Aspects of the disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for representing a space of interest of an audio scene. One apparatus includes processing circuitry that decodes audio scene data for the audio scene. The audio scene data includes (i) audio content for a plurality of items representing the audio scene and (ii) a first syntax element indicating a type of a subset of the plurality of items. The subset of the plurality of items represents the space of interest of the audio scene. The processing circuitry determines a part of the audio content for the subset of the plurality of items based on the type of the subset of the plurality of items indicated in the first syntax element. The processing circuitry renders the determined part of the audio content.