Year One vs MixReview

Hear different lyrics in the corners of your room; build melodies as you walk around your couch; hear hidden parts and build your own chords just by walking through the space around you. Year One is the first spatial album, utilizing the possibilities of augmented reality technology, by D.C. group and label TCW. Upon launching the Year One app, the different sounds and instruments of the songs will populate and begin moving through the space around you. Your movement, tracked by your smartphone, will affect which sounds you hear and change how individual effects are applied to them, making for a different listening experience each time. This final release of the album contains all eight spatial arrangements from TCW, Wall of Trophies, and N.E. Hertzberg. TCW has released a how-to guide for any musician to build their own similar app independently. Alongside the guide, TCW has begun cataloging spatial composition techniques for other musicians to use and contribute to. This guide and techniques can all be found on tcwav.com. TCW released their first spatial album, Inauguration, in early 2017 using smartphone GPS positional tracking, and released a similar guide for building spatial applications. Contact the group at tcw@tcwav.com Headphones required for proper audio spatialization.

MixReview is a professional audio review app for clients and Mix Engineers. Review stereo and immersive mixes in one place. Instantly compare different variants of the same track, including: • Stereo Reference • Dolby Atmos (Binaural Downmix) • Apple Spatial Or build a custom album — your own set of comparison buttons, with up to 4 sample-accurate WAV/MP4 AAC variants (up to 96 kHz). All files are streamed securely. No public links. No downloads. The App automatically detects Atmos-capable headphones and enables full Apple Spatial rendering for MP4 JOC Files. Stereo and Binaural Downmixes are not affected. Apple Spatial Audio is natively supported on: • AirPods Pro (1st, 2nd & 3rd generation) • AirPods Max (Lightning & USB-C) • AirPods 4 (with and without Active Noise Cancellation) • AirPods (3rd generation) Key Features: • Instant A/B/C comparison • Custom albums with your own labeled variant buttons • Secure authenticated streaming • Version-based mix management • Clean interface