Why should I hire a mix engineer?

You’ve spent countless hours crafting your songs and your production. You’ve listened to it thousands of times. Undoubtedly you have second guessed yourself several times over the past months. Is the song good enough? Is my production representing the vision of my song? What’s next? Do I mix and master it myself? Or do I hire a mix engineer? A truly great song deserves a professional mix. A mix engineer can bring a fresh perspective and a level of confidence to your production, making it radio ready to share with the world.

What is Dolby Atmos?

Dolby Atmos is an advanced surround sound format that gives producers and audio engineers the tools to create an immersive audio experience by placing sounds or objects in a three-dimensional space. Engineers and producers can create a more realistic and enveloping audio environment, making the listener feel like they are at the center of the music.

How is Dolby Atmos different than other surround formats?

Unlike surround formats of the past, Dolby Atmos is a completely different approach to creating 3D space. Dolby Atmos adds height speakers and uses objects rather than a fixed number of channels to place and move sounds. This allows flexibility, accuracy, and infinite scalability of mixes from a large 128-speaker room all the way down to headphones.

What is Spatial Audio?

Spatial Audio is the name of Apple Music’s technology that uses complex algorithms to create a three-dimensional audio experience from a Dolby Atmos Master File. It decodes the Atmos file and allows Apple hardware like Apple TV, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max to scale the Atmos mix and utilize head tracking.

How do I listen to Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio?

Currently, your best bet to experience music in Dolby Atmos is Apple Music or Tidal. Apple Music requires their own hardware, such as AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, or Apple TV with an Atmos-equipped sound bar. Tidal can be experienced through any high-quality studio headphones or Atmos-equipped sound bar or receiver.