Dolby Atmos

What is spatial audio?

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Spatial audio is three-dimensional sound: audio mixed so that you can hear direction and distance.

Spatial audio is three-dimensional sound: audio mixed so that you can hear direction and distance. The term is mainly used by Apple and other tech companies for 3D sound on headphones, often with head tracking. The sound then stays in place when you turn your head. Much spatial audio content is mixed in Dolby Atmos. Our podcast Spatial Stories was recorded in Dolby Atmos and binaural. Read about Spatial Stories.

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What is the difference between stereo, surround and Dolby Atmos?

Stereo uses two channels: left and right. Surround, such as 5.1 or 7.1, adds speakers beside and behind the listener, plus a subwoofer.

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What is immersive audio?

Immersive audio is the umbrella term for sound that surrounds you from every direction, including from above.

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What is the difference between spatial audio and Dolby Atmos?

Dolby Atmos is a specific format and technology from Dolby. Spatial audio is a broader term for all forms of three-dimensional sound.

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What is a 7.1.4 speaker setup?

A 7.1.4 setup is a Dolby Atmos speaker layout: seven speakers around the listener, one subwoofer and four ceiling speakers.

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Spatial Stories Dolby Podcast. A podcast you don't just hear, but feel.

Spatial Stories is TFA's podcast, recorded in Dolby Atmos and binaural in Studio 1. Open conversations with makers from the creative industry.

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Enter the Atmos: Inside our new Dolby Studio.

TFA opened a Dolby Atmos studio in Amsterdam built for immersive storytelling, from streaming originals and trailers to podcasts and campaigns.

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When technology is right emotion has room to speak

TFA Studio in Amsterdam is officially Dolby Atmos certified. On the studio build, fifty years of audio archive and Head of Publishing Danny ter Weeme.

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