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

[benfolds5]

Why they do this!
To get better fees and marketing on their playbacks and band? ambitious bastards!

That’s what we feared of when Apple started incentivizing artist to create Atmos mixes. But to be honest, shitty mixes where on the platform way before that.

 

[Quad grant me serenity]

That’s what we feared of when Apple started incentivizing artist to create Atmos mixes. But to be honest, shitty mixes where on the platform way before that.

Yes, who could forget the 3782 jazz albums in “surround” that were made way before those decisions?

I frankly think things slowly are moving in the right direction.

 

[IMachine]

 

[IMachine]

One of the real Dolby Atmos mixes…“The Hu“

 

[mrcond]

It’s my pleasure to announce this new version:

It’s nice that this exists and it is really good, but I compared a few tracks to Bob Clearmountain’s excellent 5.1 mix and I prefer the 5.1. Much more surround-y along with excellent fidelity.

 

[himey]

It’s nice that this exists and it is really good, but I compared a few tracks to Bob Clearmountain’s excellent 5.1 mix and I prefer the 5.1. Much more surround-y along with excellent fidelity.

All the Marley albums in Atmos are excellent mixes and fidelity.

 

[popshop]

A solid surround mix, nothing too aggressive. A really solid band and a fantastic album from '22.
An updated version of '90s indie guitar rock with lovely vocal harmonies.

 

[sjcorne]

That’s what we feared of when Apple started incentivizing artist to create Atmos mixes. But to be honest, shitty mixes where on the platform way before that.

I don't think this release has anything to do with Apple's new policy - somehow I doubt a band as big as the Foo Fighters needed to be "incentivized" to put out music in Atmos.

 

[benfolds5]

I don't think this release has anything to do with Apple's new policy - somehow I doubt a band as big as the Foo Fighters needed to be "incentivized" to put out music in Atmos.

You're probably right, but one has to wonder who makes these decisions (Probably the Label in this case) and why. There's no spacial occasion to release it now.

 

[mkt]

 

[MrSmithers]

I don't think this release has anything to do with Apple's new policy - somehow I doubt a band as big as the Foo Fighters needed to be "incentivized" to put out music in Atmos.

Funny thing is - quite a few songs have been mixed in 360RA already. I seem to remember them not sounding very good... But I'm pretty sure they at least had discrete elements?

The tracks were -

All My Life
Best Of You
Everlong
The Pretender
My Hero
Learn To Fly
Times Like These
This Is A Call

I don't think they ever appeared on Apple Music in Atmos before this new GH release? I'll need to check them out again. They do still seem to be on Tidal in 360RA... https://listen.tidal.com/playlist/01271294-9b21-4a22-bb6c-a5e163f40285

 

[sjcorne]

Funny thing is - quite a few songs have been mixed in 360RA already. I seem to remember them not sounding very good... But I'm pretty sure they at least had discrete elements?

I also thought the Atmos version of But Here We Are on Apple Music had a mildly interesting mix. At the very least, it's a better listening experience than the horribly-compressed stereo version.

 

[HomerJAU]

Funny thing is - quite a few songs have been mixed in 360RA already. I seem to remember them not sounding very good...

The Foofighter 360 was unlistenable to me, and I’m a fan. I haven’t heard the Atmos release yet but sounds like same regurgitation.

 

[MrSmithers]

I also thought the Atmos version of But Here We Are on Apple Music had a mildly interesting mix. At the very least, it's a better listening experience than the horribly-compressed stereo version.

Yeah that's a pretty good one. It's weird because in Atmos it has (what you'd consider normal) the main vocal in the fronts and front heights (I think?), whereas in 5.1.4 in 360RA the main vocal comes out of the rear channels! If you switch to 7.1.4 - it sounds better balanced as it moves the main vocal to the sides and the front heights. But it's kinda quirky. Medicine At Midnight is also in 360RA, I can't remember what it's like though?

It just goes to show there wasn't a great deal of love and attention put into producing these mixes. Maybe they mixed it and only auditioned on headphones?

It's a shame Elliot Scheiner didn't get into mixing in Atmos as his surround Foo Fighters mixes sound great...

 

[LennonCobain]

Funny thing is - quite a few songs have been mixed in 360RA already. I seem to remember them not sounding very good... But I'm pretty sure they at least had discrete elements?

The tracks were -

All My Life
Best Of You
Everlong
The Pretender
My Hero
Learn To Fly
Times Like These
This Is A Call

I don't think they ever appeared on Apple Music in Atmos before this new GH release? I'll need to check them out again. They do still seem to be on Tidal in 360RA... https://listen.tidal.com/playlist/01271294-9b21-4a22-bb6c-a5e163f40285

All of these tracks are terrible examples of Spatial Audio. There are no discrete elements. Basically just all channel stereo brickwalled audio.

 

[sjcorne]

Seems more aggressive than the previous DVD-A 5.1 mix

 

[scooob]

 

[fredblue]

 

[fredblue]

 

[fredblue]