Logic and Dolby Atmos 9.1.6 -> NOT WORKING ANY MORE on Sonoma

Hi there.

As oficial Dolby Atmos Music Studio, changing from Ventura to Sonoma KILLED all 9.1.6 functionality.

It seems that Apple didn't get 9.1.6 license from Dolby, only the 7.1.4 one ... to save money and make us live impossible?

Wanted to downgrade to Ventura, but on Mac you CANNOT downgrade...I would have to create a boot loader disk and maybe installing from there Ventura will kill ALL SYSTEM, so Logic with 100 plugins installed.

It's crazy that Apple changes those things without any advise and leaving us professionals without any support and creating us huge problems to do our work.....at this moment we have to close the 9.1.6 room until we find any workaround, of course without any help from Apple, as they're NON-EXISTENT for us pro customers....what a pity....I'm a little p.... o...... Seriously.

Any ideas!?

Thanks

Stephan

Palmland Studio, Spain

Mac Studio, macOS 14.1

Posted on Dec 1, 2023 11:33 AM

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Dec 21, 2023 04:37 AM in response to aeromaxspain

Hi, I have the exact same issue and should have known better before upgrading. Does anyone know of this is temporary or if somehow a purchase from Dolby would unlock the feature again?

Or does anyone here have a workaround at hand maybe?

Sebastian

aeromaxspain Author

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Dec 21, 2023 05:13 AM in response to SebastianLogic

From Apple there is no answer and no hint at all. I think this is a license thing: Apple doesn't want to pay license for 9.1.6 but only for 7.1.4 (as Logic doesn't support more) and for that reason they killed it in Sonoma.

A downgrade isn't possible, as you would erase the hole hard drive to install any previous Mac OS Version.

So we have to live with at the Studio and reproduce 9.1.6 stuff via the Dolby Atmos Renderer speaking directly to the audio interface. What a pity - lack of information of Apple, as all the big companies do. That's life, not being a multi-billionar :D

Greez

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