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Thank you for this. Is it possible to customise the array in this plug-in decoder in 5th 6th or seventh order Ambisonic or is id just con decode from Ambisonic to Dolby Atmos standard setups? I need this for 37 speaker setup. 10 screen speakers, 15 ceiling and 3 speakers in each arrays on the walls.

Great video. I work in Nuendo and it's indeed a very good DAW, especially for Dolby Atmos. I have a Rode NT-SF1 microphone. I haven't been able to use it for some time now because the Sound Field plugin has been discontinued for a few years and Nuendo no longer supports it, which is very strange because this microphone is still being sold. Thanks to your excellent AB Decoder plugin I was able to start using it again, many thanks!

I really love using Nuendo.

Thanks for this review,Now question, i have Da Vinci Resolve Studio the payed version, is there any solution to convert my Fairlight Atmos Mix to a consumer atmos codec ? The Fairlight module of Da Vinci is already Dolby Atmos Native with binaural render but the export format was mostly a broadcast one, an BWF/ADM that can be open in another DAW or Dolby codec like an MP4 file. I probably need a separated Dolby licence with some hardware for the consumer export, it was not realy design for Music but for Atmos on Cinema , Streaming service and Bluray release... And assign the BED and the Object output was totaly painfull, im happy than im not the only one to have, some head scratching with the way Da Vinci Manage that.

Although you provide a lot of detailed information in this video, it has some serious flaws. I know, and you clearly state that, this this is your personal opinion, but it is not clear that you mainly focus on two features that (in my opinion) are not very important to the majority of Dolby Atmos music mixes. First of all, the title implies that you compare Dolby Atmos implementation/use in various DAWs. However, the title should be "The BEST DAWS for Dolby Atmos for using three-dimensional objects or Ambisonics." That comparison is okay, but I would argue that the number of engineers mixing music who use Ambisonics files or need to pan surround files as objects is close to zero. BTW, all the DAWs that have an integrated Dolby Atmos Renderer use the code of the original Dolby Atmos Renderer licensed from Dolby. And in that code, "three-dimensional objects" is not a thing. It is an object routing workflow, mainly used in post-production or music mixes to route multi-channel outputs of a plug-in to an object instead of a bed. But in that case, the last thing you want to do is panning it around. I would argue that the most important aspect when mixing music in Dolby Atmos is the end user and the system they are listening to your mix. My guess is that it is 99% binaural listening and maybe 80-90% in the Apple Spatial Audio version of binaural. That is the main concern of every Atmos mixing engineer, and not if you can pan a multi-channel audio file as an Object. I think Logic Pro is the only DAW that allows you to monitor through the Apple Binaural Render to listen to your Atmos mix the way it will sound when listening later on Apple Music. And it allows you to listen with your personalized HRTF, similar to the Dolby Atmos Renderer. These are crucial components that should be part of the criteria when comparing DAWs for Dolby Atmos. And then there are other important features like coloring Objects and Beds in Pro Tools or the Grouping feature, all very important workflow components. Or even more important features like the Download & Trim settings. Do all the DAWs provide these original Dolby Atmos features? I wish you would compare those relevant features between the DAWs.

Thank you so very much for commanding my attention and heightening my awareness with your breadth and depth of experience and knowledge about this topic! Cheers!

THANK YOU SO MUCH

One issue with Reaper is that it currently does not have post fader inserts, which the Fiedler Audio DAC recommends. There are workarounds but they are just that. Hopefully Justin adds those sooner rather than later.

It’s strange to me that you didn’t include Sequoia or Pyramix in these reviews. I realize that they are ferociously expensive, especially Pyramix, but they are certainly leaders, especially in the mastering and classical world.

Dolby Atmos is such a scam! No ordinairy people will ever listen to it in the way its suppost to!

Hi, I am confused, why is Ableton disqualified and Reaper is not? Reaper also does NOT do atmos natively. And Ableton works just fine with the Fiedler atmos plugins.

Nice Video and I can hear clearly the surround effect, but have a question. How did you get the adm mix to a youtube video? or video in general? when I export the adm mix, I supposed I need a special player to play it.

Great overview and a good crash course for comparing workflow in different DAW's. I'm so happy I'm a Nuendo user!

Great review, Alejandro! 👏 Only thing I was missing when you were talking about the clumsy DR UI... was some hilarious meme references! 😂 Otherwise, solid info as always. Oh, and I have to say-Reaper is absolutely perfect for experimenting with Ambisonics! 🎶🔊 I'm pretty sure that one day, those Dolby folks realize they need to hook up Reaper with free Atmos integration-because it’ll make their whole ecosystem that much stronger. 😎 Anyway, enjoy your 2025!

Fantastic video. About the Native Dolby support in Reaper, in a podcast from IDDQD sound, the creator/main Reaper dev mentioned that Reaper will most like never get support for native Dolby support due to licensing and business deals etc. and possibility of raising the price, but he said, they'll add every possible necessary features that'd let you do Atmos in Reaper unofficially overtime.

brilliant explained!!!

As you noticed, Davinci Resolve can't adapt an Ambisonics input into a Dolby Surround/Atmos bus/output. You need the output Bus to be Ambisonics too and then you'll see the Ambisonics spherical panner on the Ambisonics tracks. imo the Ambisonics is still work in progress as various parts of it seem broken, such as the panners have a visualiser, but they don't work.

Thank you so much for your incredible work and plugins. Happy Hollydays

Excellent work as always. Thank you so much and Happy New Year!!!

Good work!

Thank you for putting this together Alejandro!

I may have missed this, but are theses features available in both versions or only Studio? Thanks for your information.

Impressive demonstration. Will buy this.

I’m intrigued as I use FOA a lot for acoustic music recording. How does converting to higher order anbisonics provide more spatial resolution? Is it really any better than using FOA if your source is a tetrahedral (FOA) mic?

With the new update in davinci there is no need for external plugins.

This is impressive, even over headphones in binaural. I'm going to give this a try in my studio shortly. I sent you an email a couple of hours ago too Alejandro. You've got my attention with your ambisonic tools. 😎

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got a total newbie question. if i had a self made ambisonic mic like the "ambi-alice", recording using a zoom f6, so it'd be 4 separate wav files. is ab Encoder all i need to turn that into an ambisonic file?

And even after 2 years, this video is still so useful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Do you have a video showing how to track different angles in the 3D object during playback? Example: from a stereo track or a mono track of bird chirping, to the chirping starting above head then moving to left ear then moving below then moving to right ear

Which wind blimp is compatible with that mic?

Any chance you’d add support for Airpods? Also, the Audeze Maxwell headphones.

beautiful piece, alive an evolving, one of the most moving music orchestrations I've heard

Your demo is great. It sounds amazing.

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Thanks Alejandro, great Job (as always)

Thank you Alejandro. This sounds again amazing. You are making ambisonics an experience ❤ I was thinking you could do a demo with an envelope Follower. I always love to hear how a mono signal unfolds into ambisonics this way. I think it could do the same for some undecided listeners.

Very bad dynamic in the phrasing not realistic

Nice video. But cakewalk (sonar) does indeed support surround up to 8.1 channels and have various multichannel (DX)plugins and a surround panner. It' doesn't however support surround VST plugins at all

Is there a trial version of this?

I am not seeing the AB encoder in my Davinci 19 Studio. I just updated it today. Any ideas where it might be hiding?

Studio One v6.5+ and above does support 3-dimensional objects for Dolby up to 9.1.6, as Presonus says so right on the product's web page. Just saying 🤷‍♀ Anyways, great video content, thumbs up. Except for the few errors hehe 😁

It lags unusable in real time

I have seen your videos explaining how to mix Dolby Atmos technology in a simple way, and thank you very much for your interest in explaining how to mixing in dolby atmos... and I subscribed in your channel

I want to know how i upmix stereo file to 5.1 track using nuendo please

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Great tutorial, as always! 🔥 Can I pan/move audio of different wireless lavs also with 3D360 videos with the new ai audio panner of Resolves Beta? Or is Resolve not 360 aware and screw the audio positioning up? Other but kinda similar use case: H3VR and Pro 2 mounted on backpack. Pro 2 footage after stabilization completely different direction than spatial recording. Since I move with the backpack, turn around etc. it can't be done just with 1 simple alignment of the audio. Hoped it is possible to automate this process e.g. with that new feature or maybe some different plugin?

Im planning to create an 7.1.4 aux track and load there the encoder so any signal coming in will be encoded to ambisonics and then load one of your reverbs? you know to simply use the send from the objects to the reverb... im mixing atmos but im really new into all these ambisonics..... i already bought the ab reverb and decoder suite but im just realizing that i need the encoder also....

thank you for that interesting and very detailde explanation

Amazing info, thanks! Updating to Davinci 19 because of this video!