This paper provides a sample of a LaTeX document for the NIME conference series. It conforms, somewhat loosely, to the formatting guidelines for ACM SIG Proceedings. It is an alternate style which produces a tighter-looking paper and was designed in response to concerns expressed, by authors, over page-budgets. It complements the document Author’s (Alternate) Guide to Preparing ACM SIG Proceedings Using LaTeX\(2_{\epsilon}\) and BibTeX. This source file has been written with the intention of being compiled under LaTeX\(2_{\epsilon}\) and BibTeX.

To make best use of this sample document, run it through LaTeX and BibTeX, and compare this source code with your compiled PDF file. A compiled PDF version is available to help you with the ‘look and feel.’ The paper submitted to the NIME conference must be stored in an A4-sized PDF file, so North Americans should take care not to inadvertently generate letter paper-sized PDF files. This paper template should prevent that from happening if the pdflatex program is used to generate the PDF file.

The abstract should preferably be between 100 and 200 words.