anyone have a chance to listen the spacial audio on apple music with AirPods Pro
do I need to do some setting in the music setting or airpots pro to turn on something?
Check in Settings/Music. There are settings there for Spacial Audio, which was set to Automatic for me, and Lossless, which is off by default (and not required for spacial audio). You can use AirPods, AirPods Pro, or AirPods Max. But it only works on songs or albums that have a Spacial Audio or Dolby indicator, which is labeled for VoiceOver. I only found some songs by The Weeknd and Ariana Grande, for example their joined collaboration on the song Save Your Tears. So while Lossless will be available on many songs and albums already, spacial audio may not.
I think spatial audio on Apple Music sounds cool. I am wondering if my favorite artist will be supporting this feature. I do not see spatial audio or lossless audio anywhere in the music settings. Lol. I checked the EQ settings and I can only see things like spoken word, classical, loudness, etc.
They're promoting the heck have of spatial audio content in the browse tab of Apple Music. There are created playlists of songs that have it, as well as albums. I just happened to find my new favorite album of 2021 available with spatial audio, but only the standard version has it. The versions with extra tracks have lossless though.
As for settings to enable it, they're in settings>music>audio quality. Apple clearly explains this when you find an album that supports it.
I played with it a bit last night and I too am ready for my favorites to be available in this format! I actually took a listen to the from mono to spatial audio thing with Zane Lo and Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On," and it was a fun experience to hear the sound evolve.
Spatial audio is supposed to make different instroments sound like they're coming from different directions. To me, this is usually more subtle than I thought. The biggest thing I notice is that vocals seem to be a little more clear and have more reverb, in some cases making lyrics easier to understand.
To me it sounds like the music is in your head. It's hard to explain. Some songs sound better than others though. The rock songs I've listened to sound worse than the stereo mixes because the guitars aren't as loud and the vocals stand out more. I agree with posts on other Apple centric forums that there should be a way to choose to have spatial audio turned off for certain songs.
No, you don't need specific headphones. If you're using Apple headphones (Air Pods or Beats) spatial audio is turned on automatically. with any others, you have to turn it on in settings.
hey! wha I understand is:
spacial audio is working on airpots pro.
and when you move our head or walking around. the music steroe will be moved around your head right?
I can believe that ATMOS sounds fantastic on a high-end sound system as described by Bruce, but many of us don't have that as an option. I live in an apartment and there's no way. The best I can do is a pair of excellent headphones.
I did my own comparison, first with my airPods, then with my Sony V6 headphones. In both cases, I could hear a difference between the stereo version and the ATMOS version, but in general, the stereo version was better. It sounds to me like the ATMOS mix is just using some phase shifting on specific tracks, mainly the lead vocals, to give it a "spread-out" sound, sort of like they used to do to make mono recordings into stereo. It only made the lead vocal sound muddy. I will admit the bass sounded a bit more distinct in the ATMOS versions, but it was so subtle that it's not really worth putting up with the muddy lead vocals. Perhaps once new tracks are mixed with ATMOS in mind, it will be great, but until then, I'll be sticking with stereo mixes.
"I just want to try and alert you to the potential seismic scam happening with this Atmos roll out. Atmos catalog remixing is being done by the truckload
in a handful of Nashville, LA, and NYC rooms right now and has been for a couple of years, and almost none of it is being overseen or approved by the artist
or original producer or mixer. And these versions- according to Apple- will be the new standard versions, superseding the original versions, now designated
by Apple to the dustbin of history."
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Check settings
Check in Settings/Music. There are settings there for Spacial Audio, which was set to Automatic for me, and Lossless, which is off by default (and not required for spacial audio). You can use AirPods, AirPods Pro, or AirPods Max. But it only works on songs or albums that have a Spacial Audio or Dolby indicator, which is labeled for VoiceOver. I only found some songs by The Weeknd and Ariana Grande, for example their joined collaboration on the song Save Your Tears. So while Lossless will be available on many songs and albums already, spacial audio may not.
got it! thanks!
before I post this thread! it seems didn't ahve it.
right now.
I got it now!
Yes! It's awesome! I want it…
Yes! It's awesome! I want it for the whole Apple music catalog now. lol
How to find out what tracks are available in lossless format
The subject line says it all.
yeah
yeah.
seems I can not get the spacial audio thing
I think spatial audio on…
I think spatial audio on Apple Music sounds cool. I am wondering if my favorite artist will be supporting this feature. I do not see spatial audio or lossless audio anywhere in the music settings. Lol. I checked the EQ settings and I can only see things like spoken word, classical, loudness, etc.
will try it again
I am looking foI'll try it again today. and see I can find one of the track has it as well.
They're promoting the heck…
They're promoting the heck have of spatial audio content in the browse tab of Apple Music. There are created playlists of songs that have it, as well as albums. I just happened to find my new favorite album of 2021 available with spatial audio, but only the standard version has it. The versions with extra tracks have lossless though.
As for settings to enable it, they're in settings>music>audio quality. Apple clearly explains this when you find an album that supports it.
Happy listening!
spatial audio
I played with it a bit last night and I too am ready for my favorites to be available in this format! I actually took a listen to the from mono to spatial audio thing with Zane Lo and Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On," and it was a fun experience to hear the sound evolve.
spatial audio?
How does spatial audio even affect music? And do you need special headphones for it to work?
Spatial audio is supposed to…
Spatial audio is supposed to make different instroments sound like they're coming from different directions. To me, this is usually more subtle than I thought. The biggest thing I notice is that vocals seem to be a little more clear and have more reverb, in some cases making lyrics easier to understand.
To me it sounds like the music is in your head. It's hard to explain. Some songs sound better than others though. The rock songs I've listened to sound worse than the stereo mixes because the guitars aren't as loud and the vocals stand out more. I agree with posts on other Apple centric forums that there should be a way to choose to have spatial audio turned off for certain songs.
No, you don't need specific headphones. If you're using Apple headphones (Air Pods or Beats) spatial audio is turned on automatically. with any others, you have to turn it on in settings.
spacial audio do I get wrong?
hey! wha I understand is:
spacial audio is working on airpots pro.
and when you move our head or walking around. the music steroe will be moved around your head right?
Not right now. That's how it…
Not right now. That's how it works for TV shows and movies, but not music. The head tracking that is used for movies is coming for music later though.
I see
got it! thanks !
Maybe not hype, but certainly not for everyone
I can believe that ATMOS sounds fantastic on a high-end sound system as described by Bruce, but many of us don't have that as an option. I live in an apartment and there's no way. The best I can do is a pair of excellent headphones.
I did my own comparison, first with my airPods, then with my Sony V6 headphones. In both cases, I could hear a difference between the stereo version and the ATMOS version, but in general, the stereo version was better. It sounds to me like the ATMOS mix is just using some phase shifting on specific tracks, mainly the lead vocals, to give it a "spread-out" sound, sort of like they used to do to make mono recordings into stereo. It only made the lead vocal sound muddy. I will admit the bass sounded a bit more distinct in the ATMOS versions, but it was so subtle that it's not really worth putting up with the muddy lead vocals. Perhaps once new tracks are mixed with ATMOS in mind, it will be great, but until then, I'll be sticking with stereo mixes.
Lefsetz Letter
Music Blogger Bob Lefsetz just sent this out.
"I just want to try and alert you to the potential seismic scam happening with this Atmos roll out. Atmos catalog remixing is being done by the truckload
in a handful of Nashville, LA, and NYC rooms right now and has been for a couple of years, and almost none of it is being overseen or approved by the artist
or original producer or mixer. And these versions- according to Apple- will be the new standard versions, superseding the original versions, now designated
by Apple to the dustbin of history."
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