EMI Releases DTS Signature Series Titles

February 28, 2005 By Dan Gaul

DTS and EMI Music have announced release dates for the first DVD-Audio (DVD-A) music titles in the "DTS Signature Series" collection from EMI.

Representing some of the top artists from EMI’s catalog as well as current releases, the new “DTS Signature Series” DVD-As include titles from N.E.R.D, Cassandra Wilson, David Bowie, SimpleMinds and The Thrills.

Bearing a new “DTS Signature Series” logo, each DVD-Audio disc is created by the DTS Entertainment production team, and offers exclusive 5.1 surround sound re-mixes plus a variety of bonus features, including videos, artist biographies, photo galleries, lyrics and more. The series will be distributed globally by EMI.

The new titles and street dates are:

    N.E.R.D.                 “In Search Of…”              January 11, 2005
    Cassandra Wilson   “Traveling Miles”              February 15, 2005
    David Bowie            “David Live”                     April 2005
    David Bowie            “Stage”                           April 2005
    Simple Minds          “New Gold Dream’            April 2005
    Simple Minds          ”Once Upon A Time”        April 2005
    The Thrills               “So Much For The City”    April 2005

In addition, three DVD-Audio discs previously issued in the US by DTS were released internationally in January under the EMI “DTS Signature Series” name. They were:

    Everclear                              “So Much For The Afterglow”
    Medeski, Martin and Wood    “Uninvisible”
    Megadeth                             “Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?”

“EMI Music and DTS together have been championing surround music, and the ‘DTS Signature Series’ represents our commitment to the continuing growth of the next generation of music,” said Jeff Skillen, vice president, Pro Audio and Technology Evangelism. “These releases are great examples of how surround sound can enhance the listening experience, and we look forward to working on more titles from EMI.”

“EMI is very excited about working with DTS on the Signature Series. DVD-Audio offers fans the opportunity to listen to their favourite albums in uncompressed surround sound for the first time,” said Mark Dunn, vice president, Global Marketing, EMI Music. “With DVD-Audio we can also offer fans additional content such as video footage, lyrics, photographs, etc on the same disc as the surround sound album. EMI continues to explore all new technologies and soundcarrier formats in order to enhance the musical experience.”

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Ian Bell and Dan Gaul at 3:40pm 3rd August 2005 You need to be using the analog inputs. You cannot get surround sound audio using a digital connection.
Brent Johnson at 12:56pm 3rd August 2005 I purchased the DTS signature series disc titled: N.E.R.D. In Search Of and I'm having a problem with the tracklist. The tracks are coming through as PCM stereo when played. I've checked all the connections and settings and still don't have 5.1 on any of the tracks. Maybe the tracklist isn't 5.1? The music videos included DO come through as DTS. Can anyone shed light on my situation?
Stefan Karbacher at 4:12am 11th May 2005 I bought this disc yesterday in the UK and found a serious manufacturing error: right surround and right front channels of the MLP 5.1 tracks are interchanged. These leads to a rather strange sound of the MLP 5.1 tracks. You can easily verify this error by comparing with the dts tracks which are correct. Does anybody know if EMI has started a replacement campaign for this disc?

Thank you,

Stefan

p.s.: All dts tracks I checked played without problems on my Denon DVD 2900 player. However, they sound much more "nervous" than the MLP 5.1 tracks.
Martin Milller at 5:24am 29th April 2005 Hallo, I have Problems with the DTS Track on the Disc from Cassandra Wilson. What can I do. All other discs have not such Problems.
Thank You.
Martin Miller
Martin Milller at 5:24am 29th April 2005 Hallo, I Have Problems with Cassandra Wilson on the DTS Track with many drop Outs. This Problem is only by the Cassandra Wilson Disc. What can I Do. I Am also interested on new DTS Products and your newsletter. Thank You
Martin