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Surround Sound
Cubase provides integrated surround sound features with support for several formats. All audio-related channels and busses can handle multi-channel speaker configurations. A channel in the MixConsole can contain either complete surround mixes or an individual speaker channel as part of a surround setup.
Object Audio in Cubase
Cubase provides a complete suite of tools for authoring, recording, mixing, and playing back object-based audio content, using the Audio Definition Model (ADM).
Authoring and Mixing for Dolby Atmos®
Cubase allows you to mix fully compliant audio content for Dolby Atmos and to create ADM files in Broadcast Wave Format (BWF) with object audio and a channel-based bed.
Object Mixes with VST MultiPanner
When you select a track as the source track for an object, its VST MultiPanner channel panner plug-in automatically switches to Object Mode.

Object Mixes with VST MultiPanner

When you select a track as the source track for an object, its VST MultiPanner channel panner plug-in automatically switches to Object Mode.

When VST MultiPanner is used in Object Mode, the following applies:

The plug-in panel offers additional settings and parameters for object-based mixing.
The audio stream is sent directly to the Renderer for Dolby Atmos.
All object metadata, including the panning information, is directly sent to the renderer. Therefore, panning functions are always provided, regardless of the audio routing.

Note

If VST MultiPanner is used as an insert plug-in, Object Mode is not available.
In Object Mode, the audio signal is only sent to the renderer, via Send 8. Therefore, it does not reach the output of the channel panner. To make the signal visible on the channel meter, set the Meter Position to Post-Fader in the Global Meter Settings.