interesting it does Atmos on my iphone but not on my Mac for this. Edit: does lossless on Mac however.
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Apple Music Songs that sound great with Dolby Atmos
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Agreed. Listened to this yesterday and was shocked at the difference. Great example of Atmos on this track
Buddy Holly by Weezer sounds absolutely HORRIBLE in Dolby Atmos. Far less expansive soundstage, the cymbals completely disappear at about 1:05 or 1:10, the vocals sound like they're in mono, and the background vocals sound like something off a demo tape.
Marcy Playground's Sex and Candy also sounds horrible in Dolby Atmos. The soundstage is much wider in its original mix, and the guitars have MUCH better separation in stereo. I have to say, Dolby Atmos sucks for every track I've tried it with (listening on AirPods Pro, if that matters)
Marcy Playground's Sex and Candy also sounds horrible in Dolby Atmos. The soundstage is much wider in its original mix, and the guitars have MUCH better separation in stereo. I have to say, Dolby Atmos sucks for every track I've tried it with (listening on AirPods Pro, if that matters)
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Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory is the first 'metal' album I've found that sounds great in Atmos. Just wish it went louder.
Not a Gaga fan normally, but it’s criminal that they didn’t master Telephone in Atmos as that would be the perfect candidate for the tech if remastered correctly, loads of panning effects/harmonies/multi track/sound effects would sound incredible in Atmos I mean even the stereo version upmixer through my AV receiver sounds pretty awesome.
Well, I was initially very underwhelmed listening to some of these Atmos songs. Then I started playing with the setting and realized I didn’t have spatial audio turned on for my Air Pod Pros. Turning that on made quite a difference in a number of songs. So for those of you who didn't hear much of a difference, make sure you have spatial audio turned on.
That being said, as a movie music fan, the Finale from Rise of Skywalker sounds fantastic. Very impressive. Plus it’s a recent recording, if that makes a difference.
That being said, as a movie music fan, the Finale from Rise of Skywalker sounds fantastic. Very impressive. Plus it’s a recent recording, if that makes a difference.
Indeed, just tried it right now. The bass line is pretty amazing I have to say. I'm not a fan of The Beatles but let's give the devil his due, it's actually very pleasant to listen to with Atmos. ?
It's not bad indeed. We should be grateful that Apple thought about us metalheads at least. Apart from Atmos though, I've noticed that I can now listen to Transylvanian Hunger from DarkThrone in Lossless on Apple Music. \o/
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Yeah. Are you going off that link? Try going into the Music app and looking in Apple Music.
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Albums are only marked as being Dolby Atmos if it is the whole album.
In the Abbey Road example, the Atmos mix was produced for the 2019 reissue, and Apple have added these mixes to the album, but the two discs of demos etc don't have Atmos versions.
I'd much prefer it if they listed them as a separate release (could then have both versions in your library and choose which to play, for example), but that obviously wouldn't work well for all the examples where they just have a couple of tracks in an album available as Atmos.
Definitely. After seeing Sweet Child Of Mine in the curated Rock Atmos playlist, I tried all the other tracks in Appetite For Destruction. The only other was Welcome To The Jungle.
Now if I was to listen to the whole album it's a little spoilt by the change from stereo to Atmos between tracks.
Now if I was to listen to the whole album it's a little spoilt by the change from stereo to Atmos between tracks.
Something is not right for me and it must be related to the fact I owned the album and had it in my library. I was searching for it in Apple Music and it showed up but was not Dolby Atmos. It also shows as Alternative not Hard Rock. I then searched for it in my library and deleted it, but now when I search Apple music I only see the Deluxe Version of the album and its still listed as Alternative. I think years of purchasing music before streaming, and iTunes Match, has left them with a ton of odd legacy bugs and issues.
This one sounds, in my opinion, amazing in Atmos, completely different than the "old" sound of the original, gives it much modern feeling (though might not be for everyone 
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Also many songs in the "Classical in Spatial Audio" playlist from Apple sound amazing on a DTS soundbar (via Apple TV), with different instruments coming from different speakers... gives it much more "live" feeling
)Also many songs in the "Classical in Spatial Audio" playlist from Apple sound amazing on a DTS soundbar (via Apple TV), with different instruments coming from different speakers... gives it much more "live" feeling
Something seems strange for me: songs from my library I downloaded lossless don’t seem to play in Dolby Atmos... is Lossless the ‘better’ option and then streamed to my AirPods Pro And I lose spatial?
when I play Lady Gaga through Apple Music stream I can clearly hear the difference...
when I play Lady Gaga through Apple Music stream I can clearly hear the difference...
If you don’t check the box in settings to download Dolby Atmos it won’t download that version. The option is off by default.
I had that set up that way. However I have now unticked lossless option in Music and sounds switched over.If you don’t check the box in settings to download Dolby Atmos it won’t download that version. The option is off by default.
just realised the big difference with Kanye Black Skinhead.
They go back to the recordings (or the closest-to-original recordings they have) and remix them.
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R.E.M.’s Automatic for the People. This also had a physical Blu-ray release in Atmos. This was the first title I checked in Apple Music for Atmos because I knew an Atmos mix existed.