%0 Conference Paper %B International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) %D 1984 %T Understanding Time in Distributed Music Systems %A Freed, Adrian %E CMA %C Paris, France %X Describes a set of constraints based on psychoacoustic considerations required to build systems with musically useful latency performance properties. Introduces the basic requirements of such systems and identifies Barry Vercoe's work on this for the IRCAM 4X.