Listening to in Dolby Atmos Streaming, via Tidal/Apple/Amazon

[beerking]

Was trying to play some Atmos music on the ATV, but all the albums in my library was stereo! Tried a restart, but no help. I'm on the latest software. Tried a BD with Atmos, and it played fine, so the ATV is the problem.

Have you disconnected everything? Then reconnect and retry....it might work.

 

[humprof]

Not totally sure, no (now that you call me on it!). . .



Maybe that's what I'm remembering. I thought there was something hinky about Sister Golden Hair, too, but I'd be glad to be wrong about that one. I'll double check.

Sister Golden Hair and Ventura Highway are genuine Atmos mixes (the latter with an asterisk). The rest--Sandman, I Need You, Everyone I Meet Is From California, Don’t Cross the River, Only In Your Heart, Muskrat Love, Another Try, Tin Man, Lonely People, Daisy Jane, Woman Tonight, and Today’s the Day--are what @fredblue calls "Schmatmos."

 

[humprof]

Nessa has released a little gem here....imo

Thanks, @beerking--for this and for The 1975. Definitely worth a listen, both for the music and the mix. Strikes me as sort of a poor man's Lily Allen, though. I'd love to hear her first couple of albums properly mixed for Atmos.

 

[beerking]

Post in thread 'The SDE Surround Sound Series' The SDE Surround Sound Series

Got a bit carried away with this one...placed it in the wrong thread....der

But it's sooooo good

 

[beerking]

Here's another goody....I'm trawling through releases I've missed listening to.

 

[humprof]

Soul Asylum on Tidal.

And on Apple Music:

Really liking this--both the mix and the music. I actually lived in the Twin Cities in the 80s and 90s, but breakout post-punk/grunge bands like Hüsker Dü, Soul Asylum, and The Replacements didn't really grab me then. (I was more into The Wallets and The Jayhawks--and their Chicagoland cousins Uncle Tupelo and Wilco.) Never too late to catch up!

 

[himey]

Really liking this--both the mix and the music. I actually lived in the Twin Cities in the 80s and 90s, but breakout post-punk/grunge bands like Hüsker Dü, Soul Asylum, and The Replacements didn't really grab me then. (I was more into The Wallets and The Jayhawks--and their Chicagoland cousins Uncle Tupelo and Wilco.) Never too late to catch up!

It looks like Tidal removed the Atmos format version and added it to the 360RA selection. I haven't checked it yet but most likely the same mix, different format like the new Ozzy.

 

[beerking]

A bit of Surf Curse for you.
While I'm watching the Hammers at home to the Cherries....

 

[benfolds5]

“Sandman” from ‘The Complete Greatest Hits’ is definitely *not* fake!

I have active mains and an Anthem receiver that allows me to easily shut down every speaker, so I can definitely tell that it's an "All channel stereo" track and not discrete. Every speaker outputs the same instruments and vocals on that song.

 

[beerking]

My final offering this evening...

Very good mix
Didn't used to listen to this type of music back in my heavy rock days...how times have changed!!

 

[benfolds5]

Post in thread 'The SDE Surround Sound Series' The SDE Surround Sound Series

Got a bit carried away with this one...placed it in the wrong thread....der

But it's sooooo good

It's designed to deceive you - The first part has no surround whatsoever. Only halfway through the mindF begins

 

[benfolds5]

I have active mains and an Anthem receiver that allows me to easily shut down every speaker, so I can definitely tell that it's an "All channel stereo" track and not discrete. Every speaker outputs the same instruments and vocals on that song.

But..."I need you" does sound discrete, so they just got lazy on the first track?
It happened also with the Dire straits compilation - "Sultans of Swing" sounds like all channel stereo and afterward it gets better.

 

[MrSmithers]

The Libertines - Up The Bracket

Here's an interesting one I wasn't expecting... Fairly muddy recording hence the surprise but the mix isn't too bad, considering... If independent record labels are having back catalogue stuff like this mixed into Atmos, well it's quite encouraging!

 

[perzon57]

Have you disconnected everything? Then reconnect and retry....it might work.

Seems the problem was with the input I used for the ATV on my AVC. Suddenly it would not decode Atmos. Moved to another input and Atmos was back again.

 

[benfolds5]

The Libertines - Up The Bracket

Here's an interesting one I wasn't expecting... Fairly muddy recording hence the surprise but the mix isn't too bad, considering... If independent record labels are having back catalogue stuff like this mixed into Atmos, well it's quite encouraging!

Yeah, it's for the 20th-anniversary celebrations. XL Recordings also have a 25-anniversary vinyl reissue of Prodigy's Fat Of The Land coming up in two weeks. It would be amazing to get this album (or any other '90s Prodigy album) in Atmos.

 

[PurpleMoustache]

Another no-music-but-news-to-share:
https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/24/apple-music-tv-prices-going-up/Apple Music and Apple TV+ are all going up $1. If you have an Apple One sub, which lumps in various Apple subscriptions together, that's going up $3.

The rationale given is thus:

The subscription prices for Apple Music, Apple TV+, and Apple One will increase beginning today. The change to Apple Music is due to an increase in licensing costs, and in turn, artists and songwriters will earn more for the streaming of their music. We also continue to add innovative features that make Apple Music the world’s best listening experience. We introduced Apple TV+ at a very low price because we started with just a few shows and movies. Three years later, Apple TV+ is home to an extensive selection of award-winning and broadly acclaimed series, feature films, documentaries, and kids and family entertainment from the world’s most creative storytellers.

Edit: Apple Music is pretty high up there with payouts towards artists, if $1 a month gets them closer to the market leader in artist payouts, Napster (yes... really), then I'm for it. That being said, I'm on my dad's Apple One family plan, so I'm personally not paying a dime.

Second edit: might as well put the prices in here. From that same source:

Apple Music

• Individual: $10.99 per month (from $9.99)
• Family: $16.99 per month (from $14.99)
• Individual Annual: $109 per year (from $99)

Apple TV+

• Monthly: $6.99 per month (from $4.99)
• Annual: $69 per year (from $49.99)

Apple One

• Individual: $16.95 per month (from $14.95)
• Family: $22.95 per month (from $19.95)
• Premier: $32.95 per month (from $29.95)

 

[MrSmithers]

Yeah, it's for the 20th-anniversary celebrations. XL Recordings also have a 25-anniversary vinyl reissue of Prodigy's Fat Of The Land coming up in two weeks. It would be amazing to get this album (or any other '90s Prodigy album) in Atmos.

Oh wow - Prodigy - Fat Of The Land would be amazing in Atmos!!!!

 

[humprof]

Another no-music-but-news-to-share:
https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/24/apple-music-tv-prices-going-up/Apple Music and Apple TV+ are all going up $1. If you have an Apple One sub, which lumps in various Apple subscriptions together, that's going up $3.

The rationale given is thus:

The subscription prices for Apple Music, Apple TV+, and Apple One will increase beginning today. The change to Apple Music is due to an increase in licensing costs, and in turn, artists and songwriters will earn more for the streaming of their music. We also continue to add innovative features that make Apple Music the world’s best listening experience. We introduced Apple TV+ at a very low price because we started with just a few shows and movies. Three years later, Apple TV+ is home to an extensive selection of award-winning and broadly acclaimed series, feature films, documentaries, and kids and family entertainment from the world’s most creative storytellers.

Edit: Apple Music is pretty high up there with payouts towards artists, if $1 a month gets them closer to the market leader in artist payouts, Napster (yes... really), then I'm for it. That being said, I'm on my dad's Apple One family plan, so I'm personally not paying a dime.

Second edit: might as well put the prices in here. From that same source:

Apple Music

• Individual: $10.99 per month (from $9.99)
• Family: $16.99 per month (from $14.99)
• Individual Annual: $109 per year (from $99)

Apple TV+

• Monthly: $6.99 per month (from $4.99)
• Annual: $69 per year (from $49.99)

Apple One

• Individual: $16.95 per month (from $14.95)
• Family: $22.95 per month (from $19.95)
• Premier: $32.95 per month (from $29.95)

Predictable, and not worth bellyaching about. I'm a cheapskate, and I still consider Apple Music a good value. I'm not gonna start patting them on the back for their fair and ethical treatment of artists and songwriters, though. Even if Apple Music does better by artists--which is to say, in the vast majority of cases: labels--than Spotify, Amazon, and YouTube, it's all relative, and we're still only talking about tiny fractions of pennies per stream. I know this is apples and oranges (so to speak), but nobody in the streaming world holds a candle to Bandcamp when it comes to putting money in artists' pockets.

 

[Albert Dagger]

The s/t album of Emerson, Lake and Palmer has appeared on Tidal (unfortunately in the 360RA format).
https://tidal.com/browse/album/255186571
Is this available on Apple Music in Atmos? It might be a new mix.

 

[PurpleMoustache]

The s/t album of Emerson, Lake and Palmer has appeared on Tidal (unfortunately in the 360RA format).
https://tidal.com/browse/album/255186571
Is this available on Apple Music in Atmos? It might be a new mix.

Just stereo Lossless here (with the Steven Wilson remix in High Res Lossless in an alternate variant). Though, it is 3 hours before the Apple backend starts to update…