The DAFx conference will be held September 1-4, 2009 at Politecnico di Milano, Como, Italy.
Papers are solicited for, but not limited to, the following topics:

* Audio Effects
* Sound Synthesis
* Physical Models and Virtual Musical Instruments
* Virtual Analog Models
* Sound Representation and Sound Modeling
* Time-frequency & Spectral Processing
* Audio Coding
* Audio Analysis and Feature Extraction
* Synthesis, Reproduction and Perception of Spatial Sound
* Perception, Cognition, and Psychoacoustics
* Software and Hardware Implementations
* Audio-Based Music Information Retrieval Systems
* Automatic Transcription and High-level Features
* Source Separation
* Networked Audio and the Internet
* Compositional Issues and Sound Design
* Audio in Mobile Applications

Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length papers before March 18, 2009 according to one of the following two papers formats:

* Oral Presentation: maximum 8 pages in the Proceedings, about 20 minutes for presentation
* Poster Presentation: maximum 4 pages in the Proceedings

All submissions are subject to peer review. Final versions of the accepted contributions will be published in the Conference Proceedings distributed to all registered delegates at the Conference site.
Important dates

* Full-Paper Submission: March 18, 2009
* Notification of Acceptance: May 13, 2009
* Final Paper Submission: June 10, 2009