ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Onyx Ashanti - Beatjazz inventor and controllerist
Onyx Ashanti is the inventor of "beatjazz" -- a new way to make music.

Why you should listen

Onyx Ashanti is a musician, geek, open-source advocate, Maker, collaborator ... and we come back around again to musician. The intrumentation he has created fuses technique and technology into a full-body musical system, playable with hands, arms, mouth and body. As he says:

I am what can only be described as a cyborg musician.  in other words, the music i create live, can not be replicated without technology. My music is called "Beatjazz." It is a mix of sound design, live looping and jazz improvisation. My instrument of choice over the years has been a Yamaha Wind MIDI controller, but now the limitations have started to stunt the growth of this new form, so i designed an instrument that can take it into future.

He is now working on the next iteration of his instrument, codenamed Tron, and built around a helmet-mounted controller.

More profile about the speaker
Onyx Ashanti | Speaker | TED.com
Full Spectrum Auditions

Onyx Ashanti: This is beatjazz

Onyx Ashanti : Voici le beatjazz

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Le musicien et inventeur Onyx Ashanti présente le "beatjazz" -- la musique qu'il a créée avec deux téléphones portables, un iPhone et un bec, et qui se joue avec le corps tout entier. Aux auditions de TED Full Spectrum, après avoir enregistré ses rythmes et ses boucles, il joue un morceau de trois minutes et partage sa vision du futur de la musique.
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TextTexte: BeatJazzBeatJazz.
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Texte : Le beatjazz
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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:
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Le beatjazz c'est :
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1. LiveVivre loopingune boucle,
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1. Créer une boucle musicale en direct
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2. JazzJazz improvisationimprovisation
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2. Improviser du jazz
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And
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et
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3. "GesturalGestuelle" sounddu son designconception.
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3. Un style de son "gestuel"
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AccelerometersAccéléromètres
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on eachchaque handmain
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à chaque main
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readlis handmain positionposition.
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lisent la position des mains.
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The colorCouleur of the lightslumières
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Les couleurs des lumières
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indicatesindique whichlequel sounddu son I am playingen jouant.
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indiquent quel son je joue
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RedRouge = DrumsBatterie,
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Rouge = Batterie
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BlueBleu = BassBass,
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Bleu = Basse
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GreenVert = ChordsChords,
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Vert = Cordes
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OrangeOrange = LeadsConduit,
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Orange = Leads
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PurplePurple = PadsTampons
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Violet = Pads
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The mouthpieceembouchure
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Le bec
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consistsconsiste of ...
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est fait de...
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a buttonbouton,
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un bouton,
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two guitarguitare pickspics
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deux médiators,
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and lots of hotchaud gluecolle.
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et beaucoup de colle à chaud.
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The heads-upHeads-up displayafficher
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L'affichage informatif
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is a smartphonesmartphone that displaysaffichages systemsystème parametersparamètres.
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est un smartphone qui affiche les paramètres du système.
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Why?
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Pourquoi ?
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To atomizeatomiser musicla musique cultureCulture
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Pour faire exploser la culture musicale.
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so that ALL pastpassé, presentprésent and futureavenir genresgenres
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Pour que TOUS les genres passé, présent, et futur,
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can be studiedétudié and abstractedabstrait, livevivre.
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puissent être étudiés et utilisés, en direct.
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And
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Et pour que
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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"
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les "BeatJazzers"
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becomedevenir as commoncommun as D.J.'sde.
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deviennent aussi répandus que les D.J.
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But mostlyla plupart ...
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Mais surtout...
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to MAKE the futureavenir
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pour CONSTRUIRE le futur
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ratherplutôt than wait for it.
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au lieu de l'attendre.
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Translated by Hugo Wagner
Reviewed by Elisabeth Buffard

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Onyx Ashanti - Beatjazz inventor and controllerist
Onyx Ashanti is the inventor of "beatjazz" -- a new way to make music.

Why you should listen

Onyx Ashanti is a musician, geek, open-source advocate, Maker, collaborator ... and we come back around again to musician. The intrumentation he has created fuses technique and technology into a full-body musical system, playable with hands, arms, mouth and body. As he says:

I am what can only be described as a cyborg musician.  in other words, the music i create live, can not be replicated without technology. My music is called "Beatjazz." It is a mix of sound design, live looping and jazz improvisation. My instrument of choice over the years has been a Yamaha Wind MIDI controller, but now the limitations have started to stunt the growth of this new form, so i designed an instrument that can take it into future.

He is now working on the next iteration of his instrument, codenamed Tron, and built around a helmet-mounted controller.

More profile about the speaker
Onyx Ashanti | Speaker | TED.com
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