Generating spatial metadata by performers

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a processor, one or more audio essences generated by at least one performer in an audio performance and spatial metadata corresponding to the one or more audio essences generated by the at least one performer in an audio performance, wherein the one or more audio essences and the spatial metadata are generated by the at least one performer simultaneously, and the spatial metadata includes spatial coordinates in a rendering coordinate space, wherein the spatial coordinates are associated with the one or more audio essences and determined by the at least one performer;
• and
• spatially rendering, by the processor, the one or more audio essences to one or more immersive sound mixes according to the spatial metadata, wherein the one or more immersive sound mixes are provided to at least one of a local live audience, the at least one performer, a mixing engineer, or a remote live audience,
• wherein the performer is a musician and/or a vocalist and an audio essence comprises an audio signal or the sound of an audio source;
• and
• wherein receiving the one or more audio essences generated by the at least one performer and the spatial metadata corresponding to the one or more audio essences generated by the at least one performer further comprises:
• receiving motion data or operations from a controller associated with or used by the at least one performer when generating an audio essence;
• and
• converting the motion data or operations in a control coordinate space of the controller to spatial metadata corresponding to the audio essence in the rendering coordinate space using one or more mapping functions which map the relationship between motion data or operations from the controller and the rendering coordinate space.