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28th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx25)
Ancona, Italy - 2:5 September 2025
28th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx25)
Ancona, Italy - 2:5 September 2025
We are pleased to announce that the 28th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx25) will be organized by Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, from 2 to 5 September 2025.
The conference will be hosted at the historical Mole Vanvitelliana, a cornerstone of culture in the port city of Ancona. The conference will feature oral presentations, poster and demo sessions, keynote addresses, and tutorials. The social program – including a welcome reception, concert and banquet – will offer opportunities for more informal interactions.
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 DAFx25 are encouraged in, but
not limited to, the following topics:
Capture, analysis, and audio restoration
Capture, analysis, and audio restoration
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Representation, transformation and modelling
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Transmission and resynthesis
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Effects and manipulation
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Perception, psychoacoustics and evaluation
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Spatial sound analysis, estimation, coding and synthesis
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Source separation
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Physical modelling, virtual acoustic and analogue models
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Sound synthesis, composition and sonification
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Hardware and software design
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Music Information Retrieval
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Sound for Virtual, Augmented Reality, and Multisensoriality
This year we especially welcome submissions addressing:
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Interface design, user experience, usability and accessibility
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Neural modeling of digital audio effects and generative sound design
Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length papers, eight pages maximum, for both oral and poster presentations, by March 31st 2025.
Volumes 1998 to 2024 of DAFx proceedings are now indexed in Scopus and this will apply similarly to DAFx25 proceedings.
Other calls
Please note that the conference will host demonstrations and tutorials. Specific calls are open for these. A call for sponsor will also be opened soon.
Organising Committee
Stefania Cecchi (Università Politecnica delle Marche)
Leonardo Gabrielli (Università Politecnica delle Marche)
Valeria Bruschi (Università Politecnica delle Marche)
Stefano Squartini (Università Politecnica delle Marche)
Gianpaolo Evangelista (Independent Researcher)
Federico Avanzini (Università degli Studi di Milano)
Federico Fontana (Università degli Studi di Udine)
Michele Ducceschi (Università di Bologna)
Michele Scarpiniti (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”)
Volumes 1998 to 2024 of DAFx proceedings are now indexed in Scopus and this will apply similarly to DAFx25 proceedings.
Other calls
Please note that the conference will host demonstrations and tutorials. Specific calls are open for these. A call for sponsor will also be opened soon.
Organising Committee
Stefania Cecchi (Università Politecnica delle Marche)
Leonardo Gabrielli (Università Politecnica delle Marche)
Valeria Bruschi (Università Politecnica delle Marche)
Stefano Squartini (Università Politecnica delle Marche)
Gianpaolo Evangelista (Independent Researcher)
Federico Avanzini (Università degli Studi di Milano)
Federico Fontana (Università degli Studi di Udine)
Michele Ducceschi (Università di Bologna)
Michele Scarpiniti (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”)
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Leonardo Gabrielli, PhD
Tenure Track Assistant Professor
A3Lab - DII - Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
skype: leonardo.gabrielli