Listening to Now (In Dolby Atmos)

[popshop]

Mastodon in surround!
https://tidal.com/album/197213020Album out Oct 29. Produced and mixed by David Bottrill. No immersive engineer listed.
(Edit: very tame, lame, and quiet mix. Makes me wonder if anyone mixed it... could be tidal messing up again...?)

 

[popshop]

The fourth Kacey Musgraves album in atmos. This one is new.
Immersive mix by Kevin Reeves.
https://tidal.com/album/197130009

 

[Cheezmo]

Pentatonix - The Lucky Ones

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-lucky-ones-deluxe/1581639861

 

[Cheezmo]

Pentatonix - The Lucky Ones

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-lucky-ones-deluxe/1581639861

This one is actually crazy. The main album has almost all the vocals in the rear channels. The bonus tracks are more conventional surround mixes. This may actually be may favorite release of the year.

 

[Sal1950]

I like the way Apple is making Atmos playlists by genre. You can chose Country, Rock, Jazz, Classical, etc and just have Atmos tunes playing continuously in your favorite genre. Been listening to Country for a couple hours now as I was surfing net, wouldn't have guessed they have so much in C&W.

 

[edisonbaggins]

Mastodon in surround!
https://tidal.com/album/197213020Album out Oct 29. Produced and mixed by David Bottrill. No immersive engineer listed.
(Edit: very tame, lame, and quiet mix. Makes me wonder if anyone mixed it... could be tidal messing up again...?)

Bottill famously doesn't get suuround for albums. Wonder if he's reconsidered or if someone else did an immersive mix or upmix.
There are a special edition of Leviathan with 3 tracks mixed in to surround. Also Crack the Skye, but it's an upmix.

 

[sjcorne]

Immersive mix by Kevin Reeves.

The same Kevin Reeves who did the Allman Brothers and Velvet Underground 5.1's?

 

[popshop]

@edisonbaggins yep I have that Leviathan and from what I recall it's very conservative. After listening again to the new one, there are very faint drum overheads in the rears and heights, and in two spots a harmony guitar and a vocal line.
Very cool song, but the mix is less so.
@sjcorne I'm not sure, sorry.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Malva Quartet
APPLE MUSIC

 

[J. PUPSTER]

PETER GREGSON
PATINA
(APPLE MUSIC)

 

[fredblue]

The Kooks!! Wow!!

 

[fredblue]

Glass Animals "Dreamland + Bonus Levels 2.0"

this is nice and surround-y!

 

[beerking]

Not sure if the Eagles have been mentioned....
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/live-from-the-forum-mmxviii/1521729134?ls

 

[elee532]

Not sure if the Eagles have been mentioned....
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/live-from-the-forum-mmxviii/1521729134?ls

Can anyone comment on this Atmos mix? Any good?

 

[beerking]

Can anyone comment on this Atmos mix? Any good?

Nothing to write home about I'm afraid...
There is use of the Atmos speakers but it's mainly echo and reverb...grr
Although sure sounds good.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Glass Animals "Dreamland + Bonus Levels 2.0"

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this is nice and surround-y!

I'll see your Dreamland and call you with...
ZHU
Dreamland 2021
*No mention of Atmos on my Win 10 Apple Music (got it from the main Spatial Audio Page?)

 

[edisonbaggins]

@edisonbaggins yep I have that Leviathan and from what I recall it's very conservative. After listening again to the new one, there are very faint drum overheads in the rears and heights, and in two spots a harmony guitar and a vocal line.
Very cool song, but the mix is less so.
@sjcorne I'm not sure, sorry.

The Crack the Skye 5.1 mix is def an upmix, but the accompanying movie is sooo worth watching. It comes as a bonus disc to the concert of that tour. Rather than listen to the more or less worthless upmix, I played around with my AVR's upmixers, using the lossless stereo source and found a more satisfying result. Again, Crack the Skye movie is the titties. Give it a whirl if you love Mastodon.
https://www.discogs.com/Mastodon-Live-At-The-Aragon/release/3767939

 

[haikubass]

Ed Sheeran - + (2011) on Tidal
No immersive mix engineer credited.
https://tidal.com/album/197045784

 

[Sashaaa]

Any advice Sausage, on how to always know one's listening to an Atmos mix on Apple TV 4K?
(some of these mixes -i.e. old Jazz, is so subtle you barely notice the rears in 5.1.)

I think their random menu system and search (UI) is rubbish; and no it doesn't always tell you which songs are Atmos; and once playing the song (from what I see) doesn't even show it as such anywhere on the screen

I think if you click the menu button on the controller while you're playing, it'll go to a screen where in the bottom right corner you'll see atmos if the atmos mix is playing. Not the most familiar with this either though. Not big on the UI myself either. Sorry for the late response!

 

[vegas]

One of the best immersive sound album out there!
https://music.apple.com/album/3-d-the-catalogue/1572506374