A certain QQ elder statesman did a really nice Penteo-based 5.1 upmix of Cosmo's Factory by CCR...
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Just on a lark, thought I'd try another one of those Telarc Dolby Surround CD's and run it through Penteo (4.1), pretty dang immersive/surroundy if I say so myself 
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4.0 Upmix, Crime Of The Century, sweet.
Wes - Bumpin'
*some of these old 60's Jazz titles continue to impress me as to how well they up-mix.
One of my old favorites by the King of octave & double-stop guitar playing, from a 2008 Japan SHM-CD; and nicely arranged & conducted by Don Sebesky.
*some of these old 60's Jazz titles continue to impress me as to how well they up-mix.
One of my old favorites by the King of octave & double-stop guitar playing, from a 2008 Japan SHM-CD; and nicely arranged & conducted by Don Sebesky.
well, it is a "Foobar 2000" upmix using the "Convert stereo to 4 channels", which does a great job to my ears!!!
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Some of the hit singles on this album (I forget which ones) are recorded in really narrow stereo. I wonder how they came out in the upmix.
Outstanding, I thought. (Apart from "Who'll Stop The Rain," which clearly came from a different recording session.)
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Listening to an amazing upmix of Mccartney's Flaming Pie. Absolutely adore this album, and this upmix is just amazing. If I didn't know, it would probably have taken me a few listened to figure out it's not an upmix. No idea how it was done or who did it. Complete separation with backing vocals in the back and stuff like that. So much fun.
Anna von Hausswolff – Live At Montreux Jazz Festival
*she looks so darn demure; but her voice delivers such powerfully beautiful chaos
*she looks so darn demure; but her voice delivers such powerfully beautiful chaos
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WHERE THERE'S SMOKE LP (5.1 upmix)
-BAD MUTHA TRUCKA
*never release in a digital format AFAIK
WHERE THERE'S SMOKE LP (5.1 upmix)
-BAD MUTHA TRUCKA
*never release in a digital format AFAIK
5.1 Upmix of Boston's 1st, very good. Have to admit I heard a couple things that I didn't hear before, now unburied.
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Some might think this belongs in a different thread, but I think there are enough (too many?) "Listening" threads already, so I'm putting it here.
In the last couple of weeks I've become a total convert to the new "Dolby Surround" (a/k/a Dolby Surround Upmixer, a/k/a Atmos upmixer) DSP on my Marantz SR6014, ever since I was reminded that by popular demand, Dolby had restored its "center spread" function after removing it for a few months. It's gotten to the point where I pretty much don't listen to anything in stereo anymore. The DSU's algorithms are brilliant: they do an especially fine job on classical chamber music and acoustic small-group jazz, but I've been impressed by what they can do with some orchestral and large-group stuff, too. This afternoon I put on Vietnamese-French guitarist Nguyên Lê's Celebrating the Dark Side of the Moon (DSOTM arranged for jazz orchestra, namely the NDR Big Band under Michael Gibbs), and I was just blown away: the opening minutes of "Speak to Me" really do sound like they were mixed--thoughtfully, imaginatively, dramatically--for Atmos. I haven't thrown a lot of pop/rock (or any 5.1) at it yet, but I have high hopes, especially for anything with electronic textures, which the DSU also seems to like.
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In the last couple of weeks I've become a total convert to the new "Dolby Surround" (a/k/a Dolby Surround Upmixer, a/k/a Atmos upmixer) DSP on my Marantz SR6014, ever since I was reminded that by popular demand, Dolby had restored its "center spread" function after removing it for a few months. It's gotten to the point where I pretty much don't listen to anything in stereo anymore. The DSU's algorithms are brilliant: they do an especially fine job on classical chamber music and acoustic small-group jazz, but I've been impressed by what they can do with some orchestral and large-group stuff, too. This afternoon I put on Vietnamese-French guitarist Nguyên Lê's Celebrating the Dark Side of the Moon (DSOTM arranged for jazz orchestra, namely the NDR Big Band under Michael Gibbs), and I was just blown away: the opening minutes of "Speak to Me" really do sound like they were mixed--thoughtfully, imaginatively, dramatically--for Atmos. I haven't thrown a lot of pop/rock (or any 5.1) at it yet, but I have high hopes, especially for anything with electronic textures, which the DSU also seems to like.
Celebrating The Dark Side Of The Moon - Nguyên Lê / Michael Gibbs / NDR Bigband - Challenge Records International
March, 1973... A quartet known for its psychedelic inclinations delivered a fortress of an album: The Dark Side of The Moon was a musical UFO featuring the most advanced technology of the period, a stratospheric record which mirrored society and our errant human ways. Pink Floyd was about to...
Tristan Perich, Drift Multiply, for 50 violins and 50-channel 1-bit electronics. Run through my AVR's Dolby Surround Upmixer DSP.
Fans of ambient and/or minimalism will like this record, which was on a whole bunch of classical "10 Best" lists last year. (The DSU really likes other minimalist and "indie classical" stuff, too: Steve Reich, John Luther Adams, Caroline Shaw...)
Fans of ambient and/or minimalism will like this record, which was on a whole bunch of classical "10 Best" lists last year. (The DSU really likes other minimalist and "indie classical" stuff, too: Steve Reich, John Luther Adams, Caroline Shaw...)
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I don't think the Dolby Surround Upmixer exactly replicates the circular, gliding/traveling effect that this piece was meant to have (see my post in another thread), but sit in the sweet spot, close your eyes, and you could almost fool yourself into thinking it does.
I also like "Dolby Surround" in my Marantz SR7013 for upmixing. It too has the "center spread" function. I've used it successfully to upmix to 11.1 channel surround with classical music as you have done. I also like Auro 3D especially given that it is adjustable. I wish that Dolby Surround had some adjustment capability, perhaps for the center spread. The real key is not to be constantly flipping between Dolby Surround, Auro 3D and SM Involve and just enjoy the music. (I know...that's not possible when a man has a remote in his hand.
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More fun with the Dolby Surround Upmixer, this time with contemporary big band music. Both of these albums were recorded and mixed in such a way that the DSU just goes to town on 'em, making you feel like you're on stage in the middle of the orchestra. Miho Hazama and the m_unit (a jazz orchestra with vibes and strings), Journey to Journey (2013), and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, American Adventure (2014), on which the SNJO is joined by a whole bunch of Yank ringers (like Dave Liebman, Randy Brecker, Kurt Elling, and Donny McCaslin).
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Scott DuBois, Autumn Wind (2017). Guitar-reeds-bass-drum quartet, augmented by string or wind quartet on some tracks.
Close-mic'd (including the drums), but with lots of (tasteful) reverb, too. Dreamy, abstract, often very tuneful soundscapes. Through the DSU, it comes out totally immersive and atmospheric. Occasionally reminiscent of Bill Frisell. (Bassist Thomas Morgan has spent a number of years developing an almost telepathic relationship with Frisell, as it happens.)
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Close-mic'd (including the drums), but with lots of (tasteful) reverb, too. Dreamy, abstract, often very tuneful soundscapes. Through the DSU, it comes out totally immersive and atmospheric. Occasionally reminiscent of Bill Frisell. (Bassist Thomas Morgan has spent a number of years developing an almost telepathic relationship with Frisell, as it happens.)
Autumn Wind, by Scott DuBois with Gebhard Ullmann, Thomas Morgan & Kresten Osgood
13 track album
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Scott DuBois: Autumn Wind, PopMatters
Modern jazz guitarist Scott DuBois has always kept a distance from the business-as-usual jazz guitar antics of Wes Montgomery wannabes, even when he was...
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