Elton John in Atmos

[sbrom]

i heard some swirly/swimmy/swooshy type artefacts but many were only at their most noticeable when i was going right up to the speakers to see exactly what was coming out of them, especially the Height channels to see if/how GP had used them and if these were indeed new Atmos mixes or rehashes of the old 5.1's and then boom(!) i'd get my comeuppance when there'd be some layer of backing vocals pop up in a Height speaker that was never even in the mix at all in the original and i'd stop fretting about the swooshing and just get absorbed in the mix as a whole again!

Agreed! I could get absorbed in this stuff all day long

 

[Ephi82]

i was flicking back and forth on this one and the Atmos has it squarely in the Rear Left on my setup just like the SACD but there seems to be more reverb on the lead vocals and those reverbed vocals feel more prominent in the Rears than on the SACD somehow

Do you have 4 height speakers? Ceiling mounted?

 

[fredblue]

Do you have 4 height speakers? Ceiling mounted?

2 Front Heights, Front-firing on stands approx 6ft off the floor

 

[HomerJAU]

2 Front Heights, Front-firing on stands approx 6ft off the floor

That explains your previous mix comments. Music in the rear heights is mixed to your side/rears when you have no rear heights.

 

[CPR]

The SACD's are superior overall, sonics, musicality, and I feel like the Atmos mixes are a little bereft of bass.

And most important and I'm disappointed that Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding didn't make the cut for this compilation. Back to the SACD for that one.

Don't forget the DVD/A, & the BluRay audio!

 

[perzon57]

Don't forget the DVD/A, & the BluRay audio!

I have them all.

 

[Mooserfan]

despite the blurb in the booklets about using the original mixes (etc) when Gus revisited 17-11-70 in the 90's for The Classic Years series there was some weirdness going on that felt to me like remixing (and not necessarily all beneficial.. hmm ) so maybe that's a sign multi's are/were in existence idk?

tbh i find it such a visceral experience its one i'm quite happy to lap up in (shock horror!) Stereo and the RSD 2LP issue that has all the tracks (though not in the right order!) wasn't bad-sounding at all i thought

Wasn’t that RSD 17-11-70 supposed to come out as a general release by now, Adam?

 

[quicksrt]

Glad to hear that the EJ multis did not go up in smoke, and they are there for remixing. Especially for “Don’t Shoot Me” one of my fave EJ albums.

 

[fredblue]

Wasn’t that RSD 17-11-70 supposed to come out as a general release by now, Adam?

good question! i don't think it ever happened!

 

[fredblue]

That explains your previous mix comments. Music in the rear heights is mixed to your side/rears when you have no rear heights.

oh right, i don't have a problem with the EJ Atmos mixes or the way they're being downmixed to 5.1.2 on my setup, think Ephi's the one making enquiries

 

[LuvMyQuad]

I got into Diamonds yesterday. I played the whole thing, but only listened critically to a dozen or so. What I heard was pretty impressive. I didn't have time to compare tracks to the 5.1 SACDs so I cant vouch that they are on par fidelity wise, but the mixes themselves are quite good. It was great to finally hear some of that unreleased stuff. I do wish there were more classic tracks from the unreleased SACDs.

 

[surroundsoundman]

I do have a question regarding these Streaming Atmos mixes. Who is doing the mixing, and are they getting the blessing from the artist, or is this just an effect that is added to an already existing 5.1 or quad mix, like playing a CD in Dolby Pro-Logic IIx faux surround?

 

[atlantasteve]

How about a poll of favorite Atmos track from Diamonds?

 

[fredblue]

I do have a question regarding these Streaming Atmos mixes. Who is doing the mixing, and are they getting the blessing from the artist, or is this just an effect that is added to an already existing 5.1 or quad mix, like playing a CD in Dolby Pro-Logic IIx faux surround?

mixed by Greg Penny, who mixed all the Elton 5.1 SACDs, with Elton's blessing

 

[Guitmark]

Made it through almost all of Diamonds yesterday. To me, even though I’m hearing it in 5.1, it sounds fabulous. Rich and warm.

 

[fredblue]

How about a poll of favorite Atmos track from Diamonds?

great idea!! doing one now

 

[GOS]

Now that I'm giving things a better listen/chance...I'm getting what's going on with the elton stuff (probably others). The audio coming from heights behaves, at times, differently than when I listen to Atmos from a disc. But, that's OK. What I'm hearing in Apple is some reverb, at times (faint) then all of a sudden a blast of a sound, or a vocal or an insturment. I get it, it's just different than I'm used to. Now that I got that out of the way, these tracks do sound very nice.

 

[fredblue]

Polls are up!

(10 tracks to choose from per Poll for the first 4 Polls, then 8 tracks in the 5th and final Poll)

Part 1:

https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...elton-john-diamonds-dolby-atmos-tracks.32147/
Part 2:

https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...-john-diamonds-dolby-atmos-tracks-pt-2.32148/
Part 3:

https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...-john-diamonds-dolby-atmos-tracks-pt-3.32149/
Part 4:

https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...-john-diamonds-dolby-atmos-tracks-pt-4.32150/
Part 5:

https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...-john-diamonds-dolby-atmos-tracks-pt-5.32151/

 

[DuncanS]

48 tracks newly mixed into Atmos, Blimey!

 

[marcb]

Wasn’t that RSD 17-11-70 supposed to come out as a general release by now, Adam?

It was a RSD Exclusive, not First, if I recall correctly.