Dolby Atmos mixing and listening at Bud’s
Bud’s is equipped with a fully calibrated Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 speaker system for mixing in immersive audio for delivery to Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon Music, and any other platform that supports delivery of Dolby ADM files. If you have questions about how Dolby’s object based approach differs from surround formats of the past, book an hour to come in and listen to some Atmos mixes. Unlike attempts in the past at surround sound formats, Atmos is unique in it’s ability to translate a “fold down” all the way down to stereo or mono. In turn, it can expand all the way up to theatre systems of 34 speakers, and everything in between— from soundbars to Sonos rigs, and to various binaural headphone formats like Apple’s Spatial Audio. There are already 1.5 billion plus Atmos equipped devices in the hands of consumers, so it seems clear that this format is here to stay.
The room can also be booked by artists for approving and or giving notes on Atmos mixes done by remote mixing engineers. It is not recommended to approve Atmos mixes on headphones alone, as only a minimum of a 7.1.4 room is what Dolby requires for music mixing.