Jan 17, Kathmandu - With the aim of taking the technical quality of the Nepali film and music sector to world-class standards, ‘Music Nepal’ has brought into operation the first Dolby Atmos-accredited post-production studio in the country.

This company, which has been ruling Nepali music for four decades, has built this state-of-the-art studio at Pingalasthan in Gaushala with an investment of about Rs. 100 million.

The 'Music Nepal Audio Visual' was formally inaugurated on Friday in the presence of Film Development Board Chairman Dinesh DC as the chief guest, veteran filmmaker duo Madan Krishna Shrestha and Haribansha Acharya as the special guest, and Music Nepal Chief Santosh Sharma.

The 'Dolby Atmos' studio was formally inaugurated by the special guest filmmaker duo Shrestha and Acharya by lighting a lamp.

This studio, which will be fully operational from today, Saturday, is the first major project that Dolby has expanded in South Asia after India.

This Dolby Certified Music Studio in Nepal is one of only 10 studios in South Asia. It is the first Dolby Atmos sound mixing studio in Nepal.

The biggest feature of this studio is its 32.1 Dolby Atmos configuration. 32.1 refers to the number of speaker channels used in the system, i.e. 32 speaker channels + 1 subwoofer channel.

In a typical 5.1 or 7.1 sound system, the sound only comes from the surroundings, but the 32.1 Dolby Atmos technology makes the viewer feel like they are in the middle of the sound. It gives the sound a '3-D' effect through 32 different channels and a powerful subwoofer. This allows the sound to move from the ceiling, front and back, left and right, and around. While watching a movie, the experience of rain, birds flying, or helicopters coming from many directions is as real as it gets.

This studio is Dolby's first major expansion project in South Asia after India. Certified by Dolby, this studio is one of the limited 10 best studios in South Asia. It will provide Nepali audiences with an 'immersive' experience similar to that of big Hollywood and Bollywood films.