Simon Edmonds wrote:



We call our own system DOME (Digital Object-oriented Mix Engine) because, early on in the process, we realised that to produce a format-agnostic production tool we had to seriously re-evaluate the traditional mixing paradigm and came up with what we call audio animation.

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The challenge has been coming up with a meta-language to control these objects both in terms of a descriptive language and the choice of physical controllers to manipulate these parameters.


What about this, which already exists and is a standard?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronized_Multimedia_Integration_Language


We are currently mixing to a 3rd order b-format mix bus (16 channels) to capture the 3d and act as an archival format. The choice of output format is then made in the master section by using appropriate decoders.

It looks like we will be able to implement an additional output file format which will essentially capture the objects and mix data before they hit the mix bus and, hopefully, format the information to suit the Dolby Atmos playback format.

I have to confess to a sacrilegious view in terms of this forum - I don't give a monkeys about the ins and outs of compression, distortion etc - what drives me is the pragmatism of coming up with the tools that will enable creative people to produce stuff that will entertain me and as many other people on the planet as possible. Life is short and I want to enjoy as much of it as possible. (I am also sure that once we crack the functionality, we can then make sure that the audio is a pristine as possible)


Just to give some clarification: I am completely in favour to offer surround mixes in a compressed form. But this because modern codecs (say AAC multichannel or DD+) offer the possibility to present many channels in moderate bitrates, with no (or at least very negliglibe) perceptual loss.

(Or you say you can use a huge bitrate anyway. Like in digital cinema where films/film audio is delivered on hard disks/discs. If we talk about Dolby Atmos we talk about digital cinema, I would strongly suggest.)


My sister-in-law is a professional opera singer - I once caught her in her kitchen listen to Radio 3 on a badly tuned Amstrad radio. I asked her how she could listen to it and she said... "I can still hear the tune"



As a musician I < completely > agree with your sister, as a hobby engineer I would say: No way!!! :-)


Best,

Stefan
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