User Manual

Setting Up for Dolby Atmos
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Setting Up Busses for 9.1 Bed Mixing
Mixing for a 9.1 Dolby Atmos audio bed requires a signal routing to a 9.1 Dolby Atmos output
bus.
The processing format of the VST MultiPanner plug-in depends on the channel routing. For
example, if a mono source channel is routed to a 5.1 bus, the panner works in 5.1 mode. For
3D mixing, the source channel must be routed to an output bus that provides top channel
speakers, like 9.1 Dolby Atmos.
For the mixing of a 9.1 Dolby Atmos audio bed, the following applies:
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You must route the source channel to a 9.1 Dolby Atmos output bus or a 9.1 Dolby
Atmos group channel.
To ensure the correct routing for the Dolby Atmos mix, it is recommended that the 9.1
Dolby Atmos bus uses the first 10 device ports of your audio interface. You can select
the device ports in the VST Connections window.
IMPORTANT
In Nuendo, the order of surround busses and side busses differs from the Dolby
specification for side surround busses (Lss, Rss) and surround rear busses (Lsr,
Rsr). To meet the specification for the Dolby RMU, you must swap the device ports of
surround busses and side busses.
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You can route mono, stereo, or surround channels to a 9.1 Dolby Atmos bus. If you
route a 9.1 Dolby Atmos channel to a 9.1 Dolby Atmos bus, the MixConvert plug-in is
used for panning.