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For delivery to other devices you bounce a two-channel binaural file; Apple states that if you used an Apple Renderer (Head Tracking) monitoring format you will not hear head tracking in the bounced file, and that on AirPods the Spatial Audio / Spatialize Stereo setting should be turned off to play a binaural file (otherwise the headphones process it again). An ADM BWF file is the required format for submitting a Dolby Atm...","status":"active","body":{"text":"Problem: judge a spatial mix with head movement, then deliver a headphone version. Conditions: Logic Pro with Dolby Atmos plug-in on a Mac; head-tracking-capable headphones (AirPods Pro/Max). Method: the Dolby Renderer and Apple Renderer monitoring formats each have a Head Tracking button; turning it on makes the sound field of the three-dimensional mix remain fixed in place when you turn your head. The button appears only when head-tracking-capable headphones are selected as the output device. Apple Renderer (Head Tracking) also requires a Mac with Apple silicon. For delivery to other devices you bounce a two-channel binaural file; Apple states that if you used an Apple Renderer (Head Tracking) monitoring format you will not hear head tracking in the bounced file, and that on AirPods the Spatial Audio / Spatialize Stereo setting should be turned off to play a binaural file (otherwise the headphones process it again). An ADM BWF file is the required format for submitting a Dolby Atmos mix to Apple Music. Use (inference): head tracking is a monitoring and playback-side feature; the mix itself stays a scene (beds and objects) that the playback device rotates, which is consistent with the ambisonic rotation described in round 1 (3DoF, no room-translation). Failure modes: judging binaural stereo bounces with head tracking on; double-processing through AirPods spatialisation. 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