Dolby Atmos Songs and Albums that have more than 1 Atmos Mix

[himey]

as far as I know, there is no way to listen to Sony 360RA and get overheads

Software decode to a speaker layout with overheads.

 

[himey]

some songs were mixed obnoxiously loud in the rears.

I didn't have that issue but I have no qualms with tweaking channel levels.

 

[marpow]

They technically do, but as far as I know, there is no way to listen to Sony 360RA and get overheads, which is at least part of why the format failed. Denon/Marnatz didn’t start supporting 360 until last year, but it doesn’t matter because I don’t think there are any streaming boxes that know what to do with MPEG-H (the underlying codec). So you may be asking, well what is the point of acquiring 360RA files - well they still have a 7.1 channel bed, and since there was a stupid format war, there were some releases that were 360 exclusives.

Yes, that was the reason for my question as I have a few 360 captures and they are basically 4.0.
Edit: they sound fantastic.

 

[himey]

Yes, that was the reason for my question as I have a few 360 captures and they are basically 4.0.
Edit: they sound fantastic.

Some 360's are 4.0 and 5.1. Other 360 mixes have objects and can be decoded to speaker layouts with height channels.

 

[marpow]

Some 360's are 4.0 and 5.1. Other 360 mixes have objects that can be decoded to speaker layouts with height channels.

OK, good to know. I do not think I have heard any with height channels. But at least I'm not confused now, thank you.

 

[pat bateman]

I didn't have that issue but I have no qualms with tweaking channel levels.

I don’t either if it’s a change that I’m committing to, but to adjust for 1 album, I’ll pass. Here’s what I’m talking about, look at that spike in the rears. Just all the sudden goes to as loud as the fronts, “Get Lucky”.

 

[himey]

I don’t either if it’s a change that I’m committing to, but to adjust for 1 album, I’ll pass. Here’s what I’m talking about, look at that spike in the rears. Just all the sudden goes to as loud as the fronts, “Get Lucky”.

I don't have an issue with it personally. Some of the new Peter Gabriel I/O Atmos tracks have rears equal to or louder than the fronts. Does the Get Lucky track rear channels stay the same if you decode it to 7.1.4? I didn't listen in 7.1.

 

[Dynamic Editor]

Apparently there were two surround sound mixes of Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia, and the 360RA one was notably better than the Atmos.

 

[himey]

360RA one was notably better than the Atmos.

Same with Space Oddity.

 

[Dynamic Editor]

Same with Space Oddity.

What happens to those 360RA mixes, though? Just kind of languishing into nothingness? Not sure they're available anywhere now.

 

[himey]

What happens to those 360RA mixes, though? Just kind of languishing into nothingness now? Not sure they're available anywhere now.

Amazon maybe?