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Dolby Access App: Dolby Atmos Add-On for Headphones (PC/Xbox Digital)

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Microsoft Store has Dolby Atmos for Headphones Add-On for Dolby Access App (PC/Xbox One/Series X/S) on sale for $11.24.

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About this App:
  • An add-on for the Dolby Access app, Dolby Atmos for Headphones enables your Windows 10 PC to deliver an immersive headphone experience.
  • You'll get the full Dolby Atmos moving audio experience with games, movies, and shows designed for Dolby Atmos, and an enhanced surround sound experience for all your favorite 5.1- and 7.1-channel content.
  • For games, Dolby Atmos lets you pinpoint teammates, enemies, and obstacles for a competitive edge and more intense game experience.
  • For movies and shows in Dolby Atmos, the sounds of people, music, and action put you inside the story to deliver a more encompassing, moving experience.

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  • About this deal:
    • This is $3.75 less (25% savings) than the regular price of $14.99.
    • Refer to the forum thread for deal discussion.

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Microsoft Store has Dolby Atmos for Headphones Add-On for Dolby Access App (PC/Xbox One/Series X/S) on sale for $11.24.

Thanks community member SociableJuice2702 for sharing this deal

About this App:
  • An add-on for the Dolby Access app, Dolby Atmos for Headphones enables your Windows 10 PC to deliver an immersive headphone experience.
  • You'll get the full Dolby Atmos moving audio experience with games, movies, and shows designed for Dolby Atmos, and an enhanced surround sound experience for all your favorite 5.1- and 7.1-channel content.
  • For games, Dolby Atmos lets you pinpoint teammates, enemies, and obstacles for a competitive edge and more intense game experience.
  • For movies and shows in Dolby Atmos, the sounds of people, music, and action put you inside the story to deliver a more encompassing, moving experience.

Editor's Notes

Written by johnny_miller | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This is $3.75 less (25% savings) than the regular price of $14.99.
    • Refer to the forum thread for deal discussion.

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Written by SociableJuice2702

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cheebong
I have no idea what I just bought.
Buck_Rogers
Yeah I bought this last time it came around, and I agree that it's worth buying. For you old heads like me, it is not just crappy reverb "tech" like we saw for a couple decades. It enables object-based rendering of audio for your headphones (you can get another version of it for free by enabling Windows Sonic for Headphones). So instead of just left vs right, it renders a bullet as an object moving in space amongst other objects, using the newer API that Microsoft exposed for 3D audio rendering. It's good for supported games, and doesn't ruin or hurt games that don't support it. Movies are MUCH better with it. Night and day. I got Dolby over DTS just because Dolby is more widespread (Netflix premium plans etc). I leave it enabled all the time and never disable it. And the license is perpetual. Do it.
podboy
It should work just fine on home theater setups without the need to purchase a license, only costs money if using with headphones.

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I got this and enable it for my stereo speakers. Not sure if you're supposed to but they seem to "sound better" haha. Could be my imagination though.
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podboy
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It should work just fine on home theater setups without the need to purchase a license, only costs money if using with headphones.
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UltraLazer
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I have been wanting them to do something like this for DDL, digital Dolby live, and what that does is encode 5.1 into 2 channels. HDMI has some issues where it might say a surround sound device is stereo when it can do 5.1. so I'm not sure if Atmos would fix that. And what's even crazier is most onboard sound chips have been capable of this for a long time, but it's the Dolby license stopping it. So who knows if MS is using the hardway or doing this in software
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A must buy in my opinion
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Yeah I bought this last time it came around, and I agree that it's worth buying. For you old heads like me, it is not just crappy reverb "tech" like we saw for a couple decades. It enables object-based rendering of audio for your headphones (you can get another version of it for free by enabling Windows Sonic for Headphones). So instead of just left vs right, it renders a bullet as an object moving in space amongst other objects, using the newer API that Microsoft exposed for 3D audio rendering. It's good for supported games, and doesn't ruin or hurt games that don't support it. Movies are MUCH better with it. Night and day. I got Dolby over DTS just because Dolby is more widespread (Netflix premium plans etc). I leave it enabled all the time and never disable it. And the license is perpetual. Do it.
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Im on the trial and can't notice any difference using this
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I have no idea what I just bought.
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I get an error when trying to purchase. I will try again later.
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Is this just for headphones? Any way to add it to TV Home theater?
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Quote from Iamcruz :
I get an error when trying to purchase. I will try again later.

I'm getting an error as well. Anyone successfully purchase?
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TerryP2633
Apr 12, 2022
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Quote from gado45 :
Im on the trial and can't notice any difference using this
Me neither using headphones on the PC but playing mostly older games like Black Mesa, Max Payne 3 and even Doom Eternal which is not that old. I checked the list of supported games and it's still pretty short for right now. I will say the demo sounds awesome (so I can rule out my headphones which are decent). I'm going to download one of the newer Tomb Raider games that do support it and hopefully enjoy the fireworks or rather the symphony
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Can anyone explain what this is? I've followed audio for more than 40 years and this seems like a product that has never existed before. I have an Xbox but run it through my receiver, what would this do in that case?
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Is this for Xbox or just PC? Will one license work on both?
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Quote from Bluelair :
Can anyone explain what this is? I've followed audio for more than 40 years and this seems like a product that has never existed before. I have an Xbox but run it through my receiver, what would this do in that case?
It came with my PC which I've had for a couple of years. It has an equalizer you can set, but most music applications probably have that anyway. At some point it started doing this weird thing where the volume would go up or down depending on which application I used (it was mainly an annoyance). I ended up setting it to music then disabling to make that go away. I guess if you use your PC for home theater it might be worth something.

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Quote from TerryP2633 :
Me neither using headphones on the PC but playing mostly older games like Black Mesa, Max Payne 3 and even Doom Eternal which is not that old. I checked the list of supported games and it's still pretty short for right now. I will say the demo sounds awesome (so I can rule out my headphones which are decent). I'm going to download one of the newer Tomb Raider games that do support it and hopefully enjoy the fireworks or rather the symphony
You will have to adjust it through the app and make sure your soundcard is set to Dolby as the processor. It will default to Windows Sonic.

The better your audio setup the better it will sound.
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