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Matt Boudreau of Working Class Audio hosts a panel on Atmos mixing featuring (from left to right) Steve Genewick, Will Kennedy, Bob Clearmountain, Dave Way, and Andrew Scheps.
Live panel filmed in Anaheim April 2023.
Special thanks to Lewitt Microphones and Audient Evo for recording gear for the panel!
Jump to sections:
00:00:00 Intro and Welcome
00:00:44 What convinced you to get into Atmos?
00:07:20 Stereo to Atmos vs. Mono to Stereo
00:08:20 How do you approach listener placement?
00:13:30 Did it take time to develop an approach?
00:18:00 The Mullet Mix
00:18:25 Going from channel-based to object-based
00:23:15 Did you do test mixes early on?
00:27:20 Tagteam mixing at Studio Delux
00:30:55 Catalog vs. Frontline work
00:36:15 Dave to Bob: When you’re doing catalog work, do you treat it as a separate mix?
00:37:25 What area of the Atmos setup process should engineers NOT cheap out on?
00:39:30 How do you feel about mixing Atmos in headphones?
00:43:50 Mastering?!
00:47:40 What do you use to check your mix on consumer gear?
00:49:50 Atmos vs. other immersive formats
00:52:27 How do you feel about the Dolby curve?
00:57:45 Why is time alignment important?
01:01:15 Is the size of your room important?
01:05:20 Is Atmos a passing craze?
01:07:42 How do you determine what to charge to mix Atmos?
01:12:15 Do you or does the artist propose the Atmos mix?
01:15:20 Have you had success deriving a stereo mix from an Atmos mix?
01:17:20 Audience Question: How are you achieving one mix for both Atmos and Stereo? Do I need to use the Dolby curve?
01:20:58 Audience Question: What are the dimensions of the rooms where you work?
01:24:30 Audience Question: when you’re mixing for Atmos, do you recall the original session?
01:25:30 Audience Question: Atmos in DAWs other than ProTools?
01:27:30 Audience Question: How do you keep cats away from the speakers?
01:28:30 Audience Question: How do you manage work vs. personal time?
01:29:35 Audience Question: Is the revision process different in Atmos?
01:31:50 Audience Question: Are you playing for artists in studio or sending the mix to them?
01:32:40 Audience Question: How much prep work do you do setting up the Renderer before a session?
01:36:16 Audience Question: How come this panel is all white men? Where are the Women and People of Color?
01:43:30 Audience Question: What are you using for system control?
01:51:20 Audience Question: What about tracking in Atmos?
01:53:20 Audience Question: Do you use a second computer for the Renderer?
01:55:30 Audience Question: Do you print the stereo mix at the same time?