Spatial & Atmos.

A file format that embeds Dolby Atmos spatial metadata — object positions, sizes, and movements — directly inside a s…

The natural background sound of an environment — room tone, air conditioning hum, distant traffic. In mixing, ambienc…

In Dolby Atmos, a bed is a fixed multichannel audio element rendered to specific speaker positions (e.g., 7.1.2). Bed…

A spatial audio technique that uses head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) to simulate three-dimensional sound over …

An immersive audio format developed by Dolby Laboratories that uses object-based audio to place and move sounds in th…

A perceptual audio coding format supporting up to 5.1 surround sound (six discrete channels), developed by Dolby Labo…

The process of reducing a multichannel audio mix to fewer channels — typically from surround or immersive formats to …

Speaker channels positioned above the listening area, used in immersive audio formats to create a full three-dimensio…

A mathematical model of how sound is modified by the shape of the human head, outer ear (pinna), and torso before rea…

A category of audio formats and mixing approaches that place sound in three-dimensional space around and above the li…

A dedicated audio channel in surround and immersive audio formats designed specifically for low-frequency content bel…

Data embedded within an audio file that describes the content but is not the audio signal itself — including title, a…

An approach to audio mixing in which individual sounds are treated as independent objects with metadata describing th…

The psychoacoustic illusion of a sound source appearing at the center of a stereo image when identical signals are re…

The software application — the Dolby Atmos Renderer — used to monitor, mix, and export Dolby Atmos content. It interp…

A multi-channel audio format that places speakers around the listener to create a horizontal 360° sound field. Common…