--- a/mixer.c
+++ b/mixer.c
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #include "mixer.h"
 
 struct MixerChannel {
-	// Mixer
-	Mixer *mx;
 	bool active;
 
 	// pointer to allocated buffer memory
@@ -25,10 +23,8 @@
 	uint flags;
 };
 
-struct Mixer {
-	uint32 play_rate;
-	MixerChannel channels[8];
-};
+static MixerChannel _channels[8];
+static uint32 _play_rate;
 
 
 static void mix_int8_to_int16(MixerChannel *sc, int16 *buffer, uint samples)
@@ -79,7 +75,7 @@
 	mc->memory = NULL;
 }
 
-void MxMixSamples(Mixer *mx, void *buffer, uint samples)
+void MxMixSamples(void *buffer, uint samples)
 {
 	MixerChannel *mc;
 
@@ -87,7 +83,7 @@
 	memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(int16) * 2 * samples);
 
 	// Mix each channel
-	for (mc = mx->channels; mc != endof(mx->channels); mc++) {
+	for (mc = _channels; mc != endof(_channels); mc++) {
 		if (mc->active) {
 			mix_int8_to_int16(mc, buffer, samples);
 			if (mc->samples_left == 0) MxCloseChannel(mc);
@@ -104,13 +100,12 @@
 	#endif
 }
 
-MixerChannel *MxAllocateChannel(Mixer *mx)
+MixerChannel *MxAllocateChannel(void)
 {
 	MixerChannel *mc;
-	for (mc = mx->channels; mc != endof(mx->channels); mc++)
+	for (mc = _channels; mc != endof(_channels); mc++)
 		if (mc->memory == NULL) {
 			mc->active = false;
-			mc->mx = mx;
 			return mc;
 		}
 	return NULL;
@@ -123,7 +118,7 @@
 	mc->frac_pos = 0;
 	mc->pos = 0;
 
-	mc->frac_speed = (rate << 16) / mc->mx->play_rate;
+	mc->frac_speed = (rate << 16) / _play_rate;
 
 	// adjust the magnitude to prevent overflow
 	while (size & 0xFFFF0000) {
@@ -131,7 +126,7 @@
 		rate = (rate >> 1) + 1;
 	}
 
-	mc->samples_left = size * mc->mx->play_rate / rate;
+	mc->samples_left = size * _play_rate / rate;
 }
 
 void MxSetChannelVolume(MixerChannel *mc, uint left, uint right)
@@ -149,8 +144,6 @@
 
 bool MxInitialize(uint rate)
 {
-	static Mixer mx;
-	_mixer = &mx;
-	mx.play_rate = rate;
+	_play_rate = rate;
 	return true;
 }

--- a/mixer.h
+++ b/mixer.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #ifndef MIXER_H
 #define MIXER_H
 
-typedef struct Mixer Mixer;
 typedef struct MixerChannel MixerChannel;
 
 enum {
@@ -13,12 +12,10 @@
 //	MX_UNSIGNED = 8,
 };
 
-VARDEF Mixer *_mixer;
+bool MxInitialize(uint rate);
+void MxMixSamples(void* buffer, uint samples);
 
-bool MxInitialize(uint rate);
-void MxMixSamples(Mixer *mx, void *buffer, uint samples);
-
-MixerChannel *MxAllocateChannel(Mixer *mx);
+MixerChannel* MxAllocateChannel(void);
 void MxSetChannelRawSrc(MixerChannel *mc, int8 *mem, uint size, uint rate, uint flags);
 void MxSetChannelVolume(MixerChannel *mc, uint left, uint right);
 void MxActivateChannel(MixerChannel*);

--- a/sound.c
+++ b/sound.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 	uint left_vol, right_vol;
 
 	if (volume == 0) return;
-	mc = MxAllocateChannel(_mixer);
+	mc = MxAllocateChannel();
 	if (mc == NULL) return;
 	if (!SetBankSource(mc, sound)) return;
 

--- a/sound/cocoa_s.c
+++ b/sound/cocoa_s.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 /* The CoreAudio callback */
 static OSStatus audioCallback(void *inRefCon, AudioUnitRenderActionFlags inActionFlags, const AudioTimeStamp *inTimeStamp, UInt32 inBusNumber, AudioBuffer *ioData)
 {
-	MxMixSamples(_mixer, ioData->mData, ioData->mDataByteSize / 4);
+	MxMixSamples(ioData->mData, ioData->mDataByteSize / 4);
 
 	return noErr;
 }

--- a/sound/sdl_s.c
+++ b/sound/sdl_s.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 static void CDECL fill_sound_buffer(void *userdata, Uint8 *stream, int len)
 {
-	MxMixSamples(_mixer, stream, len / 4);
+	MxMixSamples(stream, len / 4);
 }
 
 static const char *SdlSoundStart(const char * const *parm)

--- a/sound/win32_s.c
+++ b/sound/win32_s.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 	for (hdr = _wave_hdr; hdr != endof(_wave_hdr); hdr++) {
 		if (!(hdr->dwFlags & WHDR_INQUEUE)) {
-			MxMixSamples(_mixer, hdr->lpData, hdr->dwBufferLength / 4);
+			MxMixSamples(hdr->lpData, hdr->dwBufferLength / 4);
 			if (waveOutWrite(_waveout, hdr, sizeof(WAVEHDR)) != MMSYSERR_NOERROR)
 				error("waveOutWrite failed");
 		}