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For decades, music has been mixed primarily in stereo, with left and right channels defining the soundstage. It’s familiar, but it’s somewhat flat when compared to natural hearing. Sound isn’t two-dimensional, it surrounds us. When an orchestra performs or when a band plays live, we hear depth, distance, movement, and space. Spatial audio brings that realism back. It’s not a gimmick, it’s a re-engineering of how music is composed, mixed, and ultimately experienced. Today, everyone from Billie Eilish to Hans Zimmer and The Weeknd are mixing in Dolby Atmos and other immersive formats, craftin…