Don't Break this One Rule when Mixing Music in Atmos

[@thezetes]

Nothing new under the sun yet always important to have these little reminders!

[@lilian896]

Like the Expand and Contract part!

[@EverythingMusicRecording]

Thanks. It’s something we can do with stereo mixes but with Atmos we can definitely make it more apparent

[@oompaloompa3188]

When i switch to 3d sorround on a vocal track for a cartoon audio I'm mixing, i dont get any sound coming out my speakers but i can see the sound in my meter, any help?

[@EverythingMusicRecording]

When working in a surround project any mono tracks will feed to the center channel speaker. (Unless panned otherwise) The exception is if they are being routed to a stereo bus. Then the signal will be heard in the phantom center as normal. Same goes for surround busses. Mono tracks routed to a surround bus will come out of the center by default (again unless panned otherwise.) Same thing goes for mono tracks outputting directly to the master output. So if you only have a two speaker setup then that would be why you are not hearing that vocal track even though you can see signal in the meters. Let me know if that helps 🙂