In this free video tutorial, the second in a series of 6 brought to you with the support of Avid, looking at Dolby Atmos Home Entertainment workflows, we cover the workflows recommended by Avid and Dolby, relating to using the Dolby Audio Bridge and the Dolby Atmos Production Suite.

In this series, Post-Production Specialist and Immersive Audio expert, Alan Sallabank will be sharing tips and tricks to help you get to grips with the audio post-production workflows for content to be delivered in Dolby Atmos Home Entertainment, which will be especially useful if you are delivering to the likes of Netflix and Amazon.

What You Will Need

The Dolby Atmos Production Suite and The Dolby Audio Bridge are software solutions, so while you don’t need any specific Avid or Dolby hardware to follow the advice in these tutorials, you will need specific versions of software -

• Pro Tools Ultimate 2019.10 or later - 2020.3 recommended

• Dolby Atmos Production Suite v3.4

Running everything in software does also put quite a strain on your host computer, so we would also recommend that you are running a machine with at least six physical cores and at least 32GB of RAM.

Consider Watching Part 1 Before You Go On

If you are new to Dolby Atmos we strongly recommend that you watch and read part 1 of this series before continuing with part 2.

Part 2 - Protecting Your Speakers, Ears And Sanity

Because of the unique way that the Dolby Audio Bridge works with Pro Tools and the Dolby Atmos Renderer, you can easily find yourself experiencing issues with digital clocking errors, sync drift, control surface latency, and timecode discontinuities unless you get the specific setup of your system correct from the outset.

Free Tutorial Series

To learn how to set up your clocking and interfaces in such a way that you avoid damaging your speakers and your sanity, watch this second episode of our exclusive free tutorial series:

Next Episode

In this episode, we explored the prescribed workflow from Avid and Dolby as to how to set up your interfaces, but we’ve worked out some interesting alternative workflows, which can help you get even more out of the combination of Pro Tools and the Dolby Atmos Production Suite. Be sure to check out the next episode of this free exclusive tutorial series.