Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM) calls for students' works to be submitted to Europe's Eighth 3D Audio Production Competition that is going to be hosted at IEM in Graz, with vdt, ORF musikprotokoll, and Sounding Future as partners. The call is issued for the three production/composition categories:

1. contemporary / computer music
2. audio drama / documentary / soundscapes
3. music recording / studio production.

The required format to deliver is a 5th order Ambisonic track as a multi-channel file in .WAV or .CAF that complies with the AmbiX format (SN3D, full 3D, ACN channel ordering). Below you find a Reaper template project, which already has all the necessary settings and routings to create content for the competition.

• Note that while the submission length is still max. 4min for categories (2) and (3), in the contemporary category (1) submission lengths of up to 11min will be accepted that fit common contemporary composition formats.
• Please also note that it is important for us to be given a CC-by license by you to enable the competition, its awards, and the virtual appearance of the nominated finalists on https://tonmeister.org. We are working on the opportunities to present these finalist works before the awards ceremony at ORF musikprotokoll  for category (1)  in the Austrian contemporary/classic radio program (ORF OE1) around the finals.

The submission deadline will be June 30th, 2024.

• For more details, view the official call [pdf].
• The link to the submission portal is [link-to-easychair]
• If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us via email: s3dapc@iem.at
• Official Call: S3DAPC-Call-2024
• Official Call for Europe's Eighth Student 3D Audio Production Competition: Link to Easychair submission system 
  Navigate to Easychair, create a login, and submit a title, download link, and abstract, as well as a documentation pdf of your work! 
• ReaperTemplate_S3DAPC.zip

Good luck!