Dear all,
this is the second call for papers for the 5th Linux Audio
Developers
Conference (LAC2007). This is a reminder since some people
might not
have received the last call or might just have forgotten
about the
deadlines by now (08 Jan 2007 : Deadline for submission of
papers,
worshops, tutorials, demos, hands on demos and music).
The conference is organized by the TU-Berlin in cooperation
with people
of the Linux Audio Developers mailing list, the music
festival
Inventionen 2007 and the Humboldt University of Berlin.
The LAC2007 is taking place at the TU-Berlin, Germany from
the 22nd -
25th of March 2007.
We have introduced some new tracks. Besides the category for
papers,
demos and workshops, calls for tutorials and hands on demos
have been
added. The tutorials aim is to give new (potential) users an
overview of
the possibilities of Linux Audio Software and how to get
started.
The LAC2007 provides a computer pool (LA Pool) where
developers can give
an introduction to their software and where participants can
try out
Linux Audio Software during the conference. This has been
combined in
the call hands on demos.
Since the TU-Berlin is installing a new Wave Field Synthesis
(WFS)
system the call for music has been extended by a call for
compositions
for this system. Music that can be used for radio airplay
can be
submitted, and will after acceptance by the Campusradio of
the TU
Berlin, be played during the conference.
More detailed Information can be found in the 'Call for
Papers' attached
to this email or on the website at:
www.lac.tu-berlin.de
We are looking forward to many interesting submissions for
the Linux
Audio Conference 2007 and hope to see you in Berlin in 2007!
Please feel free to forward this email to anybody who is
interested.
On behalf of the LAC2007 organisation team,
Marije Baalman and Simon Schampijer
Call for the Linux Audio Conference 2007 - 22nd - 25th of
March 2007
taking place at the Technische Universität Berlin
in cooperation with Inventionen 2007 and the Humboldt
University of Berlin
This call includes:
Call for Papers
Call for Demos
Call for Hands On Demos
Call for Workshops
Call for Tutorials
Call for Music (categories: Concert, Club, Radio and Wave
Field Synthesis)
-----------------------------
Call for Papers
We invite submissions of papers addressing all areas of
audio processing based on Linux and open source software.
Papers can focus on technical, artistic or scientific issues
and can target developers or users. This includes (but is
not limited to) the following categories:
Computer Music
Music Production
Instruments
Drivers and Sound Architecture
Audio Distributions
Generic (Usage, Documentation etc.)
The conference is held in English.
Length of a paper is 4-8 pages. Papers have to include an
abstract (50-100 words). The abstract will be published
separately on the conference website once the paper has been
accepted. Also, papers should include up to 5 keywords.
In general talks should take 20-30 minutes followed by 5
minutes discussion.
Please notify us if you need a special technical setup. The
technical standard setup will be:
microphone (head set)
projector with XVGA input (resolution 1024x768)
stereo speaker setup with mini jack input
a PC with a pdf viewer
How to submit
File format is PDF, formatted for A4 paper. Make use of the
templates for paper formatting available at: http://www.kgw.tu-berlin.de/~lac2007/downl
oad/templates-lac2007.tar.gz
See our check list to ensure that you do not forget to
enclose all necessary information.
Send your paper and all necessary information by 8 Jan 2007
via email to this address: lac2007 AT robin.kgw.tu-berlin.de
You will be notified by 05 Feb 2007 whether your paper has
been accepted. The reviewers may ask you to modify your
paper in order to be accepted. The deadline for the final
version is March 1, 2007.
Important Dates
08 Jan 2007: Paper submission deadline
05 Feb 2007: Notification of acceptance
01 Mar 2007: Final version deadline
22 - 25 March 2007: Conference
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Call for Demos
You do not need to write a whole paper, but rather a short
abstract only (50-100 words). This category is mainly
thought for software demos. Be aware though that in case of
too many submissions papers take priority over demos...
See section "Call for Papers" for info on the
duration of talks and the technical setup.
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Call for Hands On Demos
A new item of the LAC 2007 is LA Pool: a pool with Linux
audio computers, on which programs can be demonstrated. To
give a "hands on" demo you can reserve LA Pool for
1 hour, of which ca. 20 minutes can be used as a general
introduction and the rest should be free for participants to
try out the program and ask questions.
A Hands On demo can be held in addition to a Paper
Presentation or as the presentation for the Demo, so you
need to either submit a paper or an abstract as mentioned
above. Additionally, you need to give us a version of your
software, with clear installation instructions and
requirements, so that we can install the software on the
Pool before the conference.
How to submit
See our check list to ensure that you do not forget to
enclose all necessary information.
Send your abstract and all necessary information by 8 Jan
2007 via email to this address: lac2007 AT
robin.kgw.tu-berlin.de
Deadline for submissions is 08 Jan 2007.
You will be notified by 05 Feb 2007 whether your submission
has been accepted.
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Call for Workshops
With respect to their content workshops do not differ from
talks: Workshops can have technical focus as well as
artistic or scientific focus. Workshops can be targeted to
developers as well as users. See section "Call for
Papers" for more info on this.
The shape of the workshop is completely up to you. E.g. it
can be tutorial-like ("how to write an ALSA driver/ a
jack application/ a LADSPA plugin/ etc.") or it can be
BOFS-like (e.g. a meeting of like-minded users and/or
developers to exchange experience and knowledge about a
specific topic), or it can be anything in between.
Workshops can take place in seminar rooms or in a public
space like the TU Lichthof. Depending on the location,
attendance might be limited to ca 10 people.
We strongly encourage you to submit early. It will be more
likely to get a free slot and it will be easier for
attendants to know about the workshop if it is published on
the conference website. If you expect the attendants to
prepare their laptops for your workshop (e.g. by installing
some software) or if there are other requirements, please
note so in your abstract.
How to submit:
See our check list to ensure that you do not forget to
enclose all necessary information.
Send an abstract (ca. 50-100 words) and all necessary
information via email to this address: lac2007 AT
robin.kgw.tu-berlin.de
The abstract will be published on the conference website
once the workshop has been accepted (not before 01 March
2007 though).
Submission deadline is 05 Feb 2007.
You will be notified by 01 March 2007 whether your
submission has been accepted.
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Call for Tutorials
New in this edition of the Linux Audio Conference will be a
Tutorial track for new users. This Tutorial track will be
hosted by the Media Science Department of the Humboldt
University of Berlin. Proposals for additions to this
Tutorial program are welcome.
The aim of this Tutorial track is to give new (potential)
users an overview of the possibilities of Linux Audio
Software and how to get started. The difference to workshops
is that the tutorials are given in a lecture environment and
should focus on how to make music with Linux, more than
going into specifics of certain programs.
The tutorial track is supported by the LA Pool facility as
attendants can try out the software themselves with hands on
support.
Send a short description of your proposed Tutorial topic
(ca. 50-100 words), via email to this address: lac2007 AT
robin.kgw.tu-berlin.de
Submission deadline is 08 Jan 2007.
You will be notified by 05 Feb 2007 whether your submission
has been accepted. Criteria will be based upon creating a
full fledged Tutorial program for Linux Audio.
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Call for Music
The conference will include several concerts. We are
looking for music that has been produced completely or
mostly under Linux and/or with open source software:
Serious compositions, Electronica, Chill-Out, Ambient etc.
Indicate whether you want to have your piece played in a
concert like environment or a club like environment.
Additionally you can submit Radio music (see below) and Wave
Field Synthesis music (see also below).
Additionally you are welcome to give a talk about your
piece. We encourage you especially to show how you made the
piece using open source software. Please send a short
abstract (ca. 50-100 words) if you want to give a talk.
If you want to participate, send your composition(s) to
this address:
LAC2007 - Call for Music
Institute of Communications Research
Sekretariat EN 8
Einsteinufer 17
D-10587 Berlin
Germany
Make use of one of the following media formats:
Media: Audio-CD, DVD, DVD-R or CD-R
File formats: aiff or wav
Channels: mono, stereo, multi-channel and multi-mono (8
channels is no problem, more than 8 must be discussed).
Samplerate: 44.1 or 48 kHz
Resolution: 16 or 24 bit
Include the following items with your submission (in
English):
A filled-out and signed printout of the form available here:
http://www.kgw.tu-berlin.de/~lac2007/download/mu
sicagreement.pdf
For the printed program and to be published online and on
the conference CD, in continuous text (no table or list
please):
A short commentary on the composition(s) (each ca. 150
words)
A short Curriculum Vitae (ca. 100 words)
Deadline for submissions is 08 Jan 2007.
A jury will select the compositions that will be
performed/played. Furthermore, the jury will give out three
prices to participants to contribute to their travel
expenses.
Besides artistic criteria and technical reasons, these
criteria apply for the selection:
Tape pieces or pieces which are performed by the composers
themselves will generally have more chances to get included.
If we get more pieces than we can include in the program,
composers who are attending the conference are preferred.
Terms and conditions for participation can be found in the
form mentioned above. This form includes among other things:
I will receive no fees whether my composition is played or
not.
GEMA fees (in case of performance) will be paid by the
organizer.
The material I send to the TU Berlin will not be returned.
Additionally to this Call for Music, during the late night
concerts there will be an open stage:
"Plug & Chill - The Linux Jam Nights"
where attendants of the conference are invited to perform
their pieces in a more club-like context. There is no
deadline for this, so people can decide during the
conference if they want to participate.
However if you already know that you want to participate do
not hesitate to inform us. Send us an email to lac2007 AT
robin.kgw.tu-berlin.de and include a description of your
equipment and a short characterization of your music
(keywords only).
During the conference it is possible to register at the
info desk. Note that there is a time limit for "Plug
& Chill". If we have received too many
registrations already you might not get a slot.
Contributions to "Plug & Chill" should not
exceed 10 min.
There will be a room at the TU Berlin where people can meet
during the conference and rehearse for "Plug &
Chill".
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Radio Music
A new category in the Music call is the call for music that
can be used for radio airplay. In cooperation with the
Campusradio (http://www.campusrad
io-online.de) of the TU Berlin, who will do a live
report on the conference, we invite composers, musicians and
producers of Music made or recorded and mastered with Open
Source tools, to submit their works.
If you want to participate, send an email to:
lac2007-radio AT robin.kgw.tu-berlin.de
with a link to your audio files.
Alternately, send your music to the address above, with the
addition:
LAC2007 - Call for Music Radio
Make use of one of the following media formats:
Media: Audio-CD, DVD, DVD-R or CD-R
File formats: aiff or wav or ogg
Channels: mono or stereo
Samplerate: 44.1 or 48 kHz
Resolution: 16 or 24 bit
Include the following items with your submission (in
English): A filled-out and signed printout of the form
available here (sent by mail, or by fax to: +49 30
31421143): http://www.kgw.tu-berlin.de/~lac2007/download/mu
sicagreement.pdf
Deadline for submissions is 05 Feb 2007.
The choice of which pieces are played is in the hands of the
Campusradio crew. A program listing will be on their website
http://www.campusrad
io-online.de shortly before the conference.
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Wave Field Synthesis Music
Shortly before the conference, a new Wave Field Synthesis
(WFS) system will be installed in one of the lecture halls
of the TU Berlin. We are looking for composers who are
interested in creating a composition for this system or who
have already written pieces for WFS, which could be played
on the system.
The WFS system will be based on the sWONDER software (http://swonder.sourcef
orge.net), and can be controlled by OSC.
For more information, please contact us at lac2007 AT
robin.kgw.tu-berlin.de
As there is no standard format for WFS material yet, we ask
for a elaborate description of the piece and some examples
of previous works.
To prepare the piece for performance, it will be necessary
for the composer to be present a few days before the
conference. We will support efforts to get funding for this
from external organizations (such as DAAD).
Send your material to this address:
LAC2007 - Call for WFS Music
Institute of Communications Research
Sekretariat EN 8
Einsteinufer 17
D-10587 Berlin
Germany
Make use of one of the following media formats:
Media: Audio-CD, DVD, DVD-R or CD-R
File formats: aiff or wav
Channels: mono, stereo, multi-channel and multi-mono (8
channels is no problem, more than 8 must be discussed).
Samplerate: 44.1 or 48 kHz
Resolution: 16 or 24 bit
Include the following items with your submission (in
English):
A filled-out and signed printout of the form available on:
http://www.kgw.tu-berlin.de/~lac2007/download/mu
sicagreement.pdf
For the printed program and to be published online and on
the conference CD, in continuous text (no table or list
please):
A short commentary on the composition(s) (each ca. 150
words)
A short Curriculum Vitae (ca. 100 words)
Deadline for submissions is 08 Jan 2007.
Terms and conditions for participation can be found in the
form mentioned above. This form includes among other things:
I will receive no fees whether my composition is played or
not.
GEMA fees (in case of performance) will be paid by the
organizer.
The material I send to the TU Berlin will not be returned.
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