Not sure if anyone posted this last month, but I'm just coming across it now.
https://www.soundandvision.com/content/atmos-branchSome quotes that stood out to me:
https://www.soundandvision.com/content/atmos-branchSome quotes that stood out to me:
"Everyone is doing Atmos now, but we're all still learning about it at the moment," allows Wilson. "What works? What doesn't work? Everyone has an opinion about what Atmos should be, but obviously — and you know this, from talking to me about it many times before — I like to be quite aggressive with my use of the surround field. That was always the case in 5.1, and it's only been magnified now that I'm working with 7.1.4 in my studio. There are a lot of things to consider about trying to keep a mix cohesive, whilst also making it an incredibly three-dimensional experience for the listeners."
"I'm a big fan of the side speakers," Wilson confirms. "If you don't have them in your system, you'll be hearing a phantom thing going on there, but I'm making a lot of use of those side speakers. Obviously, 5.1 seems almost simple now—the decision-making process that went on in 5.1, I mean — though it seemed quite complicated at the time. You had a choice — if you've got a stereo sound, are you gonna put it in the front speakers, or are you gonna put it in the back speakers? That was pretty much the decision you had — or somewhere between. And now, that 'somewhere between' means you can put something very discretely in these side speakers."