The film opens with a big swell of music and what sounds like rocket engines firing before cutting to total silence as we orbit the earth. Notice how the mechanical sounds of Art3mis’ bike dying are clearly placed in the back of the room behind the listeners, and gradually move to the foreground as she approaches the bike. When T-Rex and King Kong get in on the action, their foot stomps raise the bass concussion to the next level, with roars/growls that energize the entire room. Explosions have tight, deep, concussive bass, letting you feel each virtual metal-on-metal crunch-and you can practically track the progress of every bouncing coin or piece of debris. The race is filled with cars cartwheeling overhead and around the sides of the room, racers swirling back and forth, around all sides, and overhead, with tires squealing for mercy.

The rumble as the bridge constructs itself is deep with bass, and the fireworks to begin the race explode overhead. Notice how the smoky exhaust from Parzival’s DeLorean wafts into the room, the smoke dissipating. Once the race starts, the music stops and the scene is all about sound effects. This means that immersive audio for music applications could soon be available at concert venues and on the home front, making now the perfect time for both residential and commercial integrators to get their demos set up and ready to impress.The “First Challenge” scene is just fantastic eye and ear candy throughout. In the commercial sound reinforcement market, top manufacturers including L-Acoustics, Meyer Sound and Astro Spatial Audio have been promoting immersive audio as a next-generation experience for concert-goers. Demonstrating the immersive characteristics of Atmos-encoded music, Russell played Atmos tracks from Imagine Dragons (“Believer”) and INXS (“Mediate”) for an audience of integrators and designers to underscore how well music can sound in an Atmos environment. The Digital Sales Metro’s event was held at a Cortex VIP-built cinema in New York City at Dolby Laboratory’s offices. Join this free one-hour CE Pro webinar to hear from a panel of experts who will delve into finding the right remote that can effectively control all the subsystems in a home and empower consumers to customize the solution, while at the same time allowing integrators balance their service requirements. The days of integrators providing remote controls simply for the TV have migrated to full home automation control of lights, shades, security, HVAC and audio/video in a single form factor. Remote controls continue to evolve at a rapid pace. Meet the Next Generation of Home Automation Remotes

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