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.
...
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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