The 2015 Onkyo TX-NR646 is now able to decode DTS:X. If one is feeling adventurous, all of the channels get their own tool, but 128 or more effects whizzing around the room at once is likely to make an audience confused or worse. It was fun zooming around the main mixing stage at DTS. We got a hands-on with the tool, which is a compass-like ball controlled with a mouse. The DTS facility at Calabasas, where the format was announced to the press in 2015, is home to several mixing stages used for mixing movie soundtracks, in addition to education and research. "Us having a plug-in tool as opposed to a hardware- and software-based one is very interesting to our clients." "Immersive mixing is still relatively new in general," said Bill Neighbors, general manager of pro audio at DTS. Its implementation is also simpler, as it only involves a plug-in to the most popular mixing software, Pro Tools. He says it takes less time to produce a DTS:X mix than an Atmos one. While McIntyre acknowledges that both DTS:X and Dolby Atmos offer the same amount of compression, he claims cost savings to the studios is one of its most attractive features.
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