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In addition to composing original music for traditional stereo and multichannel formats, we have made significant investments in spatial audio. The Dolby Room at Seraphone is a purpose built and acoustically treated Dolby Atmos music production, mixing and mastering suite powered by Dolby and the Avid MTRX platform along with a high-output JBL 7 Series Master Reference monitoring environment, the long-held monitoring standard found on major film and dubbing stages across the globe.  Our Dolby Atmos room provides for a hyper-detailed and immersive soundstage that highlights every nuance of our compositions and sound design.  For remote collaboration, we have employed Source-Connect, Audiomovers and Audinate's Dante solutions, enabling us to create, collaborate and deliver lossless, multichannel audio across geographies, including across all major foreign territories.  ​

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For Directors who are looking for spatial audio to play an integral role in the storytelling experience, it is vitally important to recognize that the approach used in composing and arranging for immersive music is different than that used for stereo or even for a traditional surround sound mix.  From the initial spotting sessions all the way through to the final conforming mix, orchestration, instrumentation and harmonic structure must be carefully considered for immersive scores to be able to deliver their intended emotional and creative impact.  Being able to place various production cues within a 360° environment opens up a whole new world of possibility for the storytelling experience.  Moreover, being able to move these same musical elements within an audience's 360° environment further elevates the storytelling experience.  

 

Properly composed, the use of spatial audio can simply be magical, especially when a motif is passed between various sections of the orchestra, taking on new tonal colors, textures and sense of space.  Equally effective, is the use of spatial audio within electro-acoustical compositions.  On the other hand, not understanding the various pitfalls to watch out for when composing for immersive storytelling can be full of unintended consequences, ultimately detracting from the storytelling experience. 

 

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