Dolby Atmos for Content Creators

The Future of Audio Postproduction for Movies

Dolby® Atmos™ is a revolutionary new audio platform. It allows for more powerful storytelling by giving content creators unprecedented control of the placement and movement of sound within the movie theatre. Combining products, services, and technologies, Dolby Atmos represents a complete end-to-end audio platform for movies now and well into the future.

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Audio Postproduction for the Cinema Will Never Be the Same

Content Creators

Dolby Atmos enables a new level of artistic expression for content creators and at the same time simplifies audio postproduction. With Dolby Atmos, it’s finally possible to match sound precisely to the action onscreen and to do so easily. The result: more powerful storytelling.

  • Expands the Artistic Palette

    Expands the Artistic Palette

    Content creators can now place and move sound anywhere in a theatre.

  • Simplifies Audio Postproduction

    Simplifies Audio Postproduction

    Dolby Atmos can automatically create 5.1 and 7.1 deliverables.

  • Preserves Creative Intent

    Preserves Creative Intent

    A soundtrack will play back faithfully in any theatre.

  • Follows Existing Workflow

    Follows Existing Workflow

    Content creators can continue to use familiar tools and processes.

New Possibilities and New Efficiencies for Audio Postproduction

Dolby Atmos adds the flexibility of dynamic audio objects to the traditional channel-based workflows used to create movie soundtracks. These audio objects allow content creators to control discrete sound elements in the theatre, no matter the speaker configuration. Objects can be static or can move, and they are controlled by metadata.

A Simplified Approach to Cinema Sound

Dolby Atmos also brings new efficiencies to the audio postproduction process. It allows sound mixers to efficiently capture the director’s vision and then monitor or automatically generate 5.1 and 7.1 versions in real time.

Distribution is simplified too. With Dolby Atmos, all the artistic intent is embedded in a file within the DCP, which can then be faithfully played back in a broad range of theatre configurations.

Technology Highlights

Integrates easily into existing audio postproduction workflows

Supports up to 128 simultaneous and lossless audio streams

Allows for up to 64 discrete speaker feeds

Expands the creative palette with overhead speakers

Adds side surrounds closer to the screen for improved transitions

Works across a wide array of speaker configurations and auditorium shapes and sizes

Simplifies distribution with a single DCP inventory

Dolby Atmos Documents for Content Creators

White Papers

Dolby® Atmos Cinema Technical Guidelines
This white paper describes how to equip auditoriums for Dolby Atmos playback.

Dolby Atmos Next-Generation Audio for Cinema
Current cinema authoring, distribution, and playback suffer from limitations that constrain the creation of truly immersing and lifelike audio. Dolby Atmos, the next-generation cinema sound platform, addresses these limitations and delivers an audio experience beyond anything available to date.

 

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