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thierryd
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Until now I've only done Home Atmos. For theatrical I'm curious to try it. I've premixed a lot of 5.1 theatrical and 5 Auro-3D films in my room (8x 5,5 x 3,3m) and it translates well to a bigger stage. With big rooms dynamics play different, but you learn to judge that.
For Atmos, the translation of the object panning is something extra to deal with.
However with Dolby Atmos theatrical, there is a fee to pay for each film and with production budgets under constant stress nowadays, it is a price that not everybody is willing to pay.
Logistically the disadvantage of doing Dolby Atmos for feature film is also that you can't do any last minute changes when you leave the bigger stage as the mix needs to be mastered to the RMU.
In Brussels the only bigger mixing stage with Dolby Atmos is Studio l'Equipe AFAIK. I recently mixed a (5.1) film at Posta Amsterdam in their Dolby Atmos stage. I see you are in Portugal, Branko here on Gearslutz has also Dolby Atmos.
Greetings,
Thierry
OK, thanks for sharing your experience. The room I work on is about the same measure of yours. 5.1 and 7.1 translates well in cinemas as well. Regarding Atmos, we can´t do it of course as we can´t get a certification due to our dimensions, let alone the fee that most clients wouldn´t pay of course.I would like to try Auro 3D, but we don´t have the height speaker layer. Apparently they don´t charge a fee or require certification for studios I believe. What´s your experience on that? Do you like it? Apart from what you´ve already mentioned regarding Atmos, sonically, what do you prefer? Thanks.