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Mar 12, 2025

Surround Speaker Check 2.2 Adds Free Dolby Atmos Test Track

The new free “October Sky” test track is suitable for testing Dolby Atmos systems in quieter environments, and well as offering users an alternative, softer-sounding genre of music as compared to the original free “High Voltage Rock” test track. Producer Jeff Perrin describes the sound of the new “October Sky” test track; “A modern drum beat backs soft, urban keyboards to set up a relaxing groove for testing a wide variety of 5.1 speaker systems in a quieter setting. The track’s instrumentation encompasses a wide range of sonic frequencies, with John Mayer-inspired guitars providing upper midrange audio content while a soft-sounding, yet weighty kick drum pushes a moderate amount of sub-bass to both full range speakers and subwoofers alike.”

A Decade of Apple TV support

In 2015, Surround Speaker Check launched to become the only surround sound test app in the Apple App Store. Over the next 10 years, the app would slowly gain traction with thousands of Apple TV users worldwide as the preeminent utility for testing surround sound speakers on home theater systems. In late 2023, Surround Speaker Check 2 launched as a complete redesign built around supporting testing spatial audio and offering an ever-expanding library of Dolby Atmos demo content. As of its 10th anniversary, Surround Speaker Check now includes over 2.2 hours of Dolby Atmos tests and demo content and has expanded support to include sound bars, Apple Home Pods and AirPods, Apple Vision, and practically any device capable of streaming Dolby Atmos spatial audio over Apple’s AirPlay 2 technology.

Spatial Lab Season 2

Hot on the heels of the 2.2 update will be the start of Spatial Lab Season 2. For those unfamiliar with the series, Spatial Lab is an in-app video blog which features regular episodes of exciting content specifically designed to showcase Dolby Atmos on your home theater system. Season 1 of Spatial Lab featured over and hour and a half of unique Dolby Atmos demo content, including a squadron of F-35 fighter jets taking off and flying overhead, a first-person spatial audio perspective on skiing down a mountain, the serene sounds of a waterfall recorded for Dolby Atmos as heard from the middle of the stream, and many other unique audio experiments exclusive to Surround Speaker Check.

Surround Speaker Check is more than just the world’s most popular home theater utility app - with over 2 hours of content, it’s now the absolute best way to experience Dolby Atmos spatial audio at it’s most extreme!

Surround Speaker Check is available today in the iOS and tvOS App Stores.

(In the tvOS App Store, enter “Surround Speaker Check” in the search bar.)

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Surround Speaker Check is celebrating its 10th anniversary on the Apple App Store by gifting users with a free, brand new test track. Included with version 2.2 of the app, “October Sky” is a mellow, yet full range R&B-style track designed for testing core 5.1 speaker configurations.

Surround Speaker Check now includes over 2.2 hours of Dolby Atmos test tracks and demo content

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Jun 19, 2024

Spatial Lab Expands to Include Over an Hour of Exclusive Dolby Atmos Demo Videos

When I launched Surround Speaker Check 2.0, I envisioned the Spatial Lab section of the app as the ultimate source for Dolby Atmos demo content. The idea was to create a monthly series of videos produced in Dolby Atmos spatial audio and specifically tailored for showing off the capabilities of a user’s home theater gear. So here’s a quick recap video on the first half of Season 1.  

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Blog Main   Tags: Spatial Audio | Apple TV | News

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Dec 13, 2023

Surround Speaker Check 2 Adds Dolby Atmos Support, Spatial Audio Content

Surround Speaker Check 2.0 brings full support for Dolby Atmos along with all new features and spatial audio content to help users experience the full potential of their home theater audio gear.

Dolby Atmos Support

Over two years in the making, Surround Speaker Check 2.0 is the culmination of hundreds of hours of research and production work, with the end goal of creating the very best application for testing immersive audio playback on Dolby... Read More

Blog Main   Tags: News | Spatial Audio | Apple TV

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May 20, 2021

Vermont Sleep Sounds & Music Brings Relaxing Spatial Audio Soundscapes to the Apple TV

Vermont Sleep Sounds & Music for tvOS and Apple TV features original recordings of music, nature and white noise sounds, meticulously hand-crafted for quality and produced for spatial audio to take advantage of home theater equipment such as surround speakers, sound bars, and even Apple HomePods.

Spatial Audio for Relaxing

Vermont Sleep Sounds & Music is the first app of its kind to include support for spatial audio with Dolby Digital... Read More

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Updated Oct 30, 2021

Vermont Sleep Sounds & Music Adds Spatial Audio Support for AirPods Pro

The latest update to Vermont Sleep Sounds & Music adds support for Apple’s Spatial Audio feature, giving AirPods Pro and AirPods Max users the ability to enjoy relaxing soundscapes in an immersive surround sound experience.

Spatial Audio is a Game-Changer

Vermont Sleep Sounds & Music is a pioneering app in being the first iOS app of it’s kind to provide support for Dolby Atmos, an audio format designed to to present a... Read More

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