Dolby Atmos Music on Blu-ray

[Perp]

So far, I’m concerned about the number of titles announced and/or released this year.

Oops! I forgot to say ‘Surround Titles” in general.

 

[timothyemerson]

Here's a new 2L release with Atmos and Auro coming in April. 30 second samples here: https://shop.klicktrack.com/2l/526044?

More detail here (click the Polarity album cover top left): http://www.2l.no/

I have Hoff Ensemble's Quiet Winter Night BD which is awesome. If anything, it'll have superb fidelity.

 

[haikubass]

I don't really know anything about this release, but it looks like the Blu-Ray is being released on its own outside of the box set:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07B5Y8S31/

FYI, it's down to €11 at amazon.de - the price of the CD version... Also, the mix is by Fritz Hilpert (Kraftwerk)

 

[IMachine]

It is a great mix!
Heard it yesterday the first time.
Very discerete in 5.1!
Recommended if you like electronica.

 

[4-earredwonder]

According to AmazonUK where the price is down to £8.52, I should be receiving my copy between June 5-9th.

 

[mam]

It is a great mix!
Heard it yesterday the first time.
Very discerete in 5.1!
Recommended if you like electronica.

I agree
Only too short.
Time flies away.

 

[weekendtoy]

Thanks everyone for the reminder on the Booka Shade disc.

Will be listened to in 7.2.4

 

[beerking]

I won't repeat what I said on my recent purchase. Yes I will !! Its very good indeed. I fully recommend it. Go on treat yourself !! You know you want it. That's my commission sorted....

 

[GOS]

I won't repeat what I said on my recent purchase. Yes I will !! Its very good indeed. I fully recommend it. Go on treat yourself !! You know you want it. That's my commission sorted....

Which purchase?

 

[beerking]

Ah yes that would help... Booka Shade, Galvany Street in Dolby Atmo. Too keen to get me fingers at it!!

 

[4-earredwonder]

Thanks everyone for the reminder on the Booka Shade disc.

Will be listened to in 7.2.4

To be totally honest, I wasn't at all impressed with this BD~A. I listened ONLY in 5.1 and although the sound is stunning and the bass immense, it could've been so much better. IMO, totally lacked IMAGINATION!

A much better DEAL, IMO: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultimate-C...=1528668147&sr=1-1&keywords=ultimate+chillout

 

[jimfisheye]

I'm wondering what might have been mixed discretely in Atmos (or DTS-X or Auro 3D) that might drive me to set up height channels and a handful of object channels?

Dark Side Of The Moon is what directly led me to surround sound to begin with. I liked avant garde music to begin with. The motion possible with stereo spoke to me right away. As soon as I heard you could do that with more speakers around the room and saw the quad version of DSOTM calling out to me, that was it. The 5.1 remix of King Crimson Thrak would be a more modern example of something that absolutely requires surround to hear (just as "all or nothing" as DSOTM IMHO) and would lure me into a 5.1 setup if I hadn't yet done it.

So I wonder if there's a mix in 3D surround that might make me hungry to set up more speakers and get the software codecs and such up to speed to losslessly decode the formats?
I have zero interest if something originally 5.1 is merely adapted or upmixed to such a system. Not interested in movie soundtracks. Is there a wild ride of a mix that is truly discrete and really works a 3D system? And truly requires a 3D system to hear at all properly? Not just ambience work but real wildness! I need something to motivate me here.

 

[César]

I'm wondering what might have been mixed discretely in Atmos (or DTS-X or Auro 3D) that might drive me to set up height channels and a handful of object channels?

Dark Side Of The Moon is what directly led me to surround sound to begin with. I liked avant garde music to begin with. The motion possible with stereo spoke to me right away. As soon as I heard you could do that with more speakers around the room and saw the quad version of DSOTM calling out to me, that was it. The 5.1 remix of King Crimson Thrak would be a more modern example of something that absolutely requires surround to hear (just as "all or nothing" as DSOTM IMHO) and would lure me into a 5.1 setup if I hadn't yet done it.

So I wonder if there's a mix in 3D surround that might make me hungry to set up more speakers and get the software codecs and such up to speed to losslessly decode the formats?
I have zero interest if something originally 5.1 is merely adapted or upmixed to such a system. Not interested in movie soundtracks. Is there a wild ride of a mix that is truly discrete and really works a 3D system? And truly requires a 3D system to hear at all properly? Not just ambience work but real wildness! I need something to motivate me here.

There are very good Atmos/Auro mixes over there, but there's none that meets your requirement (being as wild and groundbreaking as DSOTM).
Two mixes stand out over the rest: REM's Automatic for the People and Mando Diao's Aelita. Nice complementary use of the heights and some discreet isolate elements, but nothing comparable to the wow effect that you get when switching from stereo to quad. Just in my humble opinion, of course.

 

[jimfisheye]

There are very good Atmos/Auro mixes over there, but there's none that meets your requirement (being as wild and groundbreaking as DSOTM).
Two mixes stand out over the rest: REM's Automatic for the People and Mando Diao's Aelita. Nice complementary use of the heights and some discreet isolate elements, but nothing comparable to the wow effect that you get when switching from stereo to quad. Just in my humble opinion, of course.

That's kind of what I thought. Don't get me wrong. Everything sounds better in surround. Even front-centric mixes that only use the surround for headroom or ambience extension. "Since the system is already here and set up, might as well do that." kind of thing. But there's no way I would have been lured into surround if that was the only mix ever made! If these 3D formats are going to become a thing, someone needs to make some mixes that the likes of us can't wait to be able to hear! To the point of being driven to purchasing more speakers and setting them up (aligning, calibrating, etc) and dealing with the software.

How's the software decoding end BTW? Easy peasy? Just rip to a lossless MCH FLAC file (or mkv for stuff with video also) and play with your favorite media player app? Or the polar opposite like the early days of DVDA or bluray or decoding ringers like dts2496?

Random thought:
How about one of those legendary Parliament shows with 17 people on stage and the spaceship landing? Something like that?

 

[tcdriver]

I'm wondering what might have been mixed discretely in Atmos (or DTS-X or Auro 3D) that might drive me to set up height channels and a handful of object channels?...

These discs may do it for you and/or the Galvany Street by Booka Shade.

 

[anandchristi]

Rpwl -A New Dawn is a reference Atmos mix

 

[bluelightning]

Rpwl -A New Dawn is a reference Atmos mix

It is indeed very good.

 

[jimfisheye]

These discs may do it for you and/or the Galvany Street by Booka Shade.
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Not a fan of Roger's wall rehash even if the mix is compelling I'm afraid. Those synth bands could maybe get into some wild territory with the format. Not my style that much but either are the Flaming Lips and I enjoy their surround mixes. This is probably a slippery slope but does anyone have an Atmos/dts-x/auro mix they've ripped to MCH flac (with all the separate primary surround, height, and object tracks) that I could preview? (Look at in a DAW. Solo the various channels and that kind of thing. Basically tease me into buying stuff even if the music isn't maybe something I'd normally go after.) Or maybe there's a demo like that available somewhere?

 

[Spock]

Try this:

http://mattdareywolf.com/

 

[jimfisheye]

Try this:

http://mattdareywolf.com/

Thanks, I will!
Looks like I'll need to see if my media player apps are up to speed decoding lossless Atmos and head down that rabbit hole but I knew that was coming too.