That was painful! Five minutes in I wanted to turn back, 20 minutes in I wanted to jump out of a window. I made myself listen to the whole thing so that my thumbs down was genuine. If I was SW, I would not have suffered these fools this long. He was far more professional than they were. It was way too long and tedious.
These clods are mighty proud of themselves and their high end systems (adding "bass extension the way Jon Lovitz would say Morgan Fairchild..."). They claim to be big fans of SW yet don't know things like Elliot mixing Deadwing; SW is a major "get" as an interview, do your homework! Asking questions about mixing music in Dolby Atmos and such was a damn silly waste of Steven's time. They replied "excellent" 1100 times. Shrug. SW took the time to explain how he mixes on a slightly better than average system the listener likely has yet they proclaim "when you have a high end system like we do, these five channel mixes will take you to another place." (self-serving BS meter pegged)
Then when SW had to leave for sound check (mercifully) they cut to a studio segment of themselves (Hans & Frans or Wayne's World; you decide) to make a feeble effort to recap what SW already said in the least coherent manner possible. I wanted to type "is this a parody?" in the video comments but that would perhaps interrupt their basking in the total lack of self-awareness they have going as A/V fan boys.
I was not surprised by the Dolby Atmos questions because there are a lot of people that do want to know where the industry is and is heading with mixing to more than 5.1 channels. I did like SW response for now but hope that in the future we will have more than 5.1 channel surround mixes.
@Perp: Where ya been Laddie??? Great to see you around here!
I kinda need to agree with timbre here: The interview contained some good questions but was conducted poorly, these guys are amateurs, but I am jealous of Hugo's biceps! Where can I get a pair of those?
The clumsy interview did reveal an interesting fact. PT - Deadwing does sound bad loud. Now we know why. Typical "industry group think" of compression was used by the producer. I am glad that Steven Wilson has eliminated that in his music.
The whole Dolby Atmos thing was a debacle. Atmos is for large upscale movie theaters where dialog is key(films) and sound effects need to be spread out over the length of a very large public space for say 500 people or more. Its not for home listening & ins't in our future. Myself, I am a tech junkie, but this tech ain't happenin for us at QQ. It was an inappropriate question to ask and shows the interviewer's lack of understanding. Like Tim said: "Gear Hawks". An interviewer should never make a subject look ignorant, plus SW has no need to know about Atmos.... just dumb all around. I thought Steven had the patience of a Saint with these clowns.
For fun, here's a picture of needed speakers for Atmos, there is also a config for
9.1.2@: speaker configs as well:
Nice to learn what speakers Steven mixes with:
http://www.genelec.com/studio-monitors
These are not cheap, in general. Steven did say he uses "Genelec Mid-Field monitors.." We don't know which ones...
@Adam, Yes you are right as you are handsome. Steven Wilson has put 5.1 on our maps. We owe him a great deal as far as 5.1 music goes.
I believe its time to start calling him "Saint Steven". No joke.
@Tim: My comments about Atmos are made in the context of music and music being mixed with Atmos.
