I have read often here in this forum of Atmos playback not having much surround content on a 5.1 system. It is has been commented that the Dolby system automatically changes to the speaker configuration that it plays back on. But why is the immersive quality so inconsistent?
In my experience most of the Atmos content is very immersive when played on my 5.1 system, but other content has issues. It doesn’t seem to be random.
For example Steven Wilson mixes always sound great when played on my system like the latest Moondance. I remember reading an interview where he mentioned that he plays his Atmos mixes on a 5.1 bed to check the surround content and makes adjustments for a satisfactory experience. I am not sure what knobs he turns to make this happen. Other Atmos mixes sound wrong on the my 5.1 playback. My example here is Giles Martin’s Beatles Revolver and Red Album. I had to turn up the volume on the rears 10db to get proper balance. Since these are streaming from the Apple 4k, I was not sure if this is part of the problem.
My question is this;
Does the mixing engineer assign where channels will fold down for different speaker configurations ?
If any of you knowledgeable folks can shed light on this it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Bill
In my experience most of the Atmos content is very immersive when played on my 5.1 system, but other content has issues. It doesn’t seem to be random.
For example Steven Wilson mixes always sound great when played on my system like the latest Moondance. I remember reading an interview where he mentioned that he plays his Atmos mixes on a 5.1 bed to check the surround content and makes adjustments for a satisfactory experience. I am not sure what knobs he turns to make this happen. Other Atmos mixes sound wrong on the my 5.1 playback. My example here is Giles Martin’s Beatles Revolver and Red Album. I had to turn up the volume on the rears 10db to get proper balance. Since these are streaming from the Apple 4k, I was not sure if this is part of the problem.
My question is this;
Does the mixing engineer assign where channels will fold down for different speaker configurations ?
If any of you knowledgeable folks can shed light on this it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Bill