Italy’s Nut Academy – which trains sound technicians, sound designers and producers of electronic music – has constructed a Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 studio featuring Genelec smart active monitors.
"The idea of making a Dolby Atmos studio was born from the need to keep our teaching in step with the times," said Vinci Acunto, sound engineer and teacher at Nut Academy.
"If you want to work in the field of music production, you definitely have to deal with Atmos. It is a technical need and a creative opportunity in the training course of a sound engineer or a music producer."
While there were plans in place to build a facility to meet the Dolby specification, the school had struggled to find a suitable time to construct the studio. The opportunity to do this was eventually offered by the pandemic.
As restrictions during Italy’s lockdown made it impossible to carry out the day-to-day teaching on site, it provided the perfect time to finally deliver the project.
The school partnered with Midiware, the Italian distributor of Genelec’s professional monitors, and acoustic consultants Studio Sound Service to design and supply a purpose-built studio that could be installed by the Nut Academy team and would meet the necessary immersive audio standards.