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Avid Pro Tools' Internal Dolby Atmos
Renderer Democratizes Working in Atmos
remember back to the early
implementations of Dolby
Atmos. A studio needed
a dedicated Dell server to
run the renderer and 128
channels of MADI to move audio
from Pro Tools to the renderer.
The eventual release of the Dolby
Atmos Mastering Suite ($995)
and Dolby Atmos Production Suite
($299) brought the ability to run
the renderer on the same computer
as Pro Tools via the Dolby Atmos
Bridge. At this point (around 2018),
I made the decision to upgrade my
home studio to 7.1.4 Atmos. One
challenge remained: how to get
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your editorial crew all working in
Atmos. They also released a unifi ed
Dolby Atmos Renderer, replacing
the Mastering and Production
Suites, which is currently available
for $299 or $50 for Mastering and
Production Suite users.
With the introduction of Pro
Tools 2023.12, came an Internal
Dolby Atmos Renderer. Now
BY KOREY PEREIRA MPSE
