STEMS

Below are the guidelines to follow when sending projects to be mixed in Dolby Atmos.

All stems should:

• Be the same duration, so they can be synced up easily (recording start and end time).
• Match the tempo of the project/session, including any tempo changes.

Exporting Instruments:

• Separate out the instruments as much as possible and deliver them “wet” (with effects such as EQ, compression, and reverb).
• Drum kits, sampled or live, should be separated out, as well as delivering a stereo stem of the full kit
• Loops/Samples should be printed as separate stems and not combined with other mix elements
• For live recordings, please provide as much separation as possible for audience microphones (e.g. please don’t print all audience mics to one stem)

Vocal stem elements (lead and background) should be:

• Separated out as much as possible (Lead Vocal, Adlibs, Choir, etc).
• Deliver ‘dry’ vocal stem with tuning and processing (EQ, compression, saturation, etc)
• Deliver a ‘wet’ vocal stem with effects (reverb, delay, widener, etc).
• Tuning should be included on dry elements (Autotune, Melodyne, etc).

Naming Convention: TrackType_Instrument

Example: Guit_Elect

Do not use non-alphanumeric characters such as: *?<>“| \/:+#

Export all stems at 24 bit/ 48KHz