The live industry is living a transition from traditional left-right, mostly dual mono, to immersive systems. In this workshop presented at the AES Spring Show 2021, specific challenges of immersive audio for live events are presented and addressed. These challenges are mostly related to the scale and diversity of audiences and performance spaces, from pre-production, to touring, to post-production. They can be overcome adopting a full system approach. This approach combines specific tools and guidelines for the design of the loudspeaker system, object oriented mixing tools and specific 3D audio algorithms for loudspeakers and headphones.
