Dolby launches Atmos for Music in the US
Dolby hopes to 'make live music more engaging and immersive' by installing its immersive audio tech, already popular in cinemas, in more clubs and venues
News By | 11 July 2017
Dolby Atmos – an ‘immersive’ surround-sound technology with applications in home theatre, broadcast and, especially, cinema – has found a home in one of Chicago’s biggest nightclubs, as audio giant Dolby Laboratories continues the roll-out of its Atmos for Music brand on both sides of the Atlantic.
The installation at Sound-Bar (1,000-cap.), which comprises 30 speakers, 22 channels of audio and a bespoke lighting system, takes advantage of Dolby Atmos’s object-based audio tech to move in sync with the music. It marks the launch of…