Viewers forgive a soft picture far more readily than bad audio. When we open a live room we send the desk feed first and treat the camera as a bonus.
Two audio paths, always
A second audio path from an ambient pair keeps the room alive when the desk mix drops out, and it makes the crowd sound like a crowd.
Chat needs a person
Every room with more than a thousand listeners gets a moderator who can pin the setlist and answer the obvious questions so the artist does not have to.
