Mixing in Dolby Atmos (Spatial Audio) with Kenny Cash of Factory Underground

After working together on an immersive audio remix of "There She Was" by the pop band Similar Kind, Factory Underground's Co-Owner and In-House Producer, Kenny Cash sat down to talk with Greg Tobler, engineer and owner of Tobler Audio to discuss mixing in Dolby Atmos (aka Spatial Audio in Apple-speak.) They discuss the general workflow and techniques used to mix in immersive audio.

Emmy Award winning audio professional Greg Tobler has spent the last 20 years working closely with many of the worlds largest artists, brands, sports franchises, and venues to provide quality audio solutions. Working in music, film, TV, advertising, VR, sports, events, and installations collectively have given him a unique skill set, depth of knowledge, and most importantly experience.

He is applying his accumulated knowledge now to the world of 360 video’s and VR. Working directly with the developers and software engineers, he is pioneering new techniques in binaural sound, high order ambisonics, 5.1, 7.1, Dolby Atmos and discrete 128 channel audio.

Greg has lent his talents recently to Barack Obama, Paul Simon, Bruno Mars, Hot Snakes Media, Switchblade Entertainment, HBO, the US Tennis Open, Halestorm, Evanescence, BMW, Intel and Mission Impossible 5. He has traveled around the world for several documentary films providing location audio services and has seen those films through the audio post process for final delivery. He is based out of Stamford CT, but works worldwide.

To listen to an audio sample click here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/ther...https://tidal.com/browse/track/222244894

Greg's Website: http://gregtobler.com

Greg's latest projects:

https://www.vogue.com/video/watch/exc

https://music.apple.com/us/album/gene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx1Rg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Imkc

Factory Underground Tech: https://www.factoryundergroundtech.com

Factory Underground: https://www.factoryundergroundstudio.com

Host: Kenny Cash

Filmed by: John Shyloski & Guzman Gonzalez

Edited by: Guzman Gonzalez

Audio mixed by: Factory Underground Tech student Julian Gonzalez

Assistant engineer: Factory Underground Tech student Harrison Mazlish

Faculty Project: White Rabbit Produced by Kenny Cash

Factory Underground Tech Faculty Instructor Kenny Cash is a producer with a unique blend of technical skill and creative imagination, as evident in his recent production of "White Rabbit." The song, by rock band The Simple Radicals, featuring Che-Val (a group Kenny is in with his wife Laura Cash), is a cover of the classic original by Jefferson Airplane. The cover song was tracked, and edited by Cash, featuring musical parts by the members of The Simple Radicals, vocals by Laura Cash, and mixed by Earl Cohen who is known for his work with Lady Gaga, Pink, Whitney Houston, Tina Turner, Kelly Rowland, Usher, Destiny’s Child and many more.

Check out White Rabbit on YouTube

According to Cash, "John (The Simple Radicals) originally reached out to me about doing a modern "hip hop," version of "White Rabbit," that would include a feature from a hip hop artist, so I started mocking up version of the song to see what directions we could take it. I also had Laura (Che-Val) lay down a scratch vocal that I could quickly manipulate to see how the melody would feel at different tempos. I had done 2 different versions and then I was like let me try to slow it down. It instantly gave me a real moody feeling and a more cinematic vibe. It started becoming visual and I think because the song is based off of Alice in Wonderland...I was hoping we would go that direction," said Cash

Listen to White Rabbit on Spotify

"I showed the guys from The Simple Radical, Laura from Che-Val, and my engineers at The Factory Underground the 3 different versions I had mocked up. Everyone chose the [the current version]. I said, "Great the only issue is it's going to be hard to find the right rapper to spit over this track." We [ultimately] decided to just keep it Laura and the guys. After we finished recording and producing the whole thing I told John that I had the guy to mix it. I called Earl Cohen and the rest is history," said Cash.

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Faculty Project: Music Video for "Dedicated to Life" by Bruce James

Factory Underground Tech instructor Guzman Gonzalez has just completed work on a music video for "Dedicated to Life," on behalf of Factory Underground Studio recording client Bruce James. James, a Connecticut based singer/songwriter collaborated with Josue Avila to deliver the song and video as an inspiring musical message of thanks and gratitude to the men and women in all Departments of “First Responders," including Police, Fire, EMT, Doctors, Nurses, hospital workers, medical technicians, and all who are selflessly dedicated to the preservation of Life.

Thank You!

“Dedicated to Life” Words and Music by Bruce James

Produced by: Bruce James, Josue Avila

Video Production and editing: Guzman Gonzales

Filmed on location at Factory Underground Studios, Norwalk, Ct

"The Players” Bruce James- Lead Vocal, Acoustic Guitar

Josue Avila- Lead Vocal, Keyboards, Bass, Programming

Mark Vollenweider- Drums

Bruce James and Josue Avila on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4oR0Q48aV5pA959YjQAIss?si=2d5JcW9WRoeRYzyw-jRxZw

Bruce James and Josue Avila on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewCollaboration?cc=us&ids=178200391-288597826

For more information about Factory Underground Studio: http://www.FactoryUndergroundStudio.com​

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