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3D / Atmos @ Metropolis

3D Audio Facility @ Metropolis Studios

Metropolis Studios launched its brand-new, state-of-the-art 3D audio mixing facility at the heart of our West London complex in July 2021.

The new Dolby certified studio enables established and emerging artists to unlock the exciting potential of 3D audio. The control room pursues a flexible ‘hub studio’ approach with a bespoke designed console which can be moved anywhere in the room allowing for multiple use including all mixing desk based workflows. The mix room is also connected to both Studios A and B enabling us to record and broadcast live in immersive formats.

With the loudspeakers arrayed at 30° of separation, the audio monitoring in the new studio is designed to cater for all surround formats, including Dolby Atmos and 360RA. Our studio has the highest Dolby resolution in the UK at 11.1.8 with 11 loudspeakers in the horizontal 360’ plane, 8 height loudspeakers from front to rear and a sub array.

In the short time we have been open, our in-house team of engineers have been lucky enough to mix an incredible array of artists in Atmos and 360RA including Major Lazer, Kali, The Amazons, Koven, Jack Savoretti, St.Vincent, Rag ‘n’ Bone Man, Disclosure, Little Simz, Alvaro Soler, Yonaka, Billy Marten, Don Broco, Cautious Clay, Milton Nascimento, Bonobo, Anne-Marie, Metronomy, George Ezra, Bastille, Chase & Status and many more.

Coinciding with launch, Metropolis also agreed a content deal with Amazon Music who will use the studio as its UK-based HQ for spatial mixing and we are delighted that they have chosen Metropolis to represent them and demonstrates both of our commitment to providing outstanding high quality audio to music fans.

We have set up a little Metropolis Studios Atmos / HD playlist on Amazon Music so you can sample some of the above content. You’ll need to have the App downloaded to your phone or computer in order to play music in 3D. In terms of listening, any Atmos enabled device will playback in 3D according to your specific set up. And everybody can access and playback 3D content on any decent set of headphones, you will receive the binaural render which we emphasise, is extremely high quality audio and mixed by the team at Metropolis for that specific listening experience.

For those that don’t know, Dolby Atmos is an immersive audio format which uses object-based rather than channel-based delivery enabling the same master to scale to the number of speakers in any system, whether that’s a simple two-channel stereo, a 5.1 channel surround, a fully immersive 7.1.4 (or more!) surround system or a binaural representation on headphones. With Dolby Atmos, the artist is able to place each object in a precise 3-dimensional location, which will be rendered in real time during playback to the appropriate speaker in whatever system is available. In case you’re wondering, the third digit in our bespoke 11.1.8 Dolby Atmos array refers to the number of height speakers.

Services

If you’re thinking of recording, mixing or mastering in any spatial format, you can now make Metropolis Studios your one-stop-shop for supporting your entire 3D workflow. To break that down, we have put together four services that will cover the journey:

Record for Atmos: take advantage of spatial recording techniques with our team of engineers. We highly recommend this approach if you want to make the most of 3D audio.

Atmos Multitrack Mix: this can be done with or without additional spatial channels. Our in-house engineers can translate any multitracks into a fully immersive Atmos mix.

Atmos Master: Dolby Atmos masters created by our mastering team who will take your Atmos mix files, or stereo stems, and render this into the final Dolby Atmos master that your music deserves.

Atmos Broadcast: the opportunity to use the new studio as a broadcast hub has always been in mind from the outset. Our 3D Control Room is connected to both Studio A and B so we can mix and broadcast live and direct from Metropolis in any spatial format.

We are here to help support your 3D workflow and arm you with the best possible premium product. Please get in touch with us if you have any questions 3D@thisismetropolis.com

3D / Atmos @ Metropolis Tech

  • Studio Loudspeaker Monitoring System
  • Neumann KH 120 A G EU Active, biamplified two-way nearfield monitor
  • Neumann KH 420 Active 3-way system
  • Neumann KH 870 G 10” Active Studio Subwoofer with 7.1 High Definition Bass
  • Manager
  • Neumann REK 3 KH 870 Remote Box
  • Neumann REK 4 KH 420 Remote Box
  • Neumann LH32 Mounting for KH120
  • Studio Loudspeaker Monitoring Control
  • DAD MOM Monitor Operating Module
  • DAD AX32 Base unit no AD/DA Converter inc. Pro Mon Licence
  • DAD AX32 8 Channel Analogue Output Card
  • DAD SPQ 128 Channel Speaker Processor Card (no I/O connectivity)
  • DAD 128 Channel Dante Card
  • Benq GL2460 Flat Screen Monitor – Screen for CCW
  • HP Officejet Multifunction Printer
  • Dolby Atmos Mastering Suite RMU
  • Cisco SG350-28P 24-Port Layer 3 Managed Gigabit PoE+ Switch
  • APC Smart UPS 1500VA/1000W
  • APC Smart UPS 450VA/300W
  • 70” 4K Screen Main Mix Area
  • Black Magic ATEM Mini
  • Panasonic HD LCD Display – Artist Comfort Monitor
  • Mac Pro: 16-core 3.2GHz, 32GB RAM, Radeon Pro W5500 8GB RAM, 1TB SSD
  • Internal Storage: Sonnet Fusion Dual 2.5 PCIe, 2TB Samsung SSD
  • Dante PCIeR: Focusrite RedNet
  • 4K Samsung Monitor
  • Plugins: Altiverb XL, Softube UAD Satellite, Waves, FabFilter, Valhalla, Melodyne, Soundtoys,
  • Protools Ultimate, Reaper
  • Nearfields: Yamaha NS10, Neuman KH 120, Genelec 8341a, Avantone Mixcube

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