Immersive audio is one of the hottest topics in music production right now, but we generally talk about it in the context of home listening or cinema.
Immersive – or spatial – audio can create the effect of placing the listener in an imagined space, with elements of a mix arranged anywhere in a 360 degree range around the listener in a way that’s not possible with traditional stereo mixes. But can that approach be applied to the more expansive and less controllable realm of live music?
