@proceedings {200, title = {MacMix: Mixing Music with a Mouse}, journal = {Proceedings of the USENIX Association Second Computer Graphics Workshop}, year = {1985}, note = {12-13 Dec. 1985}, month = {1986}, pages = {23-37}, publisher = {USENIX Assoc}, address = {Monterey, CA, USA}, abstract = {MacMix is a user interface running on an Apple Macintosh computer, which communicates to processes on a UNIX machine that do the work of mixing and playing files of sound. In many ways the architecture of MacMix resembles that of airline reservation systems or bank networks, where a local terminal initiates transactions on a remote database. MacMix differs from these in that the remote database is physically close, and that the graphics user interface requires rapid response in bursts from the network. A video tape is available which shows MacMix in action. This medium is much better than the written word for communicating the details of a graphical user interface. This paper focuses on the unanticipated design and implementation problems of the project, most of which are related to networking}, author = {Freed, Adrian} }