Ambisonics has been used in many experimental and electroacoustic music applications, being able to deliver mesmerizing soundscapes to the audience. Applications to popular music have been quite rare and revealed very difficult to be achieved for the musicians and for the engineer/audio artist. This paper presents a case study of a practical application of Ambisonic reproduction techniques to popular music, in the particular case of a jazz concert. The author has been invited to create bespoke software that needed to operate in real time, allowing the "Ambisonic Sound Engineer" to be part of the band on stage as an additional musician. All analysis presented in the paper are based on subjective perception as it has not been possible to produce an accurate assessment of the system at the time of the concert.
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