I'll watch this after footy..at the Kassam stadium watching Oxford Utd v Gillingham with friend and daughter..hope it all comes together before The End!!
The Beatles - Abbey Road 50th Anniversary (5.1 & Dolby Atmos mixes)
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I'll watch this after footy..at the Kassam stadium watching Oxford Utd v Gillingham with friend and daughter..hope it all comes together before The End!!
Thanks for doing this, it was a fun listen.
The back up vocals are really incredible. I wonder how big a role George Martin played in arranging, perhaps “orchestrating”, the back up vocals?
My copy from Bullmoose is out for delivery as well so I should get around the same time as you get yours Gene. That’s given the time of my usual mail delivery plus the time difference between Illinois and Massachusetts.As I mentioned several pages back, mine is due to arrive today via USPS. I'll be curious to see how Bull Moose packaged this one up. I don't want any scarred corners.
So, 8am central here in Illinois. Generally on Saturday, mail-man delivers around 2PM. Geez......pumping down the coffee now.
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really cool Mike
I like how you isolated the atmos. Shows all the other poor souls out there without atmos systems what they're missing. j/k lol
Atmos is just another way to reproduce a 3D sphere of sound (that would be heard in a recording studio, or Symphony Hall, or just real life) as opposed to a flat 2D linear "wall" of sound.
I love that they put John blowing bubbles in the glass of water up there! And those background vocals are enchanting.
Mike, it was quite the inspired notion you had when you put this one together. With the help of Giles and the Fab Four you outdid yourself!
John lives in a pineapple under the sea!
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It’s out for delivery!!!!
Here's a look at the album in 7.1. Pretty active mix, I will post thoughts once I listen to individual channels
And here is the 5.1 wav look:
Just watched it Mike. Very cool indeed!!
Did I hear you singing in the background ?...
One very happy Oxford Utd supporter here, we won 3 0, That's 13 goals scored in a week and not conceding any..get in, c'mon you yellows.
Gonna play Abbey Road again tonight and tomorrow and, and. and....
What a relief that Giles has produced a masterful mix.
I might have gotten carried away, but that's the center channel you're likely hearing. Greatly reduced, but not silent.Just watched it Mike. Very cool indeed!!
Did I hear you singing in the background ?...
I am fascinated with this Atmos mix. Up until now, I've pretty much assumed that the 7th and 8th channels were used for ambient stuff, like echoes and reverb, they were there to add space. But this mix of Abbey Road is more than that, it's real. There is real stuff there that is nowhere else.
If you look at the comparison wav files below, you can see that sometimes the channels 7 and 8 have what is in the 5.1 mixes 5 and 6 channels (rears), yet in other songs they don't. You can also see that the fronts in the Atmos mix are less loud, which to me would indicate that some audio stuff has been pulled from the fronts and put in the other channels. This is very encouraging.
I am now more than ever tempted to go "all in" on an Atmos upgrade, which is something I thought I would never do. Very nice job by Giles and the team on this one. This could actually be one of the greatest surround mixes of the past decade.
If you look at the comparison wav files below, you can see that sometimes the channels 7 and 8 have what is in the 5.1 mixes 5 and 6 channels (rears), yet in other songs they don't. You can also see that the fronts in the Atmos mix are less loud, which to me would indicate that some audio stuff has been pulled from the fronts and put in the other channels. This is very encouraging.
I am now more than ever tempted to go "all in" on an Atmos upgrade, which is something I thought I would never do. Very nice job by Giles and the team on this one. This could actually be one of the greatest surround mixes of the past decade.
I.for one, am very pleased that you have found this Atmos mix to be as good as my ears were telling me.(and clearly others by the current Atmos poll results)
As I have said before, you will not find many more sceptical people than me, over new formats. I have had my Atmos set up for a year now :
AND IT IS THE BEST SURROUND INVESTMENT I HAVE EVER MADE.
To be immersed in 360 degrees of fantastic music is truly wonderful!!
Sales pitch over.
You won't regret it Jon.
I've listened to [Atmos] Here Comes The Sun, The End, Golden Slumbers and Come Together...this disc is absolutely freaking incredible!! I was just laughing until I had tears in my eyes at some points looking at the screen in a blinking almost unbelievable fashion...they absolutely nailed it. For me, this blows away either Peppers or The Beatles, truly magnificent surround mix with loads of discrete and fully immersive sounds. Well bloody done sirs, well bloody done!
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Not nit picking since the menu screen is usually stereo and usually far louder than the surround mix. It actually sets the surround up for failure, at least in initial impact.Yea, I hate menus where the music starts before you get the chance to pick the audio option <grrr>
Let the nit-picking begin
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