Call for Papers

This annual conference brings together research practitioners across the globe working with digital audio processing for music and speech, sound design, sound art, acoustics, and related applications. Original contributions for DAFx26 are encouraged in, but not limited to, the following topics:

  • Signal processing and analysis
  • Creative audio effects, sound synthesis, and composition
  • Physical modeling and virtual analog
  • Spatial sound, room acoustics, and artificial reverberation
  • Music information retrieval, source separation, and audio restoration
  • Machine learning for audio
  • Audio coding and data representation
  • Perception and psychoacoustics
  • Hardware and software design

This year, we especially welcome papers on the topic of novel creative audio effects.

Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length papers (8 pages maximum) for oral or poster presentation by March 30, 2026.

Key Dates

Final date for new submissions March 30, 2026
Submission edits allowed until April 3, 2026
Notification of acceptance May 15, 2026 or earlier
Revised borderline paper and rebuttal due June 5, 2026
Final camera-ready submissions due July 3, 2026

Submission Guidelines

Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length paper, 8 pages maximum, for both oral and poster presentations.

The program committee will decide the types of presentation format based on the conference organization and the authors' preferences. Submitted papers must be camera-ready and conform to the format specified in the template, which can be downloaded below and submitted through the EasyChair conference management system.

Word templates are available by request. All submissions must be original and will be subject to peer review.

Acceptance may be conditional upon changes being made to the paper as specified by reviewers (please read about the 1+1/2 peer-reviewing system below). Final versions of the accepted contributions will be published in the conference proceedings distributed to all registered delegates and will be made freely available.

Review Process

DAFx26 papers undergo a 1+1/2 peer-reviewing system. All papers are subject to at least one review step.

Papers that fully convince all the reviewers are accepted, possible subject to minor revisions. Papers that receive overall negative reviews will be rejected

Papers that convince most reviewers but receive a few borderline or rejection ratings undergo a second rapid review process to ensure that the new submission completely address the reviewer's concern.

A diagrammatic description is provided below.