Published Documentation

Keith Hamel "NoteAbility: A Music Notation System Combines Musical Intelligence with Graphic Flexibility" Proceedings of the 1994 International Computer Music Conference 303-6 1994 International Computer Music Association

David A. Jaffe "An Overview of the NeXT Music Kit" Proceedings of the 1989 International Computer Music Conference 135-8 1989 International Computer Music Association

David A. Jaffe "Efficient Dynamic Resource Management on Multiple DSPs, as Implemented in the NeXT Music Kit" Proceedings of the 1990 International Computer Music Conference 188-90 1990 International Computer Music Association OrchestraDetails.pdf

An in depth discussion of the MusicKit MKOrchestra's dynamic allocation system, DSP memory management, and multi-DSP support.

David A. Jaffe "Musical and Extra-Musical Applications of the NeXT Music Kit" Proceedings of the 1991 International Computer Music Conference 521-4 1991 International Computer Music Association MusicApplications.pdf

Paper by David Jaffe from the 1991 International Computer Music Conference describing some of the uses to which the MusicKit has been put.

David A. Jaffe and Julius O. Smith, III "Real Time Sound Processing & Synthesis on Multiple DSPs Using the Music Kit and the Ariel QuintProcessor" Proceedings of the 1993 International Computer Music Conference International Computer Music Association 1993 MusicKit-NWExpo93.pdf

Documents multiple DSP operation.

David A. Jaffe and Lee R. Boynton "An Overview of the Sound and Music Kits for the NeXT Computer" Computer Music Journal 13(2) 1989 48-55 MIT Press Reprinted in book form in The Well-Tempered Object MIT Press 1991 Edited by Stephen Pope

Stephen Brandon and Leigh M. Smith "Next Steps from NeXTSTEP: MusicKit and SoundKit in a New World" Proceedings of the 2000 International Computer Music Conference 503-6 2000 International Computer Music Association ICMC2000.pdf

Most recent publication describing the OpenStep conversion and cross-platform approach.

Michael McNabb "Ensemble, An Extensible Real-Time Performance Environment" Proceedings of 89th Audio Engineering Society Convention 1990 Audio Engineering Society

Julius O. Smith, III, David A. Jaffe, and Lee R. Boynton "Music System Architecture on the NeXT Computer" Proceedings of the Audio Engineering Society Conference 1989 Audio Engineering Society SoundMusicDSP.pdf

A general (if dated) overview.

Julius O. Smith, III "Computer Music on the DSP56001" Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics October, 1989 IEEE DSPSoftwareDesign.pdf

Transparencies for a talk describing the use of the DSP56001 for music synthesis.

Julius O. Smith, III "Unit-Generator Implementation on the NeXT DSP Chip" Proceedings of the 1989 International Computer Music Conference 303-6 1989 International Computer Music Association

Atau Tanaka "Implementing Quadraphonic Audio on the NeXT" Proceedings of the 1991 International Computer Music Conference 1991 International Computer Music Association

Fernando Lopez-Lezcano "A Four Channel Dynamic Sound Location System" Proceedings of the 1993 Japan Music and Computer Society 1993 Japan Music and Computer Society