New Katatonia album "Sky Void Of Stars" coming 1/20/23 (with Dolby Atmos mix!)

[hatchling]

Thanks for the answers! I haven't yet made the jump to Atmos (I typically just rip to 5.1 flac or keep the DTS streams).

My understanding is that that Atmos is still just a 7.1 core (am I wrong?). That leaves the question of how to actually arrive at the intended 5.1 mix. My guess is that the best I'll get is a downmix of the 7.1 but this is all new territory for me.

I'm fighting the instinct to just give up because I do want to keep up with all the great music. Is the Atmos world actually "real" surround, in that some human actually took time to create the mix and not just a low quality effort? Is there any quality control on these Atmos mixes in general?

 

[TheGreatRamseythe2nd]

Thanks for the answers! I haven't yet made the jump to Atmos (I typically just rip to 5.1 flac or keep the DTS streams).

My understanding is that that Atmos is still just a 7.1 core (am I wrong?). That leaves the question of how to actually arrive at the intended 5.1 mix. My guess is that the best I'll get is a downmix of the 7.1 but this is all new territory for me.

I'm fighting the instinct to just give up because I do want to keep up with all the great music. Is the Atmos world actually "real" surround, in that some human actually took time to create the mix and not just a low quality effort? Is there any quality control on these Atmos mixes in general?

There are many superb atmos mixes, and some duds. It depends on the engineer.

 

[perzon57]

Thanks for the answers! I haven't yet made the jump to Atmos (I typically just rip to 5.1 flac or keep the DTS streams).

My understanding is that that Atmos is still just a 7.1 core (am I wrong?). That leaves the question of how to actually arrive at the intended 5.1 mix. My guess is that the best I'll get is a downmix of the 7.1 but this is all new territory for me.

I'm fighting the instinct to just give up because I do want to keep up with all the great music. Is the Atmos world actually "real" surround, in that some human actually took time to create the mix and not just a low quality effort? Is there any quality control on these Atmos mixes in general?

Atmos on disc has a True HD 7.1 core, from Apple Music it's 5.1. If you play Atmos mixes .from Apple Music on a non Atmos AVR, you'll get 5.1

 

[SHB]

my copy finally arrived from Napalm Records today. I will check it out tonight

 

[AdamBialy]

If you are interested in buying a box set with a BLU RAY disc, someone from Spain listed it on E-BAY. But the price is cosmic - $150. I'm glad that I ordered in October from Napalm Rec., because now at such a high price I certainly wouldn't buy it.

 

[sjcorne]

https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...x-now-available-as-a-lossless-download.35247/