Why You NEED Immersive Mastering (Despite What You May Hear)

Join these mastering professionals moderated by Focusrite’s own Dave Rieley and come away with the understanding of the differences between mixing for mastering in immersive vs. stereo. You’ll learn how to avoid getting your mix rejected by major label and shorten or eliminate the revision process.

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Do's and Don'ts of Working in Immersive

Join these mixing and mastering professionals and come away with a better understanding of what should be sent from an artist to mix engineer to mastering engineer when working with immersive. You’ll learn what your engineers expect to receive and what should not be sent to your engineers. With the years of experience between these engineers, you’ll learn from some of the most common mistakes people make that you’ll want to avoid.

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Immersive: Past, Present & Future

This session picks up in the recent history of immersive beginning in the last decade as Dolby Atmos begins to immerge. The discussion will continue with where we are now and continue with how the format can be propelled forward by the audio community whilst adhering to standards.

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ATC Loudspeakers will be represented by their USA distributor, TransAudio Group, providing immersive listening demos at Starstruck Studios. Starstruck features a 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos reference system featuring all ATC monitors providing ultra low distortion, high resolution playback.

Location: Starstuck Studios Immersive Mix Room

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SSL will be demonstrating their latest digital audio mixing platform The 'SSL System T for Music' in Starstruck Studios new Atmos mixing room.
On hand will be Phil Wagner, Senior Vice President and Phill Scholles, VP Technical Operations. Phill Scholles will be presenting the topic - Immersive mixing bingo, why using an audio consoles makes sense.

Location: Starstuck Studios Immersive Mix Room

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Expert Class With Ronald Prent

Location: Lobby and Immersive Mix Studio

Join mix engineer and immersive specialist Ronald Prent in an expert class on immersive audio production, mixing and mastering. Prent has worked alongside some of the world’s top recording artists, and his immersive ideologies help develop the many tools engineers use today.

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Advancements in Immersive Audio: 360 Reality Audio and VME

Location: Lobby and Immersive Mix Studio

The Sony team explains 360 Reality Audio and Virtual Mixing Environment, two tools used to bring immersive audio production and mixing to the masses.

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Expert Class With Ronald Prent

Location: Lobby and Immersive Mix Studio

Join mix engineer and immersive specialist Ronald Prent in an expert class on immersive audio production, mixing and mastering. Prent has worked alongside some of the world’s top recording artists, and his immersive ideologies help develop the many tools engineers use today.

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Advancements in Immersive Audio: 360 Reality Audio and VME

Location: Lobby and Immersive Mix Studio

The Sony team explains 360 Reality Audio and Virtual Mixing Environment, two tools used to bring immersive audio production and mixing to the masses.

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Sennheiser | Neumann

Location: Front Stage Studio

The Sennheiser | Neumann demonstration room in Front Stage Studio (Black River Entertainment) will host an open listening session and demonstration of immersive products. Including a 7.1.4 Atmos system with Neumann KH150, KH120-II and KH750 Speakers tuned with our MA1 software. We will also showcase Merging Technologies interfaces and control as well as software from Dear Reality and the technology of Ambeo 2-ch Spatial Audio.   

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F. Reid Shippen

Location: Front Stage Studio

The Sennheiser | Neumann demonstration room in Front Stage Studio (Black River Entertainment) will host a 30-minute playback session and discussions with pioneering Atmos engineer F. Reid Shippen,. These sessions are meant to be an interactive and open discussion of observations and techniques used in all aspects of Immersive music production. From finding the correct tracks in a catalog album, to current and future recording and mixing techniques, to mastering and distribution.

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Chuck Ainlay

Location: Front Stage Studio

The Sennheiser | Neumann demonstration room in Front Stage Studio (Black River Entertainment) will host a 30-minute playback sessions and discussions with pioneering Atmos engineer Chuck Ainlay. These sessions are meant to be an interactive and open discussion of observations and techniques used in all aspects of Immersive music production. From finding the correct tracks in a catalog album, to current and future recording and mixing techniques, to mastering and distribution.

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J. Clark

Location: Front Stage Studio

The Sennheiser | Neumann demonstration room in Front Stage Studio (Black River Entertainment) will host a 30-minute playback sessions and discussions with pioneering Atmos engineer J. Clark. These sessions are meant to be an interactive and open discussion of observations and techniques used in all aspects of Immersive music production. From finding the correct tracks in a catalog album, to current and future recording and mixing techniques, to mastering and distribution.

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Michael Romanowski

Location: Front Stage Studio

The Sennheiser | Neumann demonstration room in Front Stage Studio (Black River Entertainment) will host a 30-minute playback sessions and discussions with pioneering Atmos engineer Michael Romanowski. These sessions are meant to be an interactive and open discussion of observations and techniques used in all aspects of Immersive music production. From finding the correct tracks in a catalog album, to current and future recording and mixing techniques, to mastering and distribution.

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Sennheiser | Neumann

Location: Front Stage Studio

The Sennheiser | Neumann demonstration room in Front Stage Studio (Black River Entertainment) will host an open listening session and demonstration of immersive products. Including a 7.1.4 Atmos system with Neumann KH150, KH120-II and KH750 Speakers tuned with our MA1 software. We will also showcase Merging Technologies interfaces and control as well as software from Dear Reality and the technology of Ambeo 2-ch Spatial Audio.

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Blackbird Studio | 2806 Azalea Place, Berry Hill, Nashville TN 37204

The evening begins at Host Partner Blackbird Studio, one of the world’s leading recording facilities, where attendees will celebrate the day with food, drinks, live band, industry networking and immersive music listening sessions. Curated tracks, as well as on-demand requests from the streamers, will be played continuously in: Studio C, which features a dual mix environment, with a 9.1.4 Dolby Atmos system (Avid S6 console, ATC monitors) in one direction and an API/Genelec-based Sony 360RA setup in the other; and Studio F, featuring a 9.1.4 Dolby Atmos (ATC monitors) immersive music mix environment.

Scavenger Hunt: 
Vintage King and Avid have partnered to host a scavenger hunt during the Mix Immersive Music Production studio crawl. Find the Vintage King and Avid set-up at Blackbird Studio, Imogen Sound, and Sputnik. At each studio, you'll have a chance to grab swag, talk gear, and enter to win one of three Avid MBox interfaces.

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*Note: To cut down on parking, buses will be provided at 5:30 and 5:45 p.m. for the 15-minute drive from Columbia Studio A (Music Row) to Blackbird Studio (Berry Hill). No return buses will be provided.

Studio Crawl and Listening Sessions
The Berry Hill neighborhood of Nashville features the highest concentration of immersive music mix studios in the country. All studios listed are within a three-block radius of Blackbird, and throughout the evening shuttle buses will run in 15-minute loops so that attendees can visit a variety of immersive mix environments. The Studio Crawl facilities include:

• Blackbird Studio: The party starts here!
• Imogen Sound: Jeff Balding's 9.1.4 Genelec-based mix studio.
• Sputnik Sound: Vance Powell showcases his new 9.1.4 ATC Dolby Atmos system
• Westlake Pro: Swing by Westlake Pro's Berry Hill Showroom for an Atmos Listening party! Grab a bite from our featured food truck, kick back with a beer, and hear the latest in Immersive Audio.  Our experienced team will walk you through turnkey solutions to help you get your mix room ready at any budget. And if you want to get hands-on with your Immersive mixes, you can demo Avid’s industry-leading control surfaces, including the flagship Avid S6, the portable S1, and the indispensable Pro Tools | Dock. Join the party at 515 E Iris Dr. on May 20th from 6-9 pm during Mix Magazine's Berry Hill Studio Crawl!
• Addiction Sound Studios: Producer/Engineer/Musician David Kalmusky's hidden gem of a studio in the heart of Berry Hill
• ADAM Audio: Join us for an evening of food, drinks and immersive listening from ADAM Audio at our Nashville office.  During the event, there will be models from each of our lines to listen to, along with an immersive listening experience featuring some of our flagship speakers.  Focusrite Pro will also be joining us for the evening, showcasing the Red range of interfaces in immersive applications. 

Scavenger Hunt: 
Vintage King and Avid have partnered to host a scavenger hunt during the Mix Immersive Music Production studio crawl. Find the Vintage King and Avid set-up at Blackbird Studio, Imogen Sound, and Sputnik. At each studio, you'll have a chance to grab swag, talk gear, and enter to win one of three Avid MBox interfaces.

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*Note: To cut down on parking, buses will be provided at 5:30 and 5:45 p.m. for the 15-minute drive from Columbia Studio A (Music Row) to Blackbird Studio (Berry Hill). No return buses will be provided.