Setup Assistant for Dolby Atmos

The Setup Assistant for Dolby Atmos dialog helps you to set up a project that is fully compliant with Dolby Atmos® specifications, using a main mix output bus in a 3D channel configuration, adding the Renderer for Dolby Atmos plug-in for monitoring, and adding a bed group channel.

  • To open the Setup Assistant for Dolby Atmos dialog, click Setup Assistant in the ADM Authoring for Dolby Atmos window.

Audio Settings section

The internal Renderer for Dolby Atmos requires an ASIO driver buffer size of 512 samples and a project sample rate of 48 kHz.

A green LED indicates that the project sample rate is set up correctly. A red LED indicates that you must adjust the project sample rate.

Note

You can adjust the ASIO driver buffer size via the Studio Setup dialog and the project sample rate in the Project Setup dialog.

Renderer section

A renderer is required for monitoring the Dolby Atmos project. For this purpose, the assistant allows you to set up the internal Renderer for Dolby Atmos. A green LED indicates that the Renderer for Dolby Atmos plug-in is already set up correctly.

Main Mix Channel Configuration

Allows you to select the channel configuration of your monitoring setup. The assistant adds a corresponding output bus as main mix to your audio connections.

Add Main Mix Channel with Renderer

If this option is activated, the assistant adds a main mix channel named Renderer that uses the Renderer for Dolby Atmos plug-in as an insert.

Bed section

We recommend to use a group channel as a bed that sums up all audio tracks of your project for the renderer. The assistant allows you to create a bed group channel and to route all tracks to it. A green LED indicates that your project already contains a bed group channel.

Bed Channel Configuration

Allows you to set the channel configuration of the bed group channel.

Add Bed

If this option is activated, the assistant adds a group channel named Standard Bed to your project and uses it as the source track for the bed that is added to the object structure of your Dolby Atmos project.

Route All Tracks to Bed Channel

If this option is activated, the assistant routes all audio tracks in your project that are routed to the currently selected main mix channel to the new bed group channel. Tracks that are routed to the bed can be defined as objects at a later stage.

Note

If your object structure already contains a bed, it is replaced by a new bed named Standard Bed.