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Music producer Giles Martin, who remixed the Beatles’ Abbey Road 50th Anniversary, talks about Apple Music’s spatial audio in an interview with music information media Rolling Stone.
Giles Martin is the son of George Martin, who produced almost all of The Beatles’ work and was awarded the titles of Knight and Sir by the King of England.
Spatial audio expands the possibilities of creators
Giles Martin described the spatial audio of Apple Music, which went live in June, as “it feels like you’re listening in the same room as your favorite artist,” and “the possibilities are endless for creators.” “.
Martin said of his experience of mixing at Dolby Atmos, “I feel like I’m sinking into the music” and “I feel completely fresh even with familiar works,” he said. “As a creator, this It’s very exciting to be able to share a great experience through Apple Music. “
Some works are not open to the public because the sound is not convincing
At Apple Music, Martin can listen to “Abbey Road (2019 Mix),” remixed with engineer Sam Okell and mastered by Apple Digital Master, in a combination of spatial audio and high-resolution lossless.
But Martin, who revealed that the 2017 remix of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” was his first remix at Dolby Atmos, didn’t sound as intended. Therefore, he says he is currently withdrawing the album from Apple Music. In the future, he plans to change it and re-register.
In addition, Martin points out that some albums that are said to support spatial audio in Apple Music are slightly lacking in bass and its weight.
“It feels like the vinyl record melts and falls into it.”
Martin says the spatial audio remix is an extension of stereo with an immersive sound, and “it feels like a vinyl record melts and falls into it,” he likes. It is explained using various expressions.
He also talks about the immersive sound characteristics as an image of the center point expanding, and likens the feeling of crushing toffee (candy with hard almonds) with a hammer flying away.
Willingness to support spatial audio for “Revolver” and “Rubber Soul”
In the future, he said that he would like to add spatial audio compatible works of Beatles’ early works “Revolver” and “Rubber Soul” by using sound source separation software that can be confident that it will not affect the sound quality at all.
You can read Martin’s long interview in full at Rolling Stone.
Source: Rolling Stone via 9to5Mac
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