Dolby Atmos Renderer v5.3 is now available for download from Dolby Professional Store and a 90-day trial is available from Dolby Customer.

New features included with v5.3:

• Updated size metadata rendering to a process similar to Dolby Atmos Renderer v5.1 and previous.
• Removed the all-pass filter applied across all objects and bed channels (introduced in Dolby Atmos Renderer v5.2), reducing True Peak loudness differences between Dolby tools.
• Loudness measurement aligned with Dolby Atmos Album Assembler v1.4.

For more information on these changes please click on the link below to read: 

Dolby Atmos monitoring and loudness updates for content creators

 

Other new feature include:

• Stereo Direct as new monitoring and re-render layout.
• Transport timeline.
• Option in Preferences to change spacebar playback behavior.
• Updated rounding behaviour in UI. Master start/end now shown as rounded to nearest subframe.
• Option in Preferences to show master start/end in subframes in top panel.
• Ambix re-renders are now labelled as AmbiX ACN0(W), AmbiX ACN1(Y), AmbiX ACN2(Z), AmbiX ACN3(X)
• (Mac only) Prevent display sleep option in Preferences
• OSC commands to control Renderer transport
• Qualification of MTRX II audio interface and the Thunderbolt™ 3 option module.

Note: If you are upgrading from v3.xx to v5.3 please read the upgrade FAQ in the v5.0 announcement.