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Topic: Atmos 7.1.4 Playback using a Fireface UFX III

Hi everyone,

Very long time RME user here and I've finally upgrated my original UFX to the UFX III with Room EQ for room correction.

I can mix in Atmos in my DAW but I can't seem to get an Atmos playback going. The UFX seems to be capped at a 7.1 configuration in Windows 11 Pro. I have installed Dolby Access but I'm only getting the Dolby Atmos for Headphones option in the Spatial Sound tab. I'm assuming it's because I can't set my output device (RME UFX III) to more than 7.1.

Is there a workaround? Did I miss something? Is RME working on a new driver and firmware that could allow us set our Firefaces in 7.1.4 and above for playback in Windows?

Thank you,

2 Reply by ramses (edited by ramses 2024-09-14 20:40:18)

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Re: Atmos 7.1.4 Playback using a Fireface UFX III

I watched this video and took a Cubase Demo Project to play around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlMN-bDyGy4

My understanding is that you have to assign your active monitors to the different outputs of the Atmos 7.1.4 renderer.
More is not to do. I could be wrong but it looks this way to me .. see screenshot.

Direct Link to download the screenshot if the scaling in the browser window is not big enough:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zl71tayx … 2&dl=1

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zl71tayxb8kf4jvtr20ps/2024-09-14-Cubase-Demo-Project-Dolby-Atmos.jpg?rlkey=l2640ekac4dskdxx1e9b265c3&st=7t43ntg2&dl=1

Another screenshot
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nqf5w54g … l&dl=1

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nqf5w54gf7xdyvwl837hj/2024-09-14-Cubase-13-Atmos-Screenshot-2.jpg?rlkey=er7ealtyl8nt1gyac7oea60dd&st=x8lzjudl&dl=1

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Re: Atmos 7.1.4 Playback using a Fireface UFX III

Thank you Ramses for you share but I have no issues working in atmos in my DAW. I'm using Reaper and I can route any input to any output.

I'm talking about playback with a rendered content in players like Foobar2000 or VLC. Since I can only set the Fireface UFX III to 7.1 in Windows, I don't get anything more than 7.1 channels modulating in the software playback row of Totalmix FX.

For a number of reasons, I want to play other content than my own like Dark Side of the Moon or Peter Gabriel i/o in Atmos or even movies. They all can serve as reference I'd like to be able to playback easily.

I would also love to be able to render my own tracks in atmos and listen to them without having to open a DAW.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

4 Reply by ramses (edited by ramses 2024-09-14 20:44:15)

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Re: Atmos 7.1.4 Playback using a Fireface UFX III

Ah ok, misunderstood your request. TBH I just started on this topic, but well, it was very interesting experimenting ...
Quite cool to move around Rhythm guitars in the room, make them sound bigger etc.

I found a reference to Dolby Access App in Microsoft store. Does this perhaps help?
I think it should be possible in the application to access the single channels of the RME audio interface.
Either via ASIO driver or by using WDM.

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Re: Atmos 7.1.4 Playback using a Fireface UFX III

Foobar does have an ASIO plugin. Not sure if that one works with Foobar Atmos playback, though.

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