Ricardo Arias for the development and recording of Interactive Mapaphone(s), a self-contained instrument for use in interactive compositions. The piece(s) will utilize mapaphones (hand-held magnetic playback heads) reading prerecorded audio from strips of magnetic tape in conjunction with a variety of sensors feeding into Opcode’s Max software and an I-Cube system. The sensors will control processing of the audio material through aspects of the instrument’ s movements. The resulting compositions are planned for broadcast on WFMU and performance at the Downtown Music Gallery in New York City