I was lucky enough to receive an Involve Encoder to test out and I now have a sampler available for download. There are 10 tracks:
01 AIX Channel Check
02 Steely Dan - Bodhisattva (Q8 4.1)
03 Deep Purple - Highway Star (SACD 4.1)
04 Spinners - I'll Be Around (QR 4.1)
05 Santana - Black Magic Woman (QR 4.1)
06 Beatles - Golden Slumbers Medley (DVDA 5.1)
07 Britney Spears - Toxic (5.1 DVDA)
08 Frank Zappa - Zeets (DVDA 5.1)
09 Billy Joel - Movin' Out (SACD 5.1)
10 Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man (Steven Wilson version) (DVDA 5.1)
There are 2 separate sampler with the same tracks - one in Involve and one in QS - also encoded using the Involve Encoder. All sources were from discrete sources (even Golden Slumbers) and encoded to stereo. As with any matrix type of recording, it will never be 100% discrete however the results (IMO) are quite impressive. The really remarkable thing is that the mixdown of 4.1 or 5.1 sound like proper stereo with no artifacts. Burn and play in Involve 5.1 or QS 4.1.
I do not want to list the links here but if you PM me I will hit you back with the links. The zip files contain a wav and cue file that can easily be burned to a cd using ImgBurn.
01 AIX Channel Check
02 Steely Dan - Bodhisattva (Q8 4.1)
03 Deep Purple - Highway Star (SACD 4.1)
04 Spinners - I'll Be Around (QR 4.1)
05 Santana - Black Magic Woman (QR 4.1)
06 Beatles - Golden Slumbers Medley (DVDA 5.1)
07 Britney Spears - Toxic (5.1 DVDA)
08 Frank Zappa - Zeets (DVDA 5.1)
09 Billy Joel - Movin' Out (SACD 5.1)
10 Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man (Steven Wilson version) (DVDA 5.1)
There are 2 separate sampler with the same tracks - one in Involve and one in QS - also encoded using the Involve Encoder. All sources were from discrete sources (even Golden Slumbers) and encoded to stereo. As with any matrix type of recording, it will never be 100% discrete however the results (IMO) are quite impressive. The really remarkable thing is that the mixdown of 4.1 or 5.1 sound like proper stereo with no artifacts. Burn and play in Involve 5.1 or QS 4.1.
I do not want to list the links here but if you PM me I will hit you back with the links. The zip files contain a wav and cue file that can easily be burned to a cd using ImgBurn.
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