Just bought the full download files, Atmos and flac
Will play them later while I'm watching IPL cricket.
Will play them later while I'm watching IPL cricket.
While I appreciate the appropriately placed credit given to Bob Clearmountain, the link tells us that Dave Way and Steve Genewick(@Steve G)were also involved in mixing the album. I’m not familiar with Dave Way’s body of work but we at QQ all know that Steve Genewick has well developed surround mixing chops.Immersive Audio now have 5.1 FLAC and ATMOS downloads available:
Lifelike - A Bad Think (Atmos & 5.1 FLAC Download) (immersiveaudioalbum.com)
Thanks but is it in Atmos? Does not say. Edit, answered above.And on the abadthink.com web site it is now available on optical bluray disc. I just purchased it.
Dolby streams can have a "Dialog Normalization" / offset, and a receiver will use this to adjust the level / loudness.I DL this album. Is it just me or is volume low like Tidal? I mean really low.
Dolby streams can have a "Dialog Normalization" / offset, and a receiver will use this to adjust the level / loudness.
If I play a Dolby Atmos track from Tidal, Netflix, etc on a streaming device (example Firestick), it doesn't allow you to turn off and ignore this offset.
But if I play the file locally from a desktop (example Windows) and send the stream to the receiver, it would show the Offset on my receiver (Denon/Marantz).
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And it allows me to turn off / ignore that Offset.
On a Denon/Marantz receiver, it's in the Audio --> Surround Parameter, and I can turn off the Loudness Management.
Note: This option/setting will only appear while the bitstream is playing.
View attachment 66726
And regarding the Tidal low volume issue -- the problem is twofold:
(1) The Atmos songs have this extreme Offset / Dialog Normalization ( -14dB in this example)
(2) When the bitstream is sent to the receiver from the streaming device (example Firestick), it seems this setting is lost/hidden ( i.e. the streaming device already took the offset into account), so you cannot turn it off on the receiver at all.
The same thing applies to other apps ( like Netflix ), except the offset on the Netflix streams is not as extreme ( for example it can be -4dB, not -14dB).
Dolby streams can have a "Dialog Normalization" / offset, and a receiver will use this to adjust the level / loudness.
If I play a Dolby Atmos track from Tidal, Netflix, etc on a streaming device (example Firestick), it doesn't allow you to turn off and ignore this offset.
But if I play the file locally from a desktop (example Windows) and send the stream to the receiver, it would show the Offset on my receiver (Denon/Marantz).
View attachment 66725
And it allows me to turn off / ignore that Offset.
On a Denon/Marantz receiver, it's in the Audio --> Surround Parameter, and I can turn off the Loudness Management.
Note: This option/setting will only appear while the bitstream is playing.
View attachment 66726
And regarding the Tidal low volume issue -- the problem is twofold:
(1) The Atmos songs have this extreme Offset / Dialog Normalization ( -14dB in this example)
(2) When the bitstream is sent to the receiver from the streaming device (example Firestick), it seems this setting is lost/hidden ( i.e. the streaming device already took the offset into account), so you cannot turn it off on the receiver at all.
The same thing applies to other apps ( like Netflix ), except the offset on the Netflix streams is not as extreme ( for example it can be -4dB, not -14dB).
Not my favorite of Michael body of work. I thought the Atmos was weak and preferred the 5.1 mix. Sorry to say overall I was disappointed with the material felt his earlier work was stronger. All I can say and I am sorry to say this Lifelike left me Lifeless.
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