Dolby Atmos Demo Download
Irmgard Verzi
Dolby Atmos m2ts and mkv Demo Trailers are now available for download. Check out the latest in immersive sound technology with these amazing demo videos. With Dolby Atmos, sound comes alive from all directions, including overhead, to create an immersive experience that puts you inside the action. These demo videos are the perfect way to experience Dolby Atmos for yourself. So what are you waiting for? Download them now and see what all the hype is about.
Nowhere is this better demonstrated than in the car chase as Batman is pursuing the Penguin. The Batmobile rips through the middle of the soundfield while passing trucks, falling crates and sheeting rain bombard the viewer. But, the narrative of the sequence remains thrillingly clear, even with the persistently building music, guttural gunshots and spectacular sub-bass. As the camera switches from the car interior to the bumper to mid-air vehicle flip, it feels as though the potential of every possible plane is being wrung out of the speakers to exhilarating effect.
The Atmos soundtrack mirrors the camerawork creating a sense of first-person realism without being literal. By inhabiting the same perspective, the sounds of the landscape are revealed to the audience as they are being revealed to the soldiers. This means that unknown threats such as the distant planes in the barn scene remain atmospheric until they come sharply into focus as we slowly realise a dogfight is going on overhead and one crashes to the ground. The prolonged intensity is made possible by the sonic respites after every loud scene, softening the soundtrack to keep the audience engaged.
1. Youtube is in stereo so you're not getting a proper "atmos signal" You can still get a good sense of immersion if the content is well encoded though.
2. You get diminishing returns at some point. More speakers/better codecs only go so far. People have a hard time positioning things in vertical space and we're more sensitive to things in front of us. Also
3. I have a 7.1.4 set up (about as high as you can go without stupidly expensive processors). It's nice.
Practically no one will be running a 27 channel (plus 5 subwoofers) set up as pictured in that demo. The Trinnov units commonly used for very high channel count set ups are $10,000+. The lowest cost high channel thing I'm aware of would be the 13 channel STR-AZ7000es for $3300 and a step above that the 15 channel Denon AVR-A1H at $6500. Outside of that you're hunting down used gear (not a bad idea, it'll probably work for 10-30 years and it's like half or a third the price). I'm personally waiting until I can get a 13 or 15 channel AVR for around $1000-1500ish and until them I'm riding out what I've got.
Practically no one will be running a 27 channel (plus 5 subwoofers) set up as pictured in that demo. The Trinnov units commonly used for very high channel count set ups are $10,000+. The lowest cost high channel thing I'm aware of would be the 13 channel STR-AZ7000es for $3300 and a step above that the 15 channel Denon AVR-A1H at $6500. Outside of that you're hunting down used gear (not a bad idea, it'll probably work for 10-30 years and it's like half or a third the price). I'm personally waiting until I can get a 13 or 15 channel AVR for around $1000-1500ish and until them I'm riding out what I've got.
I'll have to look into it more. I skimmed this thread superficially and thought it was just an atmos demo.
You're a level or 5 above me in terms of implementing this stuff (I pretty much just put gear near Dolby's recommended location and make some tweaks to get decent measurement results in REW and then run Audysey - most of my efforts go into getting a flat frequency response and picking out reasonably performant parts for my use case)
EDIT: Currently recording each song in 'maximum' quality setting in quicktime audio recorder directly from my phone. My usual method of ripping from tidal isn't working now, and the dolby atmos tracks aren't playing on the web browser anymore so i think they've latched on they've uploaded the wrong vocals again. it's still playing the dolby versions (with demo vocals) from my downloaded tidal songs however (which im recording) and it will be online here shortly
Available in both 2D and 3D versions, the latest installment in the "Transformers" franchise is nothing if not bombastic. While the plot may be as riddled with holes as the film itself is riddled with bullets, and the sound may get a bit cacaphonous at times, the movie does make for an impressive demo both visually and sonically, particularly in Dolby Atmos. You can check out our review of the disc here.
Need a shorter demo? Another cool scene in Dolby Atmos is when our heroes have entered the bounty hunter's ship searching for Optimus Prime and Cade's daughter Tessa. At around 1:30:45 the camera goes through a waterfall and enters the ship. Inside, the cavernous echoes and technological sounds of the ship's security systems make great use of the height plane. Watch and listen for about a minute to get a nice sense of what's possible with Dolby Atmos.
In terms of Dolby Atmos demo material, you could pick just about any of the dance numbers and will hear some impressive, immersive surround sound with plenty of height information. In the Special Features menu, look for the "Dance Vortex Index" - this is a collection of all of the musical numbers in the movie, skipping over all that "plot" stuff. Chapter 6 of this is where the troupe shoots their application video for a dance competition in a power station and this piece is really fun in Dolby Atmos. Check out the bolts of electricity at 11:23 for some particularly cool effects.
During the extended battle sequence in the burnt-out hotel/casino near the end of the film, you'll hear helicopters zipping around overhead and all around the room as well, guns shots raining down from a helicopter above and mortar fire zipping overhead as it destroys the building. Check out the helicopter flyover at 1:34:00, the mortar fire at 1:36:00 and the helicopter chase scenes at 1:40:23 and 1:42:05. If you want an extended demo, then just start at 1:34:00 and let it run (and be prepared to duck).
Without further ado, let's dive into the Top Five Dolby Atmos Demo Moments from 'American Sniper' on Blu-ray. What I've done is not rank them in order, but rather try to characterize why they're each different types of demo options. Warning: minor spoilers.
In a movie with no orchestral score, sound designers often use intense audio to build tension and evoke a character's emotional state. A fun and quick demo, albeit tragic, takes place between tours in Iraq, when Kyle comes home and his visiting his newborn baby in the hospital. Unable to calm her cries or convince a nurse to do likewise, Kyle's fragile emotional state becomes an intense surround experience, building from the mundane to a sonic powerhouse. It's a perfect demonstration for Sound as Character Pathos.
This nighttime thriller sequence begins with ramping tension. Chris Kyle and Team use an enemy insurgent to gain entry into the building where notorious terrorist, The Butcher, is hiding. But it all goes to hell, devolving into an immersive shootout that swirls around the audience. Machine guns, RPG explosions, and taut LEF are all sequence highlights. Use this chaotic, yet precise demo immediately after calibrating your system. And, if you're looking for more context to this demo, feel free to extend it by starting at 01:07:13 (in Chapter 7), which is less boom-boom-bang, and more cat-n-mouse tension-ramping.
At the 01:47:44 mark (a great starting location if you're looking for a quicker demo) is when all the elements combine... helicopters and bullets and RPGS and a roaring sandstorms. It's chaotic and immersive, the environment really swallowing your entire home cinema.
Two things make this sequence truly stand out, both in against other sequence in this film, as well as in relation to other blockbusters: One, you can hear all the details. It's never muddy. Individual grains of sand are as clear as streaking and exploding bombs. Second, and more importantly, there are more moments of Kyle's subjective POV, where sound becomes his breathing and his heartbeat -- at this moment, he is a man (finally) ready to come home. And so are you, Dear Reader, to the home cinema... because aside from the moral ambiguities and real world tragedies this film portrays, the technical filmmaking in 'American Sniper' makes for crazy-good demo material. It is equal parts thought-provoking as it is adrenaline infused entertainment.
Congrats again to Dolby on 50 years. I can't wait to see where their innovations take us. What about you, dear Reader, what are your favorite 'American Sniper' demos? What are you favorite Dolby Atmos demos (if you've already upgrade)? Or, if not, what Blu-rays do you pop in to show off your home theatre? Let us know below, or in the forums.
Dolby Labs set up a special demonstration room to give the industry press and, eventually, show attendees an opportunity to experience Dolby Atmos surround sound. The demo room was probably about as close to ideal as you can get on a noisy trade show floor. And the demo included new, special effects laden sound-fests.
We were struck by several impressions. First, however, it is important to note that this was a carefully controlled demonstration designed to place Atmos in its best possible light. We continue to reserve judgment on our ultimate assessment of this new surround system until we have an opportunity to more carefully test it with a wider range of material and more extensive listening time.
More often than not he notes that as budget, speaker count and equipment capabilities increase so do the demos. In order to show off immersive audio, though, there are five clips Bitstream Media almost always plays:
Fairbrother says that love it or hate it, the engineers had a blast with this mix and it shows. With music, vocals, and effects everywhere, people rock out to this interpretation of a concert in every one of their Dolby Atmos demos.
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