@Travis Leeman Thank you for mentioning Samply! I'll check that one out too :) cheers man!

@Steven Casale that was well said! I agree with that, and loved the painter analogy. I was actually surprised reading that engineers were approached to even mix AI generated content. I don't doubt that some people pay for suno to have commercial rights but I imagine people ripping free generated content no different from using a youtube/mp3 converter, which wouldn't be worth the time or effort on the engineer's part. But for real, why bother paying an engineer for quality when the most someone is putting in is a $30 suno subscription, might as well slap some AI plugins on your chain and use landr

For anyone wanting more of a deep dive on Dolby Atmos mastering, saw mastering engineer Justin Gray facilitate a few workshops on immersive music, amazing to learn from and totally passionate about it. He has a 3 hour guide on the subject, if there's any beginners in here that are also itching to explore the concept or advanced folks that want to share, would love to meet and learn with you all! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcZWOCMVkWE

@Billy Wright hey Billy! I am actually taking my time learning more before I decide to get certified. It's the direction I want to go and probably should've gone a few years back because the artists wanting dolby atmos mixes now have a little niche of engineers certified to do so and most likely with dolby certified studios. To answer your question, no, I haven't had anyone wanting an atmos mix, but I feel like this is the direction music is heading into, particularly with streaming services, I know Apple and Amazon already offer these formats, but the question is, how many people are actually listening to music in surround sound. I've only had one person ask me where they could find music in an immersive format because he recently put up his home theatre. I'm interested in atmos because I feel like there's more opportunities beyond music.

Hello, I've personally found measurement software helpful, it's helpful when you want to fine tune your room for a specific purpose like mastering. It's great to cover your first reflection points. Acoustic treatment is expensive even if you're building your own, but once you have the reflection points, and positioned your desk/speakers/sitting position, learning about the other potential frequencies building up through measurement software supports with how you want to continue treating your room, most of the time I find people are using absorption but in some rooms or depending what your specific purpose is, having some diffusers can be necessary too. I'm not a pro but when using the software you can save the graphs and provide them to an acoustician (I think that's what they're called) and they can help with consulting. It really depends how far you want to take it. Personally, I've got my reflection points covered, there's a few things I want to do to fine tune, so I also use a solid pair of headphones to mix/master some work, especially when I'm on the go. These days, you can really get by on a solid pair of headphones.