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: Das ist Beatjazz

Filmed: 2011-05-24

Readability: 4.9

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Musiker und Erfinder Onyx Ahanti führt "Beatjazz" vor – seine Musik, erschaffen mit zwei Handsteuergeräten, einem iPhone und einem Mundstück, gespielt mit dem ganzen Körper. Nachdem er seine Beats und Schleifen eingestellt hat, spielt er bei TED's Full Spectrum Auditions einen dreiminütigen Song und teilt seine Vision für die Zukunft der Musik.

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TextText: BeatJazzBeatJazz.

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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:

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BeatJazz ist

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1. LiveLeben loopingLooping,

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1. Live Durchlauf von Schleifen

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2. JazzJazz improvisationImprovisation

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2. Jazz Improvisation

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And

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3. "GesturalGestische" soundklingen designEntwurf.

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3. "Gestischer" Klangentwurf

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on eachjede einzelne handHand

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an jeder Hand

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messen die Position der Hand.

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The colorFarbe of the lightsBeleuchtung

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indicateszeigt an whichwelche soundklingen I am playingspielen.

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zeigen an, welchen Klang ich gerade spiele:

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Rot = Trommeln

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BlueBlau = BassBass,

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Blau = Bass

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GreenGrün = ChordsAkkorde,

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Grün = Akkorde

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OrangeOrange = LeadsFührt,

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Orange = Leads

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PurpleLila = PadsPads

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Violett = Pads

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The mouthpieceMundstück

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Das Mundstück

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consistsbesteht aus of ...

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besteht aus ...

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a buttonTaste,

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einem Knopf,

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two guitarGitarre picksTipps

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zwei Plektren

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and lots of hotheiß glueKleber.

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und jeder Menge Klebstoff.

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The heads-upHeads-up displayAnzeige

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Dieses Kopfüber-Display

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is a smartphoneSmartphone that displayszeigt an systemSystem parametersParameter.

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ist ein Smartphone, dass die Systemparameter anzeigt.

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Why?

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Warum?

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To atomizeZerstäuben musicMusik- cultureKultur

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Um die Musikkultur zu atomisieren.

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so that ALL pastVergangenheit, presentGeschenk and futureZukunft genresGenres

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Damit ALLE vergangenen, gegenwärtigen und zukünftigen Genres

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live studiert und abstrahiert werden können.

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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"

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"BeatJazzers"

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becomewerden as commonverbreitet as D.J.'s's.

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so verbreitet werden wie D.J.'s

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But mostlymeist ...

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Aber hauptsächlich ...

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to MAKE the futureZukunft

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um die Zukunft zu GESTALTEN

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ratherlieber than wait for it.

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anstatt auf sie zu warten.

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Translated by Lex Asobo
Reviewed by Karin Friedli

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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