@article{listeningforwardnextpatchembeddingpredic, title = {Listening Forward: Next Patch Embedding Prediction Enables Scalable Audio Learners}, author = {Umberto Cappellazzo and Xubo Liu and Stavros Petridis and Maja Pantic}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2608.19863}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.19863}, }