A method comprising: receiving, by a server system from one or more audio capturing devices, audio data of an event and a frame of video data of the event, the video data being captured by a video capturing device configured to record video at a first resolution; determining, based on the audio data, panning angles or panning positions of individual performers of the event in the audio data; determining, based on the panning angles or panning positions in the audio data, a respective position of each of the individual performers of the event in the video data, comprising: determining an angular width of the entire scene in the video data and determining the location that corresponds to an angle in the entire scene that corresponds to the panning angle of the sound source; or designating the panning position of the sound source as the location of the sound source in the video data; determining, by the server system from the audio data, differences between energy or loudness levels associated with the first performer or the second performer and energy or loudness levels associated with other performers at the event; determining that the first performer or the second performer is a prominent performer based on the differences between the energy or loudness levels; upon determining that a first performer of the individual performers is a prominent performer at a first time, directing the video capturing device to submit a first portion of the video data to the server system at a second resolution lower than the first resolution, the first portion of the video data being spatially directed to a position of the first performer captured at the first time; upon determining, by the server system from the audio data, that a second performer of the individual performer is a prominent performer at a second time, directing the video recorder to submit a second portion of the video data to the server system at the second resolution, the second portion of the video data being spatially directed to a position of the second performer captured at the second time; designating the first portion and the second portion of the video data as video of the event at a second resolution; and providing, to a storage device or a user device, an association of the audio data and the video of the event at the second resolution as audio and video recordings of the event, wherein the server system includes one or more computer processors. receiving, by a server system from one or more audio capturing devices, audio data of an event and a frame of video data of the event, the video data being captured by a video capturing device configured to record video at a first resolution; determining, based on the audio data, panning angles or panning positions of individual performers of the event in the audio data; determining, based on the panning angles or panning positions in the audio data, a respective position of each of the individual performers of the event in the video data, comprising: determining an angular width of the entire scene in the video data and determining the location that corresponds to an angle in the entire scene that corresponds to the panning angle of the sound source; or designating the panning position of the sound source as the location of the sound source in the video data; determining an angular width of the entire scene in the video data and determining the location that corresponds to an angle in the entire scene that corresponds to the panning angle of the sound source; or designating the panning position of the sound source as the location of the sound source in the video data; determining, by the server system from the audio data, differences between energy or loudness levels associated with the first performer or the second performer and energy or loudness levels associated with other performers at the event; determining that the first performer or the second performer is a prominent performer based on the differences between the energy or loudness levels; upon determining that a first performer of the individual performers is a prominent performer at a first time, directing the video capturing device to submit a first portion of the video data to the server system at a second resolution lower than the first resolution, the first portion of the video data being spatially directed to a position of the first performer captured at the first time; upon determining, by the server system from the audio data, that a second performer of the individual performer is a prominent performer at a second time, directing the video recorder to submit a second portion of the video data to the server system at the second resolution, the second portion of the video data being spatially directed to a position of the second performer captured at the second time; designating the first portion and the second portion of the video data as video of the event at a second resolution; and providing, to a storage device or a user device, an association of the audio data and the video of the event at the second resolution as audio and video recordings of the event, wherein the server system includes one or more computer processors.