Well in theory the double stereo or fake mixes are not allowed under Apple’s rules… but we’ve all seen how that worked out. But they have removed the fake mixes from Warner in the past…
Listening to in Dolby Atmos Streaming, via Tidal/Apple/Amazon
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The reverse of your theoretical fear could easily be applied using similar logic.
1. Not enough incentive so produce a fake one.
2. I can't afford to pay mixing engineers to produce decent Atmos mixes so why bother.
Apple's track record at least shows they have policies in place, have taken action to remove 'fakes', and now providing more financial reward.
This seems like a consistently positive step forward in context of these concrete actions.
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Obviously, the next stap will also be that you can only listen to music in Atmos with a 'premium' plan that is more expensive... I think I already read somewhere that Apple is considering this.
In my opinion, they’re laying the groundwork for the VR goggles that are about to be released. I don’t expect much in the beginning, but it’s possible that this will turn into a bigger product in due time.
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Not sure if this has been posted yet but ‘tis the season!!
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They finally fixed the Main Course stuff that sounded like it was recorded in a cave.
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Musician friend from San Francisco, So please give it a listen as it is hard for independent musicians to get any visibility on our own on these platforms.
Musician friend from San Francisco, So please give it a listen as it is hard for independent musicians to get any visibility on our own on these platforms.
Quick PSA for anybody who likes tinkering with surround mixes: All the Whitney Houston releases can be greatly improved by raising the volume of the rears to match the fronts. I've been listening to the 1987 and 1990 albums, the 2001 Best Of and the 2022 compilation with the remixes/revisions, collected singles and b-sides. They're all a TON of fun.
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tvOS arrived on the 12th, has anyone installed it and if so, has it broken anything?
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17.2 here. So far, so good with tvOS.
on the other hand, iOS 1 7.2 nuked the names of all six of my HomePods from the Home app. Changed them all to “speaker”. Had to figure out which one was in which room, and rename them.
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D'Angelo's sophomore outing, with Roy Hargrove, Charlie Hunter, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, and a guest spot from Q-Tip. Not to mention J. Dilla's production at its peak. Definitely no "slump"; it's a stone cold classic! Just waiting for Black Messiah now:
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/24/799077393/dangelo-voodoo-2020-anniversary-how-does-it-feelhttps://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17407-voodoo/https://webcitation.org/5uUMdbMQIhttps://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/dangelo-voodoo-20-years-later-673096/
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I've posted about this before, but Trivium was the Featured Artist on Apple Music a few weeks ago, and all the tracks are fake, and possibly even more nefarious or stupid - take your pick - they inserted some complete non-sense in center channel in some spots, presumably to maybe fool some fake auto detection Apple may or may not use. Nikki Minaj is the Featured Artist now, and I spot checked a few, and its a similar story, albeit its not technically all channel stereo like the completely fake mixes are, they just lowered the vocals a bit in the rears and center.
You would think its in the best interest of Apple not to pay more royalties for fake mixes, but honestly they will not care as long as people are getting the warm fuzzy feeling of people thinking they are getting an Atmos mix. Also, the extremely heavy majority of folks are listening on headphones, and the Nikki Minaj tracks do indeed sound different, maybe even better in a way, in Atmos via headphones, but the explanation why is simple, as seen here (start at 1:25), it just creates a "doubling" effect.
I bet a huge number listeners aren’t listening to Atmos on a multichannel speaker system (just on 2 channel or iPhones etc without spatial capable headphones), they’re just caught up in the ‘Atmos’ hysteria.
actually j dilla wasn't a part of the production, he was just an incredibly important influence on the production / drum style
That's true; thanks for the correction. I was misremembering that he actually produced a couple of tracks (beyond the unrealized track with Lauryn Hill)--but it was really just that Questlove et al. were so under Jay Dee's influence at that point that it might as well have been him!
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Yuck. There’s nothing but the fronts and even that seems like it’s all in the center.
Two of Times music critic Lindsay Zoladz's latest "7 Songs You Should Hear Right Now":
weird.. 🤔 ..and yucky indeed! 😅
similar mix approach to this?
the bulk of the track's in the Front L&R, with little accents, synth pads (?) and other vocal bits in the other channels but all at much lower volume in the rest of the channels (including the Heights) than the Fronts, so the Front soundstage totally dominates.
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