[FOSDEM] [devroom-managers] Call for Participation: Music Production devroom

[Tobias Platen]

On Fri, 2025-10-31 at 20:49 +0100, Lorenzo Miniero wrote:
> Then it's most definitely something we'd love to hear about! :-)
> From what you describe, it sounds similar to a commercial project
> (SynthV) of which I used the trial version for a song, a couple of
> years ago, so I'd love to know more!
I saw that people implemented speech synthesizers on FPGAs, I want to
hear one singing. My FPGA and VLSI devroom has been accepted, I will
submit a Call for Participation soon. At FOSDEM 23 there was a talk
FPGA-based music synthesis with open-source tools.
> 
> 
> Il giorno ven 31 ott 2025 alle ore 20:38 Tobias Platen
> <tplaten at posteo.de> ha scritto:
> > 
> > Definitively something I am interested in. I am the maintainer of
> > QTAU,
> > a DAW that can create synthetic singing using UTAU, MBROLA,
> > Festival
> > and eSpeak voices.
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 2025-10-31 at 19:17 +0100, Lorenzo Miniero wrote:
> > > # Music Production @ FOSDEM26
> > > 
> > > We're very excited to announce the first edition of the Music
> > > Production
> > > devroom at the upcoming FOSDEM26! We will have a *half-day* on
> > > Sunday
> > > afternoon, the 1st of February 2026.
> > > 
> > > ## Call for Participation
> > > 
> > > The Music Production devroom is about all things related to the
> > > creative
> > > aspects of creating music, from composing, playing and recording
> > > it,
> > > up to
> > > more in general producing and distributing it.
> > > 
> > > We welcome submissions on talks about anything that can be used
> > > in
> > > aid
> > > of creating, performing and recording music. That would include
> > > presentations
> > > focused on:
> > > 
> > > - Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs)
> > > - Virtual instruments
> > > - Notation software
> > > - Loopers and sequencers (including drum machines)
> > > - Audio processing (e.g., virtual amps)
> > > 
> > > and so on and so forth. Please notice that, to avoid broadening
> > > the
> > > scope
> > > too much, we'll privilege submissions related to topics more
> > > closely
> > > focused on the creative aspects of music, rather than just
> > > consuming
> > > it
> > > (e.g., media players).
> > > 
> > > ### Key dates
> > > 
> > > - 1st of December: Submission deadline
> > > - 15th of December: Announcement of selected talks
> > > - 1 February: the Music Production devroom will be on Sunday
> > > afternoon
> > > 
> > > ### First-time speaking?
> > > 
> > > FOSDEM devrooms are a welcoming environment for people who have
> > > never
> > > given a talk before. Please feel free to contact the devroom
> > > administrators
> > > personally if you would like to ask any questions about it.
> > > 
> > > ## Submission Process
> > > 
> > > Please submit your proposals at https://fosdem.org/submit before
> > > *December 1st*.
> > > 
> > > When submitting your proposal, make sure you choose "Music
> > > Production"
> > > in the track drop-down menu. Otherwise, your proposal might go
> > > unnoticed.
> > > Don't hesitate to include an estimate of the time needed for your
> > > talk in
> > > the speaker notes.
> > > 
> > > **Note that talk length might be adjusted since we only have half
> > > a
> > > day.**
> > > 
> > > You'll be notified via mail about whether your talk has been
> > > accepted
> > > or rejected.
> > > 
> > > ## Recordings
> > > 
> > > As previous years, the talks and Q/A sessions will be recorded.
> > > The
> > > recordings will be published under the same license as all FOSDEM
> > > content
> > > (CC-BY). By agreeing to present at FOSDEM, you automatically give
> > > permission to be recorded.
> > > 
> > > ## Contact
> > > 
> > > For any queries, please feel free to contact us directly using
> > > the
> > > following address:
> > > 
> > > - **music-production-devroom-manager at fosdem.org**
> > > 
> > > The devroom administration team:
> > > 
> > > - Lorenzo Miniero (lminiero at gmail.com)
> > > - Steven Goodwin (marquisdegeek at gmail.com)
> > > 
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> > > [Pretalx](https://fosdem.org/submit)
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> > 
> > --
> > Tobias Platen
> > 
> > jami.net: 98f2876d46a2680ec0b9e5413907e80cee0ded3d
> > xmpp: tobias_platen AT fsfe.org
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Tobias Platen

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