And for the Dolby
Atmos mix we did for when the album was played in theaters, we have it left and right, then it shoots toward you in mono, and then it moves outward.
That's how we feel with the Dolby
Atmos mix of a traditional surround presentation.
Don't think that a Dolby
Atmos mix or height channels make a difference?
The Dolby
Atmos mix created a superb sense of space.
While overhead effects are superb, what really seals the deal is the way a Dolby
Atmos mix creates a natural, enveloping sense of space throughout the movie.
The Atmos mix is just really impressive.
Primary audio on the 4K disc is available in a fine English Dolby
Atmos mix (7.1 Dolby TrueHD compatible) that's impressive as hell.
The LFEs, like
the Atmos mix, are throaty from the prioritizing of explosions, the score, and ambient engine noise.
Audio-wise, the new English Dolby
Atmos mix is quite good and represents a major upgrade over the original Blu - ray edition's uncompressed PCM 5.1 sound.
Still, the new
Atmos mix is certainly improved and remains a reference quality audio experience.
The downmix was still very immersive and spacious, with objects placed at points in space similar to a true
Atmos mix (helicopters and drones are the best examples), but lacking some of the location preciseness and, of course, some loss of the height channel experience (although the Dolby TrueHD downmix still produced a better - than - traditional «horizontal» 5.1 or 7.1 channel mix).
Before this review, this reviewer heard the Dolby
Atmos mix in a movie theater.
In addition to the excellent video presentation of Transformers: Age of Extinction, what makes this Blu - ray Disc release so significant is that it is the first title that contains a Dolby
Atmos mix.
The Atmos mix translates that big movements like the hypnotic ring effects with smooth overhead and sweeping motion.
The stage has Dolby
Atmos mixing capabilities and features two Avid S6 mixing consoles, four Pro Tools systems, a Sony 4K digital cinema projector and a variety of other support gear.
Really, this is one of the best
Atmos mixes I've heard to date.
The production services firm expands its sound capabilities with a Minkler - designed Dolby
Atmos mixing room as it moves toward a merger with IgnitedSpaces.
We have 11
Atmos mixing facilities in India.
Starting with Pixar's Brave in 2012, more than 150 films have now been released with
Atmos mixes.
With Ultra HD Blu - rays the situation is different; currently only a handful of titles use DTS - X mixes rather than Dolby Digital or Dolby
Atmos mixes.
There are even Dolby
Atmos mixes of classic albums.
The sense of height with all the Dolby
Atmos mixes we tried was palpable and impressively delineated - by which we mean there were times when we could discern multiple height layers in the vertical effects.
HBO has decided to remaster series one to four of Game of Thrones to include the extra height channels and is putting the Dolby
Atmos mixes onto special edition Blu - ray box - sets.
Not exact matches
The film is also
mixed in Dolby
Atmos but also contains a Dolby TrueHD 7.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 downmixes for those that do not have a Dolby
Atmos setup.
Because I don't have an
Atmos - equipped system, this played back as a Dolby TrueHD 7.1
mix, and it was a good one.
I, and I'm sure all of you, were hoping for a new Dolby
Atmos for DTS: X
mix.
Also, those that do not have a home theater receiver that provides Dolby
Atmos or Dolby TrueHD decoding, your Blu - ray Disc player will send out a standard Dolby Digital 5.1 channel
mix.
- Theatrical Trailer - Sneak Peek Disc Details 2 - disc sets w / 1 4k UHD and 1 Blu - ray Digital Copy Running Time 89 mins Edition Ratings Rated PG - 13 Region Coding Region A 4k UHD Video Resolution 2160p HEVC / H. 265 Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio
Mixes English Dolby
Atmos English Dolby TrueHD 7.1 French Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles English SDH French Spanish Blu - ray Video Resolution 1080p AVC MPEG - 4 Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Opportunities include augmenting studio time for sound design, music recording,
mixing, or remixing the film in Dolby
Atmos.
Swiss Army Man was one of two recent films to win the Dolby Family Sound Fellowship (Hunt for the Wilderpeople is the other), an award that provides Sundance - bound filmmakers a chance to do their final
mix in
Atmos.
Similarly, whether enjoyed in Dolby
Atmos / TrueHD 7.1 in 2D or in the 5.1 DTS - HD Master Audio
mix of the 3D disc, the lively soundtrack should delight while giving your home theater a good workout.
Disc Details 2 - disc set — 1 Blu - ray and 1 DVD Digital Copy Running Time 120 mins Edition Ratings Rated R Region Coding Region Free Video Resolution 1080p AVC MPEG - 4 Aspect ratio: 2.40:1 Audio
Mixes English Dolby
Atmos English Dolby TrueHD 7.1 French Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles English SDH French Spanish Portuguese
(Color, widescreen); editor, Chris Plummer; music, Marius de Vries; feature animation, Industrial Light & Magic; animation supervisor, Kim Ooi; sound designer (Dolby
Atmos), E.J. Holowicki; supervising sound editor, Steve Slanec; re-recording
mixers, Tom Johnson, Juan Peralta; senior visual effects supervisor, Tony Plett; visual effects supervisor, Nigel Sumner; senior animation producer, Jacqui Lopez; casting, David Rubin, Richard Hicks, Lindsay Perlman.
Audio
Mixes English Dolby
Atmos English Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 French Dolby Digital 5.1 Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles English English SDH French Portuguese Spanish
- End of Story Disc Details 2 - disc set w / 1 4k UHD and 1 Blu - ray Digital copy Running Time 104 mins Edition Ratings Rated PG - 13 Region Coding Region Free 4k UHD Video Resolution 2160p HEVC / H.265 HDR: Dolby Vision and HDR10 Aspect ratio: 2.40:1 Audio
Mixes English Dolby
Atmos English Dolby TrueHD 7.1 French Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1 German Dolby Digital 5.1 Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles English English SDH French German Japanese Portuguese Spanish Danish Dutch Finnish Norwegian Swedish Blu - ray Video Resolution 1080p AVC MPEG - 4 Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
The Dolby fellowship allowed the film's team to augment the sound design and to
mix the film in Dolby
Atmos ®.
You'll be glad to know that the new Dolby
Atmos lossless
mix that's included on the 4K disc is every bit as good as the image presentation.
Sound designer and
mixer Zach Seivers said,» [Dolby]
Atmos has really allowed us to elevate our work.
In these videos, the sound
mixers and colorist tell how Dolby
Atmos ® and Dolby Vision ™ helped add power and atmosphere.
To me,
mixing in
Atmos is the sonic equivalent of that.
Braveheart has always delivered a great sound experience on disc, but
Atmos experiences manages to notch things up a hair with an absolutely thrilling
mix.
Mix and output to a multichannel - speaker setup when you work in a Dolby Atmos room, and have that translate into a great - sounding headphone m
Mix and output to a multichannel - speaker setup when you work in a Dolby
Atmos room, and have that translate into a great - sounding headphone
mixmix.
The brain of the Dolby
Atmos platform, the RMU provides the rendering engine for the
mix stage, plus tools for room configuration, management, and print mastering.
Rerecording
mixer Mike Hedges, a two - time Academy Award ® winner for his
mixes on Peter Jackson's films King Kong and The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, explained, «The benefits of Dolby
Atmos are that it allows you to place sounds wherever you like.
Camera (Technicolor, Panavision widescreen, Arri Alexa digital), Trent Opaloch; editors, Jeffrey Ford, Matthew Schmidt; music, Henry Jackman; music supervisor, Dave Jordan; production designer, Owen Paterson; supervising art director, Greg Berry; art directors, David E. Scott, Greg Hooper; set decorator, Ronald R. Reiss; costume designer, Judianna Makovsky; sound (Dolby
Atmos / Dolby Digital), Manfred Banach; supervising sound editors, Shannon Mills, Daniel Laurie; sound designers, David C. Hughes, Nia Hansen; re-recording
mixers, Tom Johnson, Juan Peralta; visual effects supervisor, Dan Deleeuw; head of visual development, Ryan Meinerding; visual effects and animation, Industrial Light & Magic, Method Studios; visual effects, Trixter Film, Rise Visual Effects Studios, Double Negative, Luma Pictures, Lola VFX, Cinesite, Cantina, Sarofsky, Animal Logic, Crafty Apes, Image Engine Design, Technicolor VFX, Capital T, Exceptional Minds; stunt coordinator, Spiro Razatos; stunt and fight coordinator, Sam Hargrave; supervising stunt coordinators, Doug Coleman, Mickey Giacomazzi; 3D stereoscopic supervisor, Evan Jacobs; 3D stereoscopic producer, Jon Goldsmith; 3D conversion, Stereo D, Prime Focus; associate producers, Trinh Tran, Ari Costa; assistant director, Lars P. Winther; second unit directors, Razatos, David Leitch, Chad Stahelski, Darrin Prescott; casting, Sarah Halley Finn.
Camera (color, widescreen), Jo Willems; editor, Alan Edward Bell; music, James Newton Howard; music supervisor, Alexandra Patsavas; production designer, Philip Messina; supervising art director, John Collins; art directors, Robert Fechtman, Adam Davis; set decorator, Larry Dias; costume designer, Trish Summerville; sound (Dolby
Atmos / Datasat), Mark Weingarten; supervising sound editors / re-recording
mixers, Skip Lievsay, Jeremy Peirson; sound designer, Peirson; visual effects supervisor, Janek Sirrs; visual effects producer, Mitchell Ferm; visual effects, Double Negative, Weta Digital, Method Studios, Rodeo FX, Fuel VFX, Hybride; special effects coordinator, Steve Cremin; supervising stunt coordinator, Chad Stahelski; stunt coordinator, Sam Hargrave; assistant director, Aldric La'auli Porter; second unit director, Chad Stahelski; second unit camera, Robby Baumgartner; casting, Debra Zane.
Review Bonus: Greg P. Russell, Re-Recording
Mixer for Transformers: Age of Extinction discusses how the theatrical Dolby
Atmos soundtrack was remastered for a home theater setting - Watch Now.
Camera (3D, Deluxe color, widescreen), Lula Carvalho; editor, Bob Ducsay, Jim May, Debra Neil - Fisher; music, Steve Jablonsky; production designer, Martin Laing; art director, Miguel Lopez - Castillo; set decorator, Debra Schutt; costume designer, Sarah Edwards; sound (Datasat / Dolby
Atmos), Tom Nelson, Peter Fonda; supervising sound editors, Jason W. Jennings, Nancy Nugent Title; re-recording
mixers, Terry Porter, Anna Behlmer; special effects supervisor, J.D. Schwalm; visual effects supervisor, Pablo Helman; visual effects producers, Crystal Dowd, Susan Greenhow; visual effects, Industrial Light & Magic, Ghost VFX, Atomic Fiction, Base FX, Whiskytree Inc., Animatrik, FX3X, Virtuos, Bot VFX, Shade VFX, Lola VFX; stunt coordinators, Spiro Razatos, Jonathan Eusebio; fight coordinator, Jon Valera; associate producer, Lori Scowley, Basil Bryant Grillo, Bret Rowe, Marc Pappalardo; assistant director, Alexander H. Gayner; second unit director, Razatos; second unit camera, Jacques Haitkin; casting, Lisa Fields.
For the first time, Dolby
Atmos introduces a hybrid approach to
mixing and directs sound as dynamic objects that envelop the listener, in combination with channels for playback.
Dolby
Atmos is an end - to - end solution that takes into account the entire content pipeline and brings together
mixers, studios, and distributors to create dramatic improvements in the audio experience.