Listening to this surround UPMIX, up-remix, or remix

[M-K]

The latest Airbag album Century Of The Self is dark, melancholic and beautiful. Well recorded. I thought it would be nice to have it in surround.

And it is surprisingly good for a Penteo 5.1 Upmix. Strongly recommended!

 

[J. PUPSTER]

JEAN-LUC PONTY - ENIGMATIC OCEAN
(LP->5.1 UDR)
*This old LP in my collection was begging for an Up-mix; really too bad it doesn't get the Royal treatment of someone like Steve Wilson in Atmos, it would be bonkers; especially the two long tracks "Enigmatic Ocean (Parts I-IV)" and "The Struggle Of The Turtle To The Sea (Parts I-III)."

I'm thinking my own Up-mix here could use some EQ tweaking to get the best out of it, but some fun stuff none the less.

This 1977 album also has some killer players on it, i.e.:

• Drums, Percussion – Steve Smith
• Electric Bass – Ralphe Armstrong
• Lead Guitar [Lead Electric Guitar] – Allan Holdsworth
• Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Daryl Stuermer
• Organ, Synthesizer, Electric Piano, Grand Piano, Clavinet – Allan Zavod

I hear a couple of influences on some of this from Frank Zappa (natch) and perhaps Alan Parsons.

-but if you have this album in some form, just try it out with whatever you have, a DSU, Surround Master, other up-mixing software etc, etc.

 

[kap'n krunch]

JEAN-LUC PONTY - ENIGMATIC OCEAN
(LP->5.1 UDR)
*This old LP in my collection was begging for an Up-mix; really too bad it doesn't get the Royal treatment of someone like Steve Wilson in Atmos, it would be bonkers; especially the two long tracks "Enigmatic Ocean (Parts I-IV)" and "The Struggle Of The Turtle To The Sea (Parts I-III)."

I'm thinking my own Up-mix here could use some EQ tweaking to get the best out of it, but some fun stuff none the less.

This 1977 album also has some killer players on it, i.e.:

• Drums, Percussion – Steve Smith
• Electric Bass – Ralphe Armstrong
• Lead Guitar [Lead Electric Guitar] – Allan Holdsworth
• Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Daryl Stuermer
• Organ, Synthesizer, Electric Piano, Grand Piano, Clavinet – Allan Zavod

I hear a couple of influences on some of this from Frank Zappa (natch) and perhaps Alan Parsons.

-but if you have this album in some form, just try it out with whatever you have, a DSU, Surround Master, other up-mixing software etc, etc.

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Please do, this was my introduction to Maestro Ponty’s oeuvre and he signed it for me In 2017 when I met him. This is his absolute best album.