Dolby Atmos for Music is the future. What an experience! You, the listener, are immersed in audio. You are inside a three-dimensional sound field. You are literally "inside the song!" You hear and feel every breath, every note, every detail, every emotion! Ask us how we can help you with transforming your listeners' experience of your music using our Dolby Atmos Mixing services and Dolby Atmos Mastering services.
From time to time we hold Dolby Atmos Music demonstration where you can come by the studio and hang and listen to some of the best Atmos work out there, including our work, and of course, Rocket Man by Elton John!!!
Make sure you send us an email through our Contact page [Book Now Buttons around the site] so we can add you to our email list to let you know when these events take place.
Just send us what you have available. If you are a label you probably know (if not, we can help).
If you are an independent artist send us either:
the stereo mix, if it's the only thing you have (mastered or not--if not, we can stereo master it for you at a discounted rate)
the stems, including effects separately please and with level and pan automation and fades baked in (the more stems you provide, the more "Atmosy" in a creative sense the mix/master will be since we'll have the added flexibility)
the multitrack project (extra charges apply for us exporting stems and/or matching the mix from multitrack sessions)
Atmos mixing happens primarily from a couple of different sources:
From the multitrack, meaning all the tracks on your project, separately, with the processing (EQ, compression, etc.) baked-in, or not
OR
From stereo stems, which means, separate stereo mix-downs of just your vocals (with or without effects), just your guitars, just your keyboards, just your drums, just your effects, etc.
The more stereo stems the better. For example, you could have all the guitars in one stem,
OR
the "clean" rhythm guitars in one, the "dirty" rhythm guitars on another, the lead guitar on a different one, and so forth.
Multitracks provide the best mixing results since the mix can be constructed without any creative limitations on placement of objects in the 3D sound field. For example, you send us a stereo guitar stem we can only do so much, but when you send us each guitar, say you have 12 guitar tracks, separately then we can do so much more. Makes sense, right? The mix costs more though since it is more detailed and takes more time and effort.
Stems, 10-15 Stereo, are what's used more often and they are the most cost-effective way to get an Atmos (or other immersive formats such as Auro-3D, or Eclipsa Audio for YouTube) mix.
EXPORTING
Exporting stereo stems of your project for Atmos mixing can be done in a few different ways but they all depend on the DAW you use.
There are many videos on YouTube that cover all DAWs. Here's ours on how to export stems in Logic Pro:
Once you place an order, you will receive a link where you can upload your data.
You can also use wetransfer or if internet access or speed is an issue you can mail us a well-packaged usb stick, SSD* hard drive, and/or microSD (return postage paid please).
*we do not recommend sending non SSD hard drives in the mail (they are too sensitive).
PLEASE NOTE: DO NOT send us your original drive! We are not responsible for anything that could happen to it and it would be such a pain to lose all that work!
ADM BWF stands for Audio Definition Model Broadcast Wave Format - a file format that carries both audio and metadata that are used by the streaming services to encode/decode your music into Dolby Atmos - Spatial Audio.
All orders require a 50% deposit with the remaining 50% due upon approval of the final pre-deliverable, after possible revisions (the file we send so you can check the work).
Once you have approved the work and made the payment for the balance, you will receive the ADM BWF file required by all streaming services to publish your song/audio in Dolby Atmos - Spatial Audio.
Yes, you can also arrange a visit to the studio to check out the final version, after approval, in our Dolby Atmos control room.
All our rates are for unattended work. We get into the groove and can be very efficient and focused on your project without distractions.
Having said that, we would welcome you to attend if you are in the area or have made travel arrangements. Just let us know in advance, but please keep in mind that attended sessions, because they take more time, do incur an additional charge.
