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

[himey]

Stained on Tidal.

 

[LennonCobain]

Anyone else notice some distortion in the front left speaker about a minute into “Heart and Soul” (during the first chorus)?

I though my speaker was going, but it sounds like this in headphones as well…

The static/distortion is also present on the file available from Tidal.

 

[cdheer]

You like Huey Lewis and the News? Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor. In '87, Huey released this; Fore!, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip To Be Square". A song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity and the importance of trends. It's also a personal statement about the band itself.

I agree with every single word in this post, including the idea that "Hip To Be Square" is peak Huey Lewis. And I have always listened to the lyrics.

 

[fredblue]

Me too. Really well suited for Atmos. The mix sounds great; would love to know who did it.

sadly this one's Stereo only in the UK

(Floating Points; Pharoah Sanders & the LSO)

 

[perzon57]

Listening to TesseracT on AM, as I've not received my my BD copy yet. Good music and a top notch Atmos mix by Bruce Soord.

 

[PurpleMoustache]

Did some digging and found all but one of the new Immersive Audio Album downloads (info Here) on Apple Music. The Ryan Ulyate album is currently MIA.

 

[PurpleMoustache]

Me too. Really well suited for Atmos. The mix sounds great; would love to know who did it.

There’s another Floating Points surround mix on DVD, packaged with the CD and Vinyl of the album… gotta get my hands on a copy…

 

[humprof]

There’s another Floating Points surround mix on DVD, packaged with the CD and Vinyl of the album… gotta get my hands on a copy…

I have the CD/DVDV. Def worth having! Ingenious project involving nature sounds--wind, etc.--hyperdirectional mics, and natural reverberation from features of the desert landscape. One or two tracks have some deliberately wacky pans, though in practice a lot of the album turns out to be front-centric.

 

[riskylogic]

After listening to Who's Next in Atmos on Apple Music, it reaffirmed my initial decision. This is an album I'd happily buy on a standalone blu-ray for $25-$30, but for 10x that amount locked in a box set? NO THANK YOU!

I'd go $50, but the price of the box is out of the question.

 

[Oldschoolsoundengineer]

peter gabriel's 'love can heal' available in dolby atmos. to me so far the best song of his 'i/o' album, has something reminescent of 'mercy street'.

Agreed. Beautifull song. Great atmos mix too. Not sure if they made the perfect mic choice for the lead vocal, but otherwise this is excellent. Love all the nice details and cool pans. I want the full blu-ray soon.

 

[himey]

Agreed. Beautifull song. Great atmos mix too. Not sure if they made the perfect mic choice for the lead vocal, but otherwise this is excellent. Love all the nice details and cool pans. I want the full blu-ray soon.

What mic did they use?

 

[Franck]

 

[Oldschoolsoundengineer]

What mic did they use?

Good question. Guess the recording engineer will have to answer that. To me it sounds like a vocal mic optimized for live concerts. It will usually have more colouration and have less good reproduction of harmonics in the higher frequencies than a large diaphragm mic.

 

[popshop]

Gabriel's studio vocal setup used to be a basic Shure sm58 mic and a boom box for monitors instead of headphones. Not sure if he's still doing that but certainly likely.

 

[humprof]

Very excited to hear the mix on the Floating Points/Pharaoh Sanders/LSO one, that’s a fav from a few years back

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...ts-on-his-landmark-album-with-pharoah-sanders

 

[alansanchez86]

Three new arrivals in the Electronic section. Very excited to hear the mix on the Floating Points/Pharaoh Sanders/LSO one, that’s a fav from a few years backove

That's amazing, I loooove that Floating Points album!
Can't wait to listen to it on Atmos, hopefully a good mix.

 

[dapaladi]

after just 5 months from the previous one, the national are releasing a new album, 'laugh stack'. i am writing from my smartphone that does not have atmos so cannot be 100% sure the link below is correct. if not in atmos yet it will, the 2 tracks single from this album took few days to be available in the format.

 

[dadmav]

Thank God for streaming I say!

I have been streaming on Apple TV Spatial so much I have not been listening to SACD or any other 5.1 discs. Popped one in the OPPO and forgot how much better they sound . Apple TV is great with the subscription and all the music they have been adding weekly with Dolby Atmos , so much so little time.

 

[beerking]

I have been streaming on Apple TV Spatial so much I have not been listening to SACD or any other 5.1 discs. Popped one in the OPPO and forgot how much better they sound . Apple TV is great with the subscription and all the music they have been adding weekly with Dolby Atmos , so much so little time.

Whereas it's the reverse for me, playing physical surround discs and not getting enough time to listen to Apples recent releases...what a fantastic dilemma

Who would have thought that we would ever be in this wonderful position.

 

[humprof]

Slightly divergent from (or maybe "adjacent" to?) this thread, but there's a primer on John Luther Adams at Bandcamp today. Many of his works are available on Apple & Tidal in excellent Atmos mixes, and a handful of those works also have 5.1 mixes that can be purchased in physical form (DVD-V) via Bandcamp.
https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/the-sonic-geography-of-john-luther-adams