Monthly Archives: July 2021

Beatles producer says Spatial Audio album doesn’t sound right, plans new mix

By news@appleinsider.com (Mikey Campbell) Legendary Beatles producer Giles Martin in an interview this week discussed the advent of Dolby Atmos, the technology on which Apple’s Spatial Audio format is built, revealing that he intends to create a new mix of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” because the current version “doesn’t sound quite right.”Speaking with Rolling Stone, Martin explained that “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” was among the first albums — perhaps the first — to receive a Dolby Atmos mix. While the result sounds “good,” it doesn’t sound “right” in part because the mix was meant to be a theatrical presentation.”Sgt. Pepper’s,’ how it’s being presented right now, I’m actually going to change it. It doesn’t sound quite right to me. It’s out in Apple Music right now. But I’m gonna replace it. It’s good. But it’s not right,” Martin said. “Sgt. Pepper’s was, I think, the first album ever mixed in Dolby Atmos. And we did that as a theatrical presentation. I liked the idea of the Beatles being the first to do something. It’s cool that they can still be the first to do something. So Sgt. Pepper’s is a theatrical mix that’s then being converted into a smaller medium. Therefore, it’s not quite right.”…

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Apple says hardware leaks harm consumers

By news@appleinsider.com (Mikey Campbell) Apple firmed up its stance on hardware leaks in a cease and desist letter addressed to a Chinese citizen in June, saying the publicization of unreleased products hurts consumers.In the letter, penned by Apple lawyers and sent to a known Chinese leaker and seller of prototype hardware, the company argues unauthorized advertisements pertaining to rumored or unreleased products harm consumer interests by diminishing launch day surprises, …

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‘Hamilton’ star Phillipa Soo joins cast of Apple TV+ thriller ‘Shining Girls’

By news@appleinsider.com (AppleInsider Staff) Emmy Award nominee Phillipa Soo, best known for her work in “Hamilton,” will join the cast of Apple TV+ original series “Shining Girls,” according to a report on Thursday.Source: Shutterstock via DeadlineSoo has signed on to the Apple TV+ project to take on the role of Jin-Sook, an intelligent and sure-footed researcher at the Adler planetarium, …

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Apple occupying temporary space in North Carolina as it builds $1B campus

By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Peterson) Apple will reportedly occupy about 200,000 square feet of space in North Carolina temporarily ahead of building out a new $1 billion campus in the state.Credit: Highwood PropertiesThe Cupertino tech giant purchased space at the Raleigh Research Triangle in 2018. It plans to build a massive engineering hub in the city that will support …

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