Object-orientation increases portability, flexibilty and reuse of software components; distribution improves performance, scalability and collaboration. We propose a distributed object computing (DOC) framework for the development of sound processing software on workstation- and personal computers, which apart from providing low-level support for object distribution, also mediates between program parts that have been written in different languages. The system's design is based on a generalization and unification of concepts from the various prevalent paradigms of computper music.

TEMA is a generic environment for composition. It has been designed to host collections of software tools and environments and to provide generic services for assisting the composer with the management of resources, products and processes. This paper overviews the methods used to integrate composition tools into the TEMA environment.

TEMA is a generic environment for composition. It has been designed to host collections of software tools and environments and to provide generic services to assisting the composer with the management of resources, products and processes. This paper overviews the main features of the architecture and data model.