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This workshop presents the development and practical use of a set of immersive music production guidelines derived from empirical research with professional practitioners and subsequently tested and refined through production camps. The guidelines cover pre-production, recording, and mixing, and were developed iteratively by comparing established professional practice with what happened when artists, producers, and engineers used them in real production contexts.

The workshop focuses on how the guidelines should be used in practice. They are designed as a flexible decision-making framework rather than a fixed checklist. Participants will work through selected guideline areas, consider how they would apply, adapt, reject, or extend them in different production scenarios, and discuss how genre, room configuration, monitoring infrastructure, performer needs, and delivery requirements affect those decisions.

Examples from the presenter's doctoral research will show how the guidelines evolved through use, including spatial planning, source capture, object-bed and routing decisions, immersive monitoring, translation checks, and cross-format delivery. The workshop will conclude by showing how practitioners can incorporate the guidelines into their own workflows while documenting adaptations and developing project-specific practices.