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     9th International Conference on Digital Audio Effets, DAFx06
     September 18-20, 2006
     Montreal, Canada
     http://www.dafx.ca

     CALL FOR PAPERS
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The 9th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, DAFx'06,
will be held September 18-20, 2006, at McGill University, Montreal,
Canada, organized by the Music Technology Area of the Schulich School
of Music and CIRMMT (Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Music
Media and Technology). DAFx grew from a very successful COST action
in Europe and has established a reputation for the excellence of the
papers and its open, friendly atmosphere. It is an event where
everyone is involved in some aspect of music and information
technology, from new ways to play electronic instruments to music
information retrieval.

DAFx appeals to researchers and practitioners in digital audio and
digital music processing. The conference will feature keynote
addresses, poster, and spoken presentation sessions over 3 days.

Topics include:
* Audio Effects
* Sound Representation & Sound Modeling
* Sound Synthesis
* Audio Coding
* Time-frequency & Spectral Processing
* Audio Analysis and Low-level Features
* Spatialization, Localization and Wave Field Synthesis
* Perceptual Issues and Psychoacoustics
* Software and Hardware Implementations
* Music Information Retrieval Systems
* Automatic Transcription and High-level Features
* Auditory Displays
* Source Separation
* Audio Restoration
* Audio and the Internet
* Audio for Multimedia
* Performance and Gestural Control
* Compositional uses and issues


PAPER SUBMISSION
Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length papers before
March 31, 2006 according to one of the following two paper formats:

    - Oral Presentation: maximum 6 pages in the Proceedings; about 20
minutes for presentation.
    - Poster Presentation: maximum 4 pages in the Proceedings.

Submission is fully electronic and automated through the Conference
Web Submission System (submission opens February 15, 2006). Papers
must be prepared according to the instructions available at the
DAFx'06 web site (http://www.dafx.ca) and sent by March, 31 2006.

All submissions are subject to peer review. Final version of the
accepted contributions will be published in the Conference
Proceedings distributed to all registered delegates at the Conference
site. After the Conference closure, the Proceedings will be published
on the Internet (see previous conferences by browsing at http://
www.dafx.de).


IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Submission Site Opening:      February 15, 2006
Paper Submission:                March 31, 2006
Notification of Acceptance:     May 31, 2006
Final Paper Submission:         June 30, 2006


For further information about Dafx, travel, accommodation,
registration, etc. see the general information page at http://
www.dafx.ca


Philippe Depalle
Associate Professor
Schulich School of Music
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
Canada