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: Inilah beatjazz

Filmed: 2011-05-24

Readability: 4.9

884,234 views

Onyx Ashanti, musisi dan penemu, memperagakan "beatjazz" -- musiknya diciptakan menggunakan dua alat kontrol, iPhone dan alat mulut, dan dimainkan dengan seluruh tubuh. Pada audisi TED Full Spectrum, setelah mengunci ketukan dan pengulangannya, ia memainkan lagu 3 menit dan berbagi pandangan mengenai masa depan musik.

Onyx Ashanti - Beatjazz inventor and controllerist
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TextTeks: BeatJazzBeatJazz.

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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:

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BeatJazz adalah

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1. LiveHidup loopingperulangan,

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1. Pengulangan langsung

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2. JazzJazz improvisationimprovisasi

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2. Improvisasi Jazz

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And

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Dan

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3. "GesturalGestural" soundsuara designDesain.

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3. Desain suara "gerak isyarat tubuh"

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AccelerometersAccelerometers

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Akselerometer

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on eachsetiap handtangan

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di masing-masing tangan

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readBaca baca handtangan positionposisi.

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membaca posisi tangan.

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The colorwarna of the lightslampu

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Warna lampu

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indicatesmenunjukkan whichyang soundsuara I am playingbermain.

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mengindikasikan instrumen yang saya mainkan.

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RedMerah = DrumsDrum,

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Merah = Drum.

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BlueBiru = BassBass,

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Biru = Bass.

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GreenHijau = ChordsAkord,

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Hijau = Kord.

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OrangeOrange = LeadsMemimpin,

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Oranye = Leads.

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PurpleUngu = PadsBantalan

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Ungu = Pads.

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The mouthpiecejuru bicara

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Alat mulut

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consiststerdiri of ...

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terdiri dari...

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a buttontombol,

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satu tombol,

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two guitargitar picksmemilih

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dua pick gitar,

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and lots of hotpanas gluelem.

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dan lem panas yang banyak.

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The heads-upkepala-up displaylayar

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Tampilan elektronik

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is a smartphoneSmartphone that displaysmenampilkan systemsistem parametersparameter.

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adalah ponsel cerdas yang menampilkan parameter sistem.

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Why?

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Kenapa?

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To atomizemenyemprotkan suatu cairan musicmusik culturebudaya

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Untuk mengatomisasi kultur musik

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so that ALL pastlalu, presentmenyajikan and futuremasa depan genresgenre

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Sehingga SEMUA genre di masa lalu, masa kini dan masa depan

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can be studiedbelajar and abstracteddisarikan, livehidup.

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dapat dipelajari dan diabstraksi secara langsung.

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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"

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pemain BeatJazz (BeatJazzer)

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becomemenjadi as commonumum as D.J.'s's.

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menjadi sama umumnya seperti DJ.

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But mostlykebanyakan ...

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Namun lebih sering...

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to MAKE the futuremasa depan

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untuk MEMBUAT masa depan

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ratheragak than wait for it.

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alih-alih menunggunya.

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Translated by Teddy Budiwan
Reviewed by Irma Amelia

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

THE ORIGINAL VIDEO ON TED.COM

Onyx Ashanti: Inilah beatjazz | TED Talk | TED.com