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EdgarRothermich (DingDingMusic.com) asked a question.

Spatial Coding applied to Re-renders?
The Preferences > Processing says that Spatial Coding only affects Speaker Monitoring. But there was a not that all re-renders except 9.1.6, BIN, AmbiX are rendered with Spatial Coding applied.
Which one is correct?

  • AdamP (Dolby Labs)

    HI Edgar,

    The Spatial Coding emulation in preferences turns on/off Spatial Coding emulation for speaker monitoring. Spatial Coding is always applied to re-renders except 9.1.6, BIN, AmbiX as noted independent of how it is set for speaker monitoring in preferences.

    Best,
    Adam
  • EdgarRothermich (DingDingMusic.com)

    Thanks Adam for the clarification. All those little fine prints.

    That brings up the follow-up question. The wording is a bit misleading when it says (Spatial Coding) "Settings apply to speaker monitoring only".
    -1- If Spatial Coding applies to Re-renders, which Element setting does it use, 12, 14, 16? The one I choose in the preferences, even if it is disabled for speaker monitoring?
    -2- Why is Spatial Coding applied to Re-renders in the first place? Isn't the reason for that to reduce the file size during the coding process? The re-renders are either recorded into the DAW (Live) or a file is created (Offline) without streaming necessities. So why the Spatial Coding implementation?
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