next up is a selection of quite different tracks that while they all make solid enough use of Surround in a more conventional 5.1 sense, i thought they each quite well illustrated how different engineers use the Heights and how the bandwidth limited streaming quality affects that as well in some instances.
Country singer
Morgan Wallen's new single "
Love Somebody" has what i feel is a very good mix, with well balanced use of Atmos; synths, percussion, vocal reinforcement, slide guitar and accents are all emanating from up above and at the track's crescendo the Heights are mixed with greater fullness which is cool.
JORDY's new single has little going on in the Heights, some percussion/shaker at one point and rather tinny vocal refrains. it is hard to know if the vocals are intentionally pinched or as a result of digital compression (due to the limitations of streaming Atmos, not DRC) but either way it's kinda underwhelming use of the technology.
John Duff's "
Be Your Girl" just has muted reverb of the entire mix in the Heights (to my mind rather pointless use of Atmos but the track's Surround-y enough otherwise
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The Scarlet Opera 2024 single "
Someone's Gotta Love 'Em" makes good use of the Heights with effects, rhythm guitar, vocals, piano, keys and the usage of Atmos and Surround suits the layered nature of the track itself
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Mary J Blige's new track "
Breathing" from her forthcoming album "
Gratitude" only uses the Heights very sparingly on a couple of occasions for some Harp-plucking!
glistening? kinda.. but a glistening use of Atmos' opportunities to me it is not!
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(his other new song "Dizzy" from the same upcoming LP that i posted up at QQ recently also has a great mix worth checking out 
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