PORCUPINE TREE 5.1 Sorround Sound Interview '07

[@softijs26]

pure love for my favourite band ever

[@jrgdrumsandwatches]

It's the best sounding band I heard live (followed by TOOL), the mix, the volume, quality and of corse the musicians are on the top. High-end live experience, just perfect.

[@VJelectro]

Porcupine Tree really knows how to treat their sounds correctly. You can hear it on their CDs. I love that level of pristine sound you get when listening to a Porcupine Tree record (like The Incident or In Abstentia). Only a small handful of artists give me that same feeling, Tool and Nine Inch Nails being among them.

[@justinsane3909]

In 1992, I almost went to school for audio engineering. I was just about signed up and I was sitting across from the school owner and he asked why I wanted to become an engineer. I replied I wanted to learn to engineer audio for surround sound. He asked me why, as if in a huff, like I was crazy. Long story short, I changed my mind based on his attitude, and didn't give him my money. I got into photography instead. Audio engineers stuck in stereo just didn't get it I guess. Steven is a breath of fresh air in comparison to most producers. His music and quality is simply iconic.

[@ultimate0death]

@fingerboy18 I bought The Incident 5.1 surround sound mix by PT when I bought my surround sound system. I was home alone, cranked it up, and oh. my. God. It's as if you can actually feel the "air vibrating" as Steven said, the music completely cloaks you and brings you into the experience, as if there is no escape. You feel the mood and tone of the music so much stronger when you play it in 5.1, its an amazing experience. You have to give it a try.

[@PratyushDesai976]

Damn straight Steven, its your work which has impressed on me the need for upgrading my audio experience..

[@MrT1o9P9i2]

He actually inspired me to get 5.1 system

[@CyPhaSaRin]

Nothing better than 5.1 PT. Best albums i have in Surround are Lp's Reanimation, a few Pink Floyd 'Immersion' versions, a couple of NIN albums and all the PT stuff, the former are great, but no one mixes quite like Steven or Trent.

[@luminol5989]

wow.someone I met who listens both PT and thn reanimation too. That is indeed a nice album

[@drumwrkshp]

I was at this show they were warming up for. It was amazing.

[@guitarist975]

GRACE FOR DROWNING... 5.1... Best album ive ever heard... hands down.. i cant stop listening to it

[@DavidOakesMusic]

My Dad is an audiophile who built his own HiFis and even his own speakers. So i've grown up with that. I still listen to music on my phone just to listen to when out walking - but I also buy albums on vinyl and CD and have a proper HIFI.

[@robertnshine]

Have a 5.1 surround-sound system in my car. Porcupine Tree & SW sound absolutely awesome in there

[@dylansantos5958]

Which brand?

[@seybsnilksz]

If only I could take my 5.1 speakers out for a walk...

[@aussie_philosopher8079]

Well that's already been achieved some of the digital signal processing codecs that creates a "pseudo" surround sou d experience and the latest codecs are 85% of the way there as confirmed by steve wilson himself as well.

[@seybsnilksz]

@@aussie_philosopher8079 Yeah well my comment is eight years old so I was kinda predicting the future haha

[@aussie_philosopher8079]

@@seybsnilksz it's her a round for 25 years approx, dolby started it with pro logic and everything went from there. It's all good bro but yeah the new formats really work and in actual fact I use the pseudo surround sound option and it's really opens things up.. happy searching.

[@michaellast3297]

Got my surround sound speakers for my computer for 60 bucks brand new. It is certainly not high end, and i'm sure the sound quality suffers, but it's a start, and still blows my mind compared to plain stereo (even on a high end stereo system).

[@supun]

Love 5.1 surround. Peter Gabriel's PLAY really got me hooked, "Games Without Frontiers" is just insane in DTS.

[@rozzgrey801]

If I grow 3.1 more ears and get a raise I'll invest in 5.1 surround sound.

[@xNauticus]

I really gotta see them live, heard rumors about steve and the rest aiming for the best sound in every performance and that was no rumor after all, you rock!

[@alonespirit_1Q84]

1:27 - "The Sound Of Muzak"

[@sonicadv27]

@bassplayer137 it pretty much depends of what kind of mp3 you're talking about. I usually listen to music using 320kbps mp3 files (when possible) with 2 speakers (bought a few years ago) connected to my laptop. Sounds pretty good, considering it was the first "sound system" i owned. 5.1 does greatly improve the experience but it doesn't really change you're perception of music nor does it make an average album a good one.

[@santibanks]

@supun Try his SACD of UP :) You'll be immersed in sound with a quit unique musical experience. His music always lend perfectly for surround. I guess Steven did notice this too…

[@00ThePolice00]

I know what they mean, especially when i chuck my in-ear monitors into my record player amp, listening to In absentia and the sound is absolutely astonishing compared to my mp3 player.

[@La_sagne]

problem is with presets in many mediaplayers that rip cds in 128kbits mp3s. if they'd atleast use 192kbits... that already makes a huge difference... it can be so easy to enjoy music at a fairly high quality and still having a to of convenience. 192kbit mp3 + adecent(like 100bucks) 2.1 system or 30dollar headphones(maybe not from apple) and it's already a whole new world compared to 10dollar speakers with 128kbit mp3 songs coming from a notebook audiocard.

[@SlayerJab0r]

hahah :D what a comment on the greates drummer i've ever seen...now i see other qualities of him - made my day =) strange thing though, I actually thought steves head was quite small ^^

[@megalomania29]

They're astounding!

[@FabrizioCARENA]

@MrLeeKnees "what happens now?" from the Nil Recurring ep

[@guitarist975]

@ARTbastART Totally worth the money man! its simply a beautiful and emotional journey of music

[@cyancalium]

@jey2010 Yeah I was completely blown away the first time I heard them live. Sounded so good!!!

[@JayFlamby]

their point on view on mp3 etc is really understandable, but I have the impression that sometime they forget how expensive is the sound equipment necessary to hear the difference between mp3 and the original CD. You'll probably don't hear it if you're playing your music on your computer with 100$ logithec speakers.

[@Zealot_cs]

Jayzorus it is not that expensive, and those logitech 100$ speakers actually do make a difference. Look up some high res music and tell me you dont hear the cymbals resonating more time after being struck, or vocals fading away as if someone was talking in front of you. The whole sound is crispier and vivid, it feels like a live performance tbh.

[@aussie_philosopher8079]

I can't recommend enough for people to check out the high resolution 24 bit 96k mastered albums from porcupine tree/steve wilson and other simar artists like beck and so forth. There's a noticeable difference is the depth, dynamics and dimension of the music. Enjoy.

[@samfinkelstein2616]

That snare at 0:50... wow.

[@shubhamkaushik5231]

Steven Wilson convinced me to invest in high quality audio experience.. Although I don't have the money right now to do it 😅 But I've shifted to FLAC and the best sounding headphones I could buy just to listen to his brilliant music

[@FabrizioCARENA]

Now that  Music’s Spatial Audio/Lossless is out, I believe there will be news in the PT/SW catalogue.

[@sonicadv27]

@bassplayer137 and the problem with 5.1 is that not all people can have that kind of equipment. I dare to say only a few do.

[@GregoMorgan]

I'm trying to think of a way to get surround sound through headphones. If I succeed in doing so it'll be because of these guys.

[@lifeinsurround]

Steven (and Gavin), if your personal albums, and remixes of other bands in surround don't convince people to invest in surround systems, I'm not sure what will! I'm certainly a huge fan of your multichannel works!

[@ARTbastART]

@dimebag975 GRACE FOR DROWNING is the best of SW career made with heart and soul ...just ordered the special edition from london cant wait to hold it in my hands

[@MarkRiches]

@IDontDoDrumCovers I dunno if you've fixed that yet or not, but I had this problem. Many media players such as Windows Movie Player don't support 5.1 sound. I got Cyberlink PowerDVD 10 and that plays 5.1 beautifully. You might want to look into that.

[@wendyvandiest7565]

watched this interview with my 7.1 headset

[@matthewanderson1308]

Gavin the whole time: "God, Steven is insufferably pretentious."

[@benevolentautore4463]

@@semajttam , regardless of what makes him tick, his contribution to the planet through music is nearly unprecedented in the modern age. I can deal with a genius being a bit pretentious if they're making true art that will outlast them far into the future........

[@drewmarshall5898]

No I don't get that, must be only you dude, SW has done so much, and you...............................?

[@drewmarshall5898]

@@matthewanderson1308 sounds very pretentious to me

[@drewmarshall5898]

Actually it sounds pretty good tbh

[@johnbeard7252]

@@drewmarshall5898 Hahaha I like your honesty.

[@00ThePolice00]

It's definitely not in the same key, but the run is similar, but then again he's just ascending certain chords which in my opinion could be anything.

[@DGRWPF]

i haven't listen any logitech speakers, but i can hear the difference on a iphone and stock headphones. (the iphone, as a sound source, is actually pretty good, better than any phone i've tried, but the stock HPs are crap). My point is that you don't need high end electronics and speakers. :)

[@Zealot_cs]

DGPF exactly, stock headphones on iphone does make a difference, at least the headphones that came out after iphone 6s are reslly good imo

[@lucalone]

the first cd pressing of brothers in arms is still the best sounding version of that album ever made! even compared to vinyl pressings!! "a full digital recording"

[@fredmccarroll3476]

What is Sorround Sound? I thought it was Surround Sound! That is the way I see it on the back of DVD and Blu-ray discs!

[@ExclusiveLM]

The Best of The Art of Noise cd is an instrumental cd that has the most incredible surround sound on Earth. Another CD that sounds so crisp that it sounds like when you open a can of soda and you hear the fizz is a cd from a latin singer called Luis Miguel. Out of all of his cds the cd called 20 Anos is beyond surround sound. But, you have to listen to the actual cds to notice it. If you just hear it on youtube or mp3 it's not the same. But, try Scritti Politti' Best Thing Ever on KZbin.

[@rado5713]

Steven Wilson is genius

[@bassplayer137]

i have to agree with steven. although i don't have 5.1 (nor the money for it) i absolutely prefer cd-quality over mp3 anytime

[@RandyLott]

@IDontDoDrumCovers I agree. I've never really heard a good 5.1 music mix. I'd really like to though.

[@semajttam]

Not something I thought I'd hear Wilson say, Brothers in Arms was the album to show off ones stereo-great album though.

[@brookeln]

Guys. That stage is where I got married!

[@brookeln]

The State Theatre, Falls Church, Va.

[@RandyLott]

@ultimate0death I got the DVD, but I play it on my PC. I have a 7.1 headset, but it doesn't work.

[@IDontDoDrumCovers]

i have surround sound but for some reason it doesnt work properly when i play music. works when i play mirrors edge tho :\

[@MrLeeKnees]

what's the song at the beginning??

[@jah9253]

"What Happens Now" is the song off of Nil Recurring, which is a 2nd CD of 4 songs that came out with Fear of a Blank Planet. The song is amazing (especially the polyrhythms at the ending) and one of my favorites, although it didn't seem to get noticed as much as some of their other songs.

[@MartijnMartens]

Sorround? Is that a new kind of Surround Sound?

[@rodriguesmiguel2163]

whats the song at the beguini ng?

[@FabrizioCARENA]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2OndqOrgciAgsk

[@wrinkleneckbass]

I have all their 5.1 DVD-Audios and I love to listen to them in my Acura. Too bad Steve quit doing DVD-A and switched to Blu-Ray, I can't play them in my car. I guess now surround sound is moving to Atmos, hopefully those will be playable using digital media instead of optical media.

[@varunpandey8397]

Can anyone point me to this full interview?

[@FabrizioCARENA]

There isn’t any, I’m afraid. I got this video from the original website for collecting purposes, to my knowledge it is the only version they’ve put out.

[@varunpandey8397]

@@FabrizioCARENA well, that is sad.

[@elringogans8763]

Is 5.1 via CD??

[@melvinmalcolm103]

song at 3:12 ?

[@ManiEADG]

+malcolm melvin the song calls: What Happens Now? :)

[@johnv4866]

Unfotunately, I can't afford to live in a place where I play music at a decent volume without headphones, so I accept the sound of MP3.

[@La_sagne]

you didn't read my comment, did you? you just read 2.1 system and your ingenuity told you to reply "lol."...

[@00ThePolice00]

Na that's not Bonnie the Cat man. I'm not sure what song that is but coming from a drummer I'd know haha.

[@PennyDreadful1]

@FabrizioCARENA Thats not really all that comforting for him.

[@achanook]

Open Car at 2:47

[@DGRWPF]

there is no 2.1 system that sounds at least decent... no need to read your entire comment.

[@susrev88]

what do you expect from a 6'2" tall man?

[@DGRWPF]

2.1 system?:))) lol.

[@aLittlePal]

people eat fast food because that's what they could afford, you totally ignored the incredible fact that you are supplying your content to the whole world using recording, the Internet, and sound reproducing technology, you are the people who could afford a surround studio, not them, they didn't get the chance to absorb and understand what is quality.

[@Zealot_cs]

a Little Pal lmao a decent surround set costs around 80USD, dont be cheap