So, I'm assuming In Absentia and Deadwing were recorded on old school tape, whereas FOABP was entirely in an older digital realm, allowing Atmos mixes of the earlier albums but not the latter. I would never have considered that and was curious why this didn't include an Atmos mix. That's interesting.
No, I don't think so. I'm pretty sure those were done digitally as well, and I don't think it's likely we will see Atmos mixes of either of those. And I know there were issues with the even older albums that would make it difficult even to develop a 5.1 (e.g. The Sky Moves Sideways, Signify).
Exactly the point I raised above. Probably more a matter of a return on the needed investment than anything else. I think sooner or later we'll see Stupid Dream, Lightbulb Sun, In Absentia, Deadwing, Fear of a Blank Planet and The Incident in Atmos. I'd bet money on this. They're all available in 5.1 already and between the above (can't believe that you can't replicate a working ProTools 1999 workstation today) and the continuing progress on AI, if there will be the will (this might be a big if, I don't know), the rest will come.
AI isn't magic. Do I believe that something could be made? I mean, sure. Maybe a glorified upmix. I'm skeptical that SW would want that. I agree that to me it seems crazy that so much can be lost because of some defunct extension to an old software package. You'd think even through a virtual machine running an old OS or something you'd be able to circumvent that. I'm not familiar enough with music production software. I'd say look at the evidence though: All these albums, and other 2000's albums of his as well, such as Blackfield I and II, are long overdue for a remix, and yet none of them have been. That's pretty telling to me.
