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Call For Online Volunteers
We are looking for volunteers to help us on Discord and Gather Town at both ADCx Gather and ADC 2025 as well as volunteers to help monitor sessions in Zoom during the ADC 25 conference and to inform us of any issues with the streams.
Any accepted applicants would be expected to contribute in the region of 12-15 hours across both ADCx Gather and ADC 2025 and will receive FREE entry to the online ADC 2025 conference
Deadline: September 6, 2025
Call For Posters
Want free online entry to ADC 2025 and to present your latest work or project to attendees? Then why not present an online poster!
We are delighted to announce ADC will have a virtual Poster Room at this year’s conference. Get involved and showcase your poster which can be an embedded webpage, video and/or image!
Any accepted applications will also be given at least one 30 minute slot to discuss your poster with attendees during the conference.
Posters can be on a range of subjects relating to audio development and coding practices and we encourage both deeply technical posters aimed at experts as well as more accessible posters that may be of interest to students and new developers.
Deadline: August 31, 2025
Schedule
What Is ADC25?
11th November
Unpacking the Role of Audio Programmers in the Games Industry
Demystifying the Responsibilities, Skills, and Career Path of Audio Programmers in Games Industry
Workshop: Practical Machine Learning
Embed a generative AI model in your app and train your own interactions with it
High Performance WebView User Interfaces
Getting the most out of the 2D Canvas and DOM
Building a plugin assembly line
The Road to Rapid Plugin Development
Sample Rate Conversion
Bridging the Gap in Multi-Device Audio Environments
Workshop: GPU-Powered Neural Audio
High-Performance Inference for Real-Time Sound Processing
Workshop: Inclusive Design within Audio Products
What, Why, How?
Workshop: Klang: Live and Expressive C++ for Audio
What if C++ had built-in audio semantics? What if you could develop C++ plugins, live in the DAW?
Workshop: Build your first Plug-in with JUCE
Create a working plug-in from scratch
How to Price an Audio Plugin
Factors to consider when deriving that one elusive value
Rock-Solid Releases
Beginner-Friendly Introduction to CI/CD for Audio Developers
12th November
Amplifying Efficiency
Business Infrastructure for Audio Startups
Reinventing the Plugin Editor
Immediate Mode GUIs for Audio Plugins
A Critique of Audio Plug-In Formats
VST, AU, AAX, JUCE and Beyond
Learning While Building
MVPs, Prototypes, and the Importance of Physical Gesture
Our Ultra-Processed Interfaces
What Music Technology Can Learn From Doritos
Engineering Success for Audio Software in a Crowded Market
What Can McDonald's Teach Us About Selling Audio Plugins
Bug-Free JUCE UI
Structure Your GUI Code For Stability, Testability & Clean Architecture
How To Read Scientific DSP Publications and Turn Them Into Code
Making Sense of Academic Papers and Patents for People Who Are Not Academics or Patent Lawyers
Get Real, From Plugins to Hardware
Intro to Software Development of Audio Devices
Responsible AI for Offline Plugins
Tamper-Resistant Neural Audio Watermarking
Auditory and Cognitive Neuroscience and the State of Audio Technology
A Multi-Disciplinary Panel Discussion
Introducing ni-midi2
A Modern C++ Library Implementing MIDI2 UMP 1.1 and MIDI CI 1.2
CANCELLED
Deep Dive: Unsupervised Audio Processing with Differentiable Digital Signal Processing (DDSP)
Emulating the TX81Z
Techniques for Reverse Engineering Hardware Synths
Accelerated Audio Computing
Unlocking the Future of Real-Time Sound Processing
Keynote: Foundation Models Don’t Understand Me
Lessons From AI Lutherie for Live Performances
13th November
Debugging Audio Content With Visuals
A Debugger Extension and Some Other Helpful Tools
Digital Audio Workstation Architecture
Evaluation and Evolution
LLVM’s Real-Time Safety Revolution
RealtimeSanitizer and Performance Constraints Attributes
An Introductory Guide to Virtual Analog Modelling
The Intersection of Analog and Digital Audio Processing
Real-Time Inference of Neural Networks
A Practical Approach for DSP Engineers – Part II
Symphony of a Thousand
GPU Synthesis With Massively Parallel Oscillators
An Efficient, Open-Source C++ Loop Classifier and Tempo Estimator
The Algorithm Behind Audacity’s Brand New Tempo Detection Feature
What the World Would Look Like if Plugin Instances Could Simply Talk to Each Other
How We Approach Inter-Plugin-Instance-Communication Today and How It Could Be Approached Tomorrow
Keynote: Sonic Cartography
Navigating the Abstract Space-Time of Sound
ADC is an annual event celebrating all audio development technologies, from music applications and game audio to audio processing and embedded systems. ADC’s mission is to help attendees acquire and develop new skills, and build a network that will support their career development. It is also aimed at showcasing academic research and facilitating collaborations between research and industry.
Join us online for three days of content, including livestreamed talks and workshops, group chats, networking and meetups through our interactive virtual venue, meet sponsors, recruiters, peers and experts in the field through video and text chat in Zoom, Discord and Gather Town.
The online portion of the conference will run from 08:00-20:00 UTC with the main programme of talks scheduled to be accessible to as many active time zones as possible. In addition, all sessions will be available to watch on-demand through the conference web portal. We'll also have lightning talk sessions, virtual poster sessions and other content available to participate in throughout the event.
There will also be opportunities to schedule your own content, such as group discussion sessions, open Q&A sessions, meetups or BoF group chats in our virtual venue!
Keep up with the latest news from ADC by following us on our various social media accounts and by signing up to our newsletter!
ADC 25 Speakers
Valerio Orlandini
Franco Caspe
Cameron Thomas
Steven Barile
Maxime Coutant
Ben Supper
Anna Wszeborowska
Samuel Fischmann
Adam Shield
Anthony Nicholls
Francisco Bernardo
Angus Hewlett
Chris Nash
Aaron McLeran
Astrid Bin
Edward Ray
Syl Morrison
Harriet Drury
Julian Storer
Noah Feasey-Kemp
Leonardo Foletto
James Hallowell
David Su
Timur Doumler
What Is ADCx Gather?
Schedule
The ADC Team is pleased to announce the return of ADCx Gather 2025. ADCx Gather is an online version of our ADCx in-person one-day conference meet-ups. Programming for ADCx uses a shorter 18 min. talk format allowing for the presentation of a variety of topics for all audiences.
The ADCx Gather one-day online event is free and open to everyone in the audio developer community (registration required). ADCx Gather is hosted in Gather Town, a browser-based virtual online platform that allows attendees to interact and collaborate in real-time.
ADCx Gather also includes a full day of audio developer 18 min. talks. Attendees will have the option of attending these sessions live or they can watch a livestream of the day for free on YouTube where you will also be able to catch up on any talks that you miss.
If you are thinking about attending ADC 2025 online, then ADCx Gather is an excellent way to preview the experience you can expect for ADC 2025.
ADCx Gather takes place on the 26th of September, 2025 starting at Noon UTC. Please sign-up for the ADC Newsletter to be alerted when ADCx Gather registrations begin. Any attendees who do register will be able to access exclusive content in Gather Town including poster sessions and meetups from community sponsors.
1st November
Mind-Matched Audio
Revolutionizing the Reading Experience through Real-Time Sound Synchronization
An Adaptive Acoustic Software for Instrumental Music for Music Hardware, Products & Accessories
Acoustic Software
GPU Based Audio Processing Platform with AI Audio Effects
Are GPUs ready for real-time processing in live sound engineering?
Keynote: Interfaces are King!
A Practical Look at AI Audio Tools and What Professionals Actually Need
Automated Analog Circuit Modeling
C++, Python, MATLAB, and XML
Creature Vocalizations
The Art of Creating Audio Nightmares with a Human Voice
Making Accessible Audio Software
Perspectives of a blind music producer
scipy.cpp
Using AI to Port Python's scipy.signal Filter-Related Functions to C++ for Use in Real Time
ADC 25 & ADCx Gather Content
Schedule
ADC will have over 60 talks as well as up to 8 workshops from experts in the field
- Personal Agenda (ADC25 Only) - Build your own personal agenda which you can use at the event.
- Access To Slides - Access slides and other presentation material as and when they are uploaded by the speakers.
- Add To Google Calendar - If you have other commitments during the event, then you can add individual sessions to your Google Calendar and make sure you are free for the talks you want to see.
ADCx Gather will also have a further 14 talks which will all be streamed to YouTube on the day of the event!
Community Driven Meetups
As part of open content, attendees also have the option to:
- Attend informal meetup or group discussion sessions run by our community sponsors
- Attend quizzes and other social events.
All of these sessions take place in Gather Town which utilitises a proximity based video chat system to allow attendees to interact with each other. In addition, attendees can also share material and interact with embedded content that may be used for these sessions.
In addition, during the ADC 25 conference, impromptu meetup spaces and group discussion areas will be available within the virtual venue for any on-the-fly attendee driven engagements.
Online Posters
We are looking for people who would be interested in creating posters and presenting their latest audio work or project to attendees and experts in the field. This includes:
- Hosting a Variety of Multimedia Poster Materials which will be embedded in a custom built poster booth in our virtual venue for the entire duration of the event
- A dedicated 30 minute slot to present your poster to attendees through interactive video chat and screen share which will be added to the official ADCx Gather and ADC 25 schedule
- Free Online entry to the ADC25 Main conference
Online Open Mic Night
Finally we will also have our online open mic night in Gather for our online conference attendees on Tuesday 11th November at 18:30 UTC! This is a fun, informal online event with lightning talks, music performances, and some impromptu standup comedy.
Any attendees who are interested in contributing to the ADC Open Mic night will be able to apply by filling out our online application form.
Conference Systems & Features
Virtual Venue (Gather Town)
An exciting, interactive, online conference experience awaits you in our virtual venue.
- Watch Talks With Other Attendees - Like at an in-person conference, you can watch the online talks from presentation rooms in Gather Town.
- Interactive Group Video Chat - Use the Proximity-based Video & Audio Chat for spontaneous interaction with attendees like in a physical venue
- ADC Quiz Hunt - Take part in our virtual puzzle game by hunting down pub quiz questions hidden in objects around our virtual venue.
- Interactive Objects - Play piano (even as a duet), enjoy embedded games, materials and other fun activities
On Demand Access (ADC25 Only)
All sessions broadcast in Zoom will be available to watch on demand shortly after each session has finished.
- Discussion & Questions - If you have a question after watching a session on-demand, then you can use the session discussion channel in Discord to ask the speaker
- Exclusive Access - On-demand is ONLY available to conference attendees and can ONLY be accessed through this website.
Discord
Discord is a free-to-use text and audio based discussion app that is available as a website, mobile and desktop app. Discord will be used as the support and communication system for both the online and onsite portions of the conference.
- Hybrid Discussions - Use our selection of topic-based Discord channels to have live, relevant discussion with online and onsite attendees
- Announcements - Keep up to date with the latest news from the ADC Conference.
- Instant Live Online Support - Get live support for any technical difficulties and questions from one of our helpful volunteers!
- Access information and resources relating to Gather Town and the Conference Platform
Zoom Webinar
All of the main conference sessions will be streamed online through Zoom Webinar which allows us to provide the highest quality stream possible and to facilitate the on-demand access to each session. However, to create a more interactive experience, speakers will be encouraged to take questions for their talk in our virtual venue which allows attendees to video chat with the speaker.
Conference Platform / Portal
While attendees will be encouraged to use Gather Town to attend main conference sessions, we also have a user friendly website that can be used as an alternative for anyone who either has an accessibility issue or that is unable to connect to Gather Town. In addition, this website also hosts the schedule for the event and allows for users to create personal agendas for the event.