Atmos mix facility in the UK followed by first Atmos mastering suite, based around PMC monitoring.
Facilities
The Village Taps Kali Audio for Atmos Upgrade
The Village has upgraded Studio F for Dolby Atmos work in response to the growing demand for the immersive format.
Blog
Building Paul Massey’s Dolby Atmos Mix Room—Part 7: Inside The Screen Wall
Bruce Black, project acoustic designer, documents the creation of Oscar-winning re-recording mixer Paul Massey's personal Dolby Atmos mix room.
Business
New at MixNYC: Atmos Mixing & Mastering—Maintain the Artist’s Vision Without Compromise
As part of MixNYC, IK Multimedia will host 4x Grammy-winning, Diamond and multi-platinum mastering engineer Alex Psaroudakis (Illenium, Rosalía, Gente De Zona) and 2x...
Business
F. Reid Shippen to Explain Immersive Mixing Workflows at MixNYC Event!
Grammy-winning producer/engineer F. Reid Shippen explains workflows for expanding a stereo mix to immersive at MixNYC, August 6, 2022 in New York City!
New Products
Dolby Atmos Album Assembler Mastering Tool Launched
Dolby Atmos Album Assembler is a new tool for sequencing multiple Dolby Atmos tracks for delivery.
Business
Seen on the Scene: NAMM 2022, Part 3
With The NAMM Show 2022 now officially consigned to the history books, the industry starts to look forward to next year's edition. In the...
Music Production
Inside The Temptations’ Atmos-Fueled Anniversary Album
Scott Frankfurt recounts recording and mixing The Temptations for the Temptations 60 album, then mixing it in Dolby Atmos.
New Products
Sonarworks SoundID Reference for Multichannel Debuts
Sonarworks has unveiled SoundID Reference for Multichannel — software for measuring and setting up multichannel mix spaces.
Facilities
Sweetwater’s Studio B Reopens for Dolby Atmos Work
Sweetwater Studios has upgraded and reopened Studio B as an immersive audio mixing and mastering suite.
Facilities
Tenderdyn Arts Upgrades to Dolby Atmos and Gets to Work
Tenderdyn Arts founder and owner Tad Wheeler upgraded his Denver-area facility with a 7.1.4 Genelec speaker system.
Business
The Beach Boys Begin 60th Anniversary in Atmos
Capitol Records will release a massive Beach Boys box set in June with 30 new Dolby Atmos mixes, 24 new or improved stereo mixes...
Music Production
Luis Barrera Jr. Moves Into Dolby Atmos
Mix engineer/producer Luis Barrera Jr. is outfitting his Miami studio for Dolby Atmos music.
Post and Broadcast
Monitoring ‘The Witcher,’ ‘Shadow and Bone’ and More
High-profile composer Joseph Trapanese recently updated his studio facility to a Dolby Atmos-capable 7.1.4 system of JBL Pro speakers.
The Wire
Mastering Engineer Michael Romanowski Nominated for Three Grammy Awards
Michael Romanowski of Coast Mastering, Berkeley, CA, is nominated for three Grammy Awards including Best Engineered Album, Classical, and Best Immersive Album
Facilities
Evergroove Believes in Atmos: Focal in 7.1.4
Evergroove Studio in Evergreen, CO has redesigned its mix room to accommodate Dolby Atmos mixes, using 11 Focal monitors in a 7.1.4 setup.
Blog
Dolby Atmos Personalized Rendering Enters Public Beta
Dolby Atmos Personalized Rendering, for pros creating Atmos content while headphone monitoring, has entered public beta.
Recording
Giles Martin on Remixing The Beatles in Spatial Audio, Part Two
Giles Martin discusses his Spatial Audio mixing philosophy, the hardest Beatles tracks to remix, and getting the stamp of approval from Paul McCartney himself.
Recording
Steven Wilson Knows Surround, Part 2
Steven Wilson on mixing KISS in Dolby Atmos, tempering producers’ expectations and Porcupine Tree’s first album in 12 years.
Recording
Steven Wilson Knows Surround, Part 1
Artist/engineer Steven Wilson has become the go-to pro for remixing classic rock in Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio.
Facilities
Joe Zook Surrounds Atmos Studio in New Monitors
Mixing engineer Joe Zook has installed a 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos monitoring system in his new immersive studio.
Recording
Apple Goes Spatial – Part 2: The Hardware and Software
With the rollout of Apple Music Spatial Audio and lossless audio, there is plenty for professionals to get excited about.
news
Music Listening Behavior is Changing
A new survey finds that music listening behavior in the U.S. is changing among adults, particularly Gen Z.