Still curious about songs mixed in Dolby ATMOS? Let’s consider the Ziggy Stardust album
If you ever get a chance to listen to anything remixed in Dolby ATMOS on a proper sound system, do it. It’s…remarkable. Last year, I visited a study in the Sound City complex in LA and was treated to new mixes from Faith No More and The B-52’s and…wow. Just wow. Seriously.
Now let’s talk about applying the technology to David Bowie and his Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars album. I can’t wait to hear this. (Via Sean)
First – I’ve been waiting on this release. I’m a big Bowie fan and have been a fan of multi channel remixes since the arrival of the 5.1 SACD and DVD-A player so I was very excited when Atmos came along. And as you said, it can be amazing. To get the full Atmos effect though you need a 9.1.4 speaker system (which I don’t have at home) to get the full effect. But if you have a Atmost an Atmos capable home theatre receiver it will compensate for the speaker configuration you have. Also, even if you don’t have a full Atmostset up. most Atmos Blu Rays also include 5.1 mixes that still make them usable for non Atmos based systems.
Dolby Atmos can virtualize a multi-speaker setup pretty effectively — definitely not the same thing as playback through an actual home theater setup, but a huge leap from stereo. Apple’s spatial audio is basically Atmos under the hood.