I've watched/listened to part of the Kraftwerk 3D Catalogue 12345678 Box Set (Started with Disc 1 Concert in full 3D video and Atmos sound). Yeah, it's LONG. The total playing time for both discs (of either the concert or the "films" they play in the background only) is a whopping 4 Hours and 50 Minutes long! (That's 70 tracks(!) although one is the end credits). Yeah, I didn't have that much time given I was also testing my Xidoo's 4K playing ability off a hard drive (works great!) and some other things as I have to run the 3D versions of Kraftwerk off the Xidoo hard drive as well (beats loading discs).
The 3D video definitely makes the films look more interesting. As I suspected, some of those flying musical notes and other things come flying right out of the screen and I felt the need to duck practically as some hit you right in the face more or less....
I also created 2D versions for KODI that can play around the house with video and I extracted .MKA files so I can direct track select from music (cutting the video out altogether, which is great for using my star/cloud projector).
I will say listening to Pocket Calculator, I definitely got the feeling that Atmos can image anywhere in the room in 3D space. That sounds were flying around in the space between my front mains and my head all around and on the ceiling. Most Atmos music I've heard doesn't really image in the middle of the room between you and the speakers except on the side walls save Yello's Point album in Big Boys Blues when a sound shoots like an arrow from the front to the back right down the middle of the room right over my head.
I was wondering if it could image out in the room in other places and I think this song pretty much answers that question. I get the feeling movies avoid that area because it would have things blowing up in the audience aisles in front of you which might seem weird (seems like it would be awesome to me), but without watching the concert footage, I think my brain can concentrate more on the sound placement (another reason I like to listen to surround albums with the screen dark, not just for the cloud/star effect on the ceiling). As nice as some 5.1 surround albums are, Atmos can be freaking amazing in terms of sound placements in every point in space (although not every Atmos music album I've heard actually does that; many are more conservative with placement).
I think it will be awhile to play the entire 5 hour concert (which is basically their entire catalogue and hence the name, I guess; even the remix album is on there live).
The 3D video definitely makes the films look more interesting. As I suspected, some of those flying musical notes and other things come flying right out of the screen and I felt the need to duck practically as some hit you right in the face more or less....
I also created 2D versions for KODI that can play around the house with video and I extracted .MKA files so I can direct track select from music (cutting the video out altogether, which is great for using my star/cloud projector).
I will say listening to Pocket Calculator, I definitely got the feeling that Atmos can image anywhere in the room in 3D space. That sounds were flying around in the space between my front mains and my head all around and on the ceiling. Most Atmos music I've heard doesn't really image in the middle of the room between you and the speakers except on the side walls save Yello's Point album in Big Boys Blues when a sound shoots like an arrow from the front to the back right down the middle of the room right over my head.
I was wondering if it could image out in the room in other places and I think this song pretty much answers that question. I get the feeling movies avoid that area because it would have things blowing up in the audience aisles in front of you which might seem weird (seems like it would be awesome to me), but without watching the concert footage, I think my brain can concentrate more on the sound placement (another reason I like to listen to surround albums with the screen dark, not just for the cloud/star effect on the ceiling). As nice as some 5.1 surround albums are, Atmos can be freaking amazing in terms of sound placements in every point in space (although not every Atmos music album I've heard actually does that; many are more conservative with placement).
I think it will be awhile to play the entire 5 hour concert (which is basically their entire catalogue and hence the name, I guess; even the remix album is on there live).
