Did Some Theaters Not Receive the Dolby Mix?

dwjmu84
dwjmu84 Posts: 408
edited April 2024 in The Porch
Anyone else notice Jeff’s intro was loaded with reverb and echo? Seems like maybe some theaters did not receive the Dolby mix. Sounded terrible at my location. There was a big f**k up somewhere…..
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,681
    I think that happened everywhere
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  • tylerj
    tylerj Indiana Posts: 368
    My theater definitely got the Atmos version cause there were moments where the spatial audio was evident. It still sounded way low in volume and like it was recorded under water.
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  • igotid88
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    From my understanding is that the theaters didn't use all the speakers. Someone said they used the front speakers that's used for the end credits. There were parts of Dark Matter and Running that were missing. Since we know those songs. So you could spot that.

    And they didn't play the audio that they used for the tour announcement. I thought that was supposed to be at the beginning of the record. 
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  • dwjmu84
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    Seems like there were problems all around the country (and beyond). It’s pretty lame that so many had this experience. Hearing similar stories on RM. 

    I’m not complaining about hearing the record early but it’s bittersweet when it SOUNDS as bad as it did  - at least where I was. 
  • elvistheking44
    elvistheking44 Posts: 4,545
    https://community.pearljam.com/discussion/301792/official-complainers-thread#latest
  • dwjmu84
    dwjmu84 Posts: 408
    elvistheking44 said:
    https://community.pearljam.com/discussion/301792/official-complainers-thread#latest
    Sorry fella. This deserves its own thread. It’s not a nit-pick level complaint. 

    Anyway, seems like maybe the employees at some locations didn’t know how to properly operate the Dolby equipment. 

    You’d think instructions would be passed along to each location. 

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  • PB11041
    PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,845
    There was definitely a misfire at Regal Theaters.  No question.  It was like listening to an ipod shuffle.  I went to the record store preview on Sunday and it was WAY WAY better done at the record store I went to, they played it through their performance stage speaker set up
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  • dwjmu84
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    PB11041 said:
    There was definitely a misfire at Regal Theaters.  No question.  It was like listening to an ipod shuffle.  I went to the record store preview on Sunday and it was WAY WAY better done at the record store I went to, they played it through their performance stage speaker set up
    ugh! I debated going to my nearest record store party but chose the theater instead (though to be fair, there were other considerations in my case).

    oh well.  Friday morning I will be down in my basement studio with Sonos speakers and lots of espresso BLASTING DM. 
  • droptheleash9
    droptheleash9 Posts: 1,468
    Went to a Showcase Cinemas south of Boston and the mix was terrible. Was very nervous at first that this was how the album would sound but when Dark Matter and Running both sounded like they were being played from speakers submerged in water, then I knew it was a theater issue.
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,604
    droptheleash9 said:
    Went to a Showcase Cinemas south of Boston and the mix was terrible. Was very nervous at first that this was how the album would sound but when Dark Matter and Running both sounded like they were being played from speakers submerged in water, then I knew it was a theater issue.
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  • Indifference
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    sound at landmark in Cambridge was awful

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  • pjl44
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    Indifference said:
    sound at landmark in Cambridge was awful
    I was there too. It was not good at all.
  • bobasfeet
    bobasfeet Posts: 1,197
    If anyone went in Richmond, it was bad. Call and get a refund.
  • seanwon
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    PB11041 said:
    There was definitely a misfire at Regal Theaters.  No question.  It was like listening to an ipod shuffle.  I went to the record store preview on Sunday and it was WAY WAY better done at the record store I went to, they played it through their performance stage speaker set up
    Not all of them. Sounded great in Albany Regal.
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  • pbultimate
    pbultimate Posts: 621
    And people paid money for this?  Complaints are warranted if the sound was shit. 
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,501
    edited April 2024
    When I looked at theater options in Atlanta, out of the 5 or 6, only one theater was labeled/advertised as having Dolby sound. It was the AMC. When I checked the labeling at Landmark and the others, they were all labeled standard audio. I went with the AMC, for the Dolby, but mostly because my A List membership got me a free ticket.

    It may be that some of those theaters didn’t have Dolby/Atmos capability?
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  • mpedone
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    droptheleash9 said:
    Went to a Showcase Cinemas south of Boston and the mix was terrible. Was very nervous at first that this was how the album would sound but when Dark Matter and Running both sounded like they were being played from speakers submerged in water, then I knew it was a theater issue.

    Showcase in Lowell was excellent. Maybe a little quiet, but these old ears don't really mind that. Definitely had spatial audio as that super-effected guitar line in Dark Matter was buzzing all around us (among other examples).

    Pretty sure Jeff's audio in the intro was just weird - sounded weird for us, too.
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,460
    I still enjoyed it but the volume should have been much louder at our theatre.
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  • dwjmu84
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    CarryTheZero said:
    When I looked at theater options in Atlanta, out of the 5 or 6, only one theater was labeled/advertised as having Dolby sound. It was the AMC. When I checked the labeling at Landmark and the others, they were all labeled standard audio. I went with the AMC, for the Dolby, but mostly because my A List membership got me a free ticket.

    It may be that some of those theaters didn’t have Dolby/Atmos capability?
    I sat in the Dolby Cinema (can't miss it b/c there are big signs as you walk into that specific theater - they do not spare expense letting you know!). Then, of course, the whole 5 minute vignette on Dolby atoms before it began, along with the signage INSIDE that theater.

    You could tell it was, but either the mix received was not dolby and being played through dolby system OR, they completely botched something there at AMC.

    either way, if was loud but sounded like dark matter being played in a tin can.
  • rhinomagic
    rhinomagic Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,553
    The description said "in Dolby Atmos, where available". My local Alamo Drafthouose cinema definitely did not screen it in the Atmos-equipped theater. I called for a manager two songs into the first spin because it was clearly not in Atmos. He explained that they chose not to use the format, which was disappointing. But, couldn't let it ruin my experience in the moment.
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