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.

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Onyx Ashanti: This is beatjazz

Onyx Ashanti: Toto je beatjazz

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Hudobník a vynálezca Onyx Ashanti prezentuje „beatjazz" -- jeho hodobný štýl, ktorý je tvorený pomocou dvoch rukou držaných ovládačov, iPhonu a náustku a ktorý je hraný celým telom. Na TED Full Spectrum Auditions, po nasadení pomôcok, hrá Onyx Ashanti trojminútovú pieseň, ktorá odzrkadluje jeho víziu budúcnosti hudby.
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TextText: BeatJazzBeatJazz.
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Text: BeatJazz
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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:
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BeatJazz je
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1. LiveLive loopingcyklické,
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1. Živá hudobná slučka
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2. JazzJazz improvisationimprovizácia
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2. Džezová improvizácia
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And
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a
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3. "GesturalGest" soundznieť designdizajn.
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3. Dizajn zvukov gestami
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AccelerometersAkcelerometre
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Akcelerometre
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on eachkaždý handručné
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na každej ruke
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readprečítať handručné positionpozície.
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zaznamenávajú polohu rúk.
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The colorfarba of the lightssvetla
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Farba svetla indikuje,
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indicatesindikuje whichktorý soundznieť I am playinghracie.
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ktorý zvuk hrám:
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RedČervená = DrumsBicie,
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Červená = bicie
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BlueModrá = BassBasová gitara,
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Modrá = basgitara
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GreenZelená = ChordsAkordy,
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Zelená = akordy
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OrangeOrange = LeadsVedie,
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Oranžová = vedúci kus
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PurpleFialová = PadsPodložky
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Purpurová = tlieskanie
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The mouthpiecenáustok
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Náustok
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consistsskladá of ...
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pozostáva z
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a buttongombík,
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tlačidla,
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two guitargitara picksvýber
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dvoch gitarových brnkátok
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and lots of hothorúco gluelepidlo.
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a množstva horúceho lepu.
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The heads-upheads-up displayzobraziť
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Sumárom informácií je smartphone,
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is a smartphonesmartphone that displaysdispleja systemsystém parametersparametre.
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ktorý ukazuje systémové parametre.
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Why?
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Prečo?
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To atomizeatomizácia musichudba culturekultúra
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Aby sme atomizovali kultúru hudby tak,
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so that ALL pastminulosť, presentprítomný and futurebudúcnosť genresžánre
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aby všetky minulé, súčasné i budúce žánre
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can be studiedštudoval and abstractedzamyslený, livežiť.
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mohli byť študované a abstrahované naživo.
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And
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A, aby sa
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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"
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beatjazzoví hudobníci
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becomestať sa as commonobyčajný as D.J.'s, s.
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stali tak bežným javom ako sú dížeji.
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But mostlyväčšinou ...
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Ale hlavne...
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to MAKE the futurebudúcnosť
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aby sme radšej TVORILI budúcnosť,
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rathertrochu than wait for it.
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než na ňu len čakali.
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Translated by Martin Francis Gilbert Máik
Reviewed by Matej Sykora

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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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