That is my understanding as well. I told my millennial son this was available on Apple in Atmos, and his eyes got very big. He says it was a seminal release.
Space Oddity Atmos is not anymore in Tidal Spain neither. Only 360.
I was really impressed by the Heroes and Villains mix downmixed to 5.1. I mean I love the song already but there’s some cool active panning between the rears during one section (sounds like a tambourine and something else??). Harmonies were nice and clear and separated. This is a ‘67 track so they probably had some little more to work with, 4-track I’m guessing?tried a couple of tracks all the way through and flicked through another few but i just couldn't get into any of it at all.. i'll hit the Beach with the Boys again tomorrow and see if its a sunnier outcome!
I can't figure how that'd be possible with Atmos, as you can't manipulate the channel mapping within an ADM file after it's been exported. The mistake would have to be made during the actual mix process (which seems pretty hard to do, the Dolby Renderer actually shows a neat little graphic of the object positions within the room).
I also don't think it has been a channel error transcription. I think it was intended. The mixer had to listen to it and, at least, see some graphics as I see on my DIY 13 Channels VUMeter: https://www.avsforum.com/threads/th...2ch-flagship-avr-thread.2952552/post-60361895
