I don't know if the people at Sun, the developers of the Java Sun API,
publish in journals or conferences. I know that there is an annual Java
conference in San Francisco; perhaps the organizers publish the papers that
are presented there.

In any case, I think your best bet is to look at the Sun site,
http://java.sun.com. The Java Sound homepage is at
http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/sound/index.jsp. If you look around
there, you should find all sorts of sound-related information. I can see
links there for "Technical Articles & Tips" and "Documentation"  and many
other aspects of sound.

You may also want to try posting questions on the "javasound mailing list".
Perhaps it is monitored by the Sun developers who work with Sound; if that
is true, a question about published papers may get you a direct answer from
Sun about where papers can be found.

If all else fails, perhaps you can use the "Contact Us" link to speak to
someone at Sun directly.

Of course, you could always use your favourite search engine to try to find
more about Java Sound.

By the way, I found this in the "New Features and Enhancements J2SE 5.0"
document that comes with the 1.5 Platform API documentation:

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Java Sound Technology
 a.. Ports are now available on all platforms (RFE 4782900).
 b.. MIDI device i/o is now available on all platforms (RFE's 4812168,
4782924).
 c.. Optimized direct audio access is implemented on all platforms (RFEs
4908240 and 4908879). It is enabled by default on systems which offer native
mixing (i.e. Linux ALSA with hardware mixing, Solaris Mixer enabled, Windows
DirectSound).
 d.. The new real-time Sequencer works with all MIDI devices and allows
unlimited Transmitters (RFE 4773012).
 e.. The sound.properties configuration file allows choice of default
devices (RFE 4776511). For details, see MidiSystem and AudioSystem for
details.
 f.. MidiDevices can query connected Receivers and Transmitters (RFE
4931387, methods MidiDevice.getReceiver and MidiDevice.getTransmitter).
 g.. AudioFormat, AudioFileFormat, and MidiFileFormat now have properties
that allow further description and qualification of the format (RFEs 4925767
and 4666845).
 h.. A set of ease-of-use methods allow easier retrieval of lines from
AudioSystem (RFE 4896221).
 i.. The Sequencer interface is extended with loop methods, for seamless
looping of specific portions of a MIDI sequence (RFE 4204105).
 j.. Java Sound no longer prevents the VM from exiting (bug 4735740).
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Rhino