Re-mixing a composite audio program for playback within a real-world venue

A method for re-mixing a plurality of audio sounds of a composite audio program for playback within a real-world venue, the method comprising:

• accessing, by a computing device, a virtual venue that corresponds to the real-world venue, the virtual venue including a plurality of virtual loudspeakers corresponding to a plurality of real-world loudspeakers within the real-world venue;
• accessing, by the computing device, an ensemble bounding volume outlining a maximum spatial distance between a first audio sound and a second audio sound of an audio sound ensemble from among the plurality of audio sounds;
• assigning, by the computing device, the first audio sound to a first virtual loudspeaker from among the plurality of virtual loudspeakers;
• assigning, by the computing device, the second audio sound to a second virtual loudspeaker from among the plurality of virtual loudspeakers that is situated less than the maximum spatial distance from the first audio sound;
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• identifying, by the computing device, a plurality of audio control signals within the real-world venue to configure the real-world venue to playback the first audio sound at a first real-world loudspeaker from among the plurality of real-world loudspeakers that corresponds to the first virtual loudspeaker and the second audio sound at a second real-world loudspeaker from among the plurality of real-world loudspeakers that corresponds to the second virtual loudspeaker.

A real-world venue for playing back a composite audio program, the real-world venue comprising:

• a plurality of real-world loudspeakers within the real-world venue configured to playback a plurality of audio sounds of the composite audio program;
• and
• an audio playback server configured to:
• access a virtual venue that corresponds to the real-world venue, the virtual venue including a plurality of virtual loudspeakers corresponding to the plurality of real-world loudspeakers,
• access an ensemble bounding volume outlining a maximum spatial distance between a first audio sound and a second audio sound of an audio sound ensemble from among the plurality of audio sounds,
• assign the first audio sound to a first virtual loudspeaker from among the plurality of virtual loudspeakers,
• assign the second audio sound to a second virtual loudspeaker from among the plurality of virtual loudspeakers that is less than the maximum spatial distance from the first audio sound, and
• identify a plurality of audio control signals within the real-world venue to configure the real-world venue to playback the first audio sound at a first real-world loudspeaker from among the plurality of real-world loudspeakers that corresponds to the first virtual loudspeaker and the second audio sound at a second real-world loudspeaker from among the plurality of real-world loudspeakers that corresponds to the second virtual loudspeaker.