Cannot hear ATC instructions and other aircraft suddenly while AI copilot still responds

[skysthelimit707]

@AviatorDown8227

Why would Dolby only affect one very specific audio item in MSFS and every other sound feature in the sim plus everything outside the sim like YouTube etc. carries on working just fine at the same time.

In my Dolby Atmos setup guide that I posted here: Dolby Access app - Dolby Atmos for (Headphones | home theater) - Active Spatial Sound = On
I said:

@skysthelimit707

change ACTIVE SPATIAL SOUND from OFF to ON:

if you can still hear the background music playing then everything is setup correctly so click the home icon, click on “APPLY AND SAVE”, go for a flight and enjoy Dolby Atmos in your headphones while flying in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

If you don’t have Dolby Atmos setup or if Windows loses the Dolby Atmos settings then as soon as you turn on ACTIVE SPATIAL SOUND then the background music disappears as Microsoft Flight Simulator is trying to play the background music in a channel which simply doesn’t exist. For example most normal speakers or headphones are a standard 2 channel which is left and right but in a 5.1 channel setup you have:
1 & 2. Left & right speakers
3. Center speaker
4 & 5. Left & right surround speakers
.1 Subwoofer
the background music is playing in a channel that isn’t the left or right speakers. Same for ATC.