What’s New in Penteo Version 6?
Marc Fishman CAS
2-Time Emmy Winning Re-Recording Mixer
“I have used Penteo for over a decade and have found no equal for music in terms of balanced and tasteful separation of vocals and instruments, without steering artifacts in the upmix or subsequent dowmixed deliverables.”
Highest Order 64 Channel Ambisonics
Penteo adds 2ch / 3ch / 4ch UHJ and 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Order AmbiX Ambisonics for advanced multispatial automatic encoding /decoding.
New Audio Formats
Extreme 360 Audio Formats
New Octophonic 8ch Cube, hybrid Sony 360RA
7.0.7+2B, Atmos 7.0.7, Atmos 9.0.6 & 7.0.6 as both input and output formats
Direct Binaural Renderer
Create high quality Binaural directly from 62 audio formats without needing to upmix first.
Faster Audio Restoration
LtRt, LCRS, LCRS+LFE and 2.1 Stereo formats added to make speed the reversioning process to/from legacy audio formats
Stem Upmix / Stem Passthrough Mode
New upmix modes modify the how Left / Right inputs are upmixed that can reduce or eliminate the need for post-upmix panning and EQ.
New Creative Workflow Controls
Autodetect Mono Mode Centers Vocals
Penteo will automatically center all mono-like content and not allow it to be fed to side or rear channels. Ideal for vocals when used with the new Phantom center.
3-level Diffuse Controls + Rear Shelf Filter
Penteo adds independent 3-level Diffuse controls for Upper, Rear and Bottom Channels plus a new Rear Shelf filter.
Full Phantom Center and UMG Atmos Presets
Phantom Center is added as Penteo 4th Center sound-shaping mode. Universal Music Group presets are a faststarting point for UMG’s Atmos specification V1.1.2022.
Legacy and Decorrelated Upmix DSP Autodefault
Legacy DSP is optimized for Surround and Decorrelated DSP for Immersive upmixing. The correct DSP is autodefaulted based on the output format selected.
Multilink up to 5 Faders
Penteo’s new multi-link mode allows any combination of Center, Side, Rear, Upper and Bottom faders to be easily linked or de-linked with the click of a mouse.
DAW Channel Order Autodetect
Penteo now autodetects and will set the correct channel order for Pro Tools, Logic Pro and Cubase/Steinberg DAWs.
Penteo, the award winning audio upmix and downmix software, has just got a whole lot better.
With a raft of improvements to an already powerful feature set, Penteo’s sixth major release in five years is the ultimate tool for audio reversioning, offering unparalleled versatility for audio professionals navigating through diverse audio formats such as Dolby Surround & Atmos, Binaural, Ambisonics and other immersive formats. Penteo’s latest plug-in simplifies the complex process of upmixing and downmixing, ensuring that reversioning between formats retain the highest fidelity and spatial accuracy.
Steven Wilson | Producer, Audio Engineer
Artist | stevenwilsonhq.com
“If I'm remixing a classic album for which some multitracks are missing, Penteo creates an incredibly pure immersive upmix that enables me to keep the intregrity of the album sequence playback in spatial. I can't work without it.”