Wow. Was there any prior announcement or something?
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Wow. Was there any prior announcement or something?
Looks like radio silence so far.
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Does anyone else listen to the radio in the car and when a song comes on and you think “yeah that would sound great in Atmos” today it was Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t it be good, also the Riddle would be awesome, are these in Atmos or anyone heard of plans to be in Atmos?
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oh well, i didn't think it was particularly brave, it came across as the typical kind of withering remark (some might say threadcrap?) some of us have come to expect from that member over the years!
so in that instant i laughed it off as their usual sorta forum modus operandi, a puffed-up expostulation out of nowhere in a thread to which they'd hitherto contributed just about diddly-squat
drop by, drop a stink bomb and bugger off out of the thread again! nice.. 
but in all fairness it did make me wonder about a potential wider debate 
we know folk at QQ enjoy listening to and posting about a variety of music extending beyond the reach of Quad and the 1970's and the 80's, beyond Prog, beyond Classic Rock, etc.. and there's now absolutely tons of new music streaming in all sorts of genres and styles and languages, "new new" stuff's being released constantly, with a number of excellent examples of Surround mixing going on amongst what i admit is a deluge of offerings!
a wider question might be, would it actually be welcome to start another thread for posting what we're listening to when it's new music/not Classic Rock!?
would QQ-ers actually prefer there to be yet another tier (or even granule!
) of the forum to offshoot to for "Listening to Atmos of new music that's not mainstream/classic albums"?maybe we actually do need another Atmos listening thread for those who don't want to hear about newly recorded Pop music in Surround!?
if enough of us want it and the Mods are ok with it, i'd be happy to post in a separate thread
it might even reveal how many people genuinely enjoy listening to newer music, it might surprise us how many do!? 
anyhoo
it's the weekend 
and i'm greatly looking forward to posting here soon about the tracks i've been enjoying in Atmos all week! 
i promise to make it short-ish and sweet (spoiler alert; some of it maybe unfamiliar to some members and some of it may have even been recorded in the last 12 months!
peace and love as always
oh yes, all the time but if it never materialises we have to take what we can get!
some days it feels like it's a repeat of the 5.1 SACD/DVD-A days, only on a larger scale!
links are always helpful
it can be tricky finding some of this stuff sometimes, the streaming services don't make it easy!!
yes i've posted up a few of her tracks here before, some great stuff, was met with the usual resounding one hand clapping reaction, naturally!
we know folk at QQ enjoy listening to and posting about a variety of music extending beyond the reach of Quad and the 1970's and the 80's, beyond Prog, beyond Classic Rock, etc.. and there's now absolutely tons of new music streaming in all sorts of genres and styles and languages, "new new" stuff's being released constantly, with a number of excellent examples of Surround mixing going on amongst what i admit is a deluge of offerings!
a wider question might be, would it actually be welcome to start another thread for posting what we're listening to when it's new music/not Classic Rock!?
would QQ-ers actually prefer there to be yet another tier (or even granule!
maybe we actually do need another Atmos listening thread for those who don't want to hear about newly recorded Pop music in Surround!?
Absolutely not needed in my opinion. I'm myself mostly a 70's prog & hard rock, fusion, and metal guy, but my tastes certainly go beyond those genres and eras, and one of the beautiful things about surround music is precisely that it's been useful for me to discover nice music in other genres that I wouldn't have tried if it weren't for the multichannel "hook".
That's just my two cents but I've read many others say similar things over here throughout the years. Everything should be welcome on this thread and if anyone feels they're in a position to say this is worthy and that isn't, well, that's their problem I'd say.
Rush - Hemispheres
So I just finished listening to this new Atmos mix for the first time. I must say I've never heard the poorly received 5.1 mix of the album that came with the bloated boxset, so I can't compare it to that. This is possibly my favorite Rush album, although I always find it hard to decide between this and A Farewell to Kings.
Overall, my first impression has been positive. It feels balanced (judging by what I read about the previous 5.1 mix, this would already be a clear improvement), it's not front-centric, and I thought the mixing choices are good and sensible overall. The height speakers are mostly used for percussion effects (quite a few of them, it's Neil Peart!), and some ambient sounds. The ambient, spacey passage of "Cygnus X-I Book II" makes extensive use of the heights as expected.
Some other notes: the short guitar solo near the 10 min mark in "Cygnus..." spins around the listener, 360 degrees. I was totally expecting that, given the panning already used in the stereo mix, so that was satisfying
. I also really enjoyed the instrumental sections of both "Circumstances" and "The Trees" - great use of the surround field for the different instruments!
That's what I can say at the moment. It's a complex album that will need more listens in order to appreciate all the details about the new mix and get a better idea of its quality, but I'm happy with what I heard. I don't think it sounds as good as the excellent Kevin Gray mastering for Audio Fidelity released in 2013 (my go-to stereo version), but it's a lossy streaming Atmos mix, so I'm sure a lossless release would improve that as well, and being a multichannel experience more than makes up for it!
Looking forward to hearing more opinions.
So I just finished listening to this new Atmos mix for the first time. I must say I've never heard the poorly received 5.1 mix of the album that came with the bloated boxset, so I can't compare it to that. This is possibly my favorite Rush album, although I always find it hard to decide between this and A Farewell to Kings.
Overall, my first impression has been positive. It feels balanced (judging by what I read about the previous 5.1 mix, this would already be a clear improvement), it's not front-centric, and I thought the mixing choices are good and sensible overall. The height speakers are mostly used for percussion effects (quite a few of them, it's Neil Peart!), and some ambient sounds. The ambient, spacey passage of "Cygnus X-I Book II" makes extensive use of the heights as expected.
Some other notes: the short guitar solo near the 10 min mark in "Cygnus..." spins around the listener, 360 degrees. I was totally expecting that, given the panning already used in the stereo mix, so that was satisfying
. I also really enjoyed the instrumental sections of both "Circumstances" and "The Trees" - great use of the surround field for the different instruments!That's what I can say at the moment. It's a complex album that will need more listens in order to appreciate all the details about the new mix and get a better idea of its quality, but I'm happy with what I heard. I don't think it sounds as good as the excellent Kevin Gray mastering for Audio Fidelity released in 2013 (my go-to stereo version), but it's a lossy streaming Atmos mix, so I'm sure a lossless release would improve that as well, and being a multichannel experience more than makes up for it!
Looking forward to hearing more opinions.
Going into the way back machine, @woody was onto her stuff; and yes, very interesting person and Atmos music
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...tidal-apple-amazon.31491/page-375#post-704029
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