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: Isto é beatjazz

Filmed: 2011-05-24

Readability: 4.9

884,234 views

O músico e inventor Onyx Ashanti demonstra o "beatjazz". A sua música criada com dois controladores de mão, um iPhone e um bocal, e tocada com o corpo inteiro. Nas audições do TED's Full Spectrum, depois de prender as suas batidas e ciclos, ele toca uma música de 3 minutos que partilha a sua visão para o futuro da música.

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TextTexto: BeatJazzBeatJazz.

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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:

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BeatJazz é

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1. LiveAo vivo loopingloop,

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1. Looping (repetição) ao vivo

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2. JazzJazz improvisationimprovisação

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2. Improvisação de Jazz

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And

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3. "GesturalGestual" soundsom designdesenhar.

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3. Design sonoro "gestual"

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AccelerometersAcelerômetros

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Acelerómetros

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on eachcada handmão

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em cada mão

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readler handmão positionposição.

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lêem a posição das mãos

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The colorcor of the lightsluzes

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A cor das luzes

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indicatesindica whichqual soundsom I am playingjogando.

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indica que som eu estou a tocar

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RedVermelho = DrumsBateria,

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Vermelho = Tambores

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BlueAzul = BassBass,

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Azul = Baixo

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GreenVerde = ChordsAcordes,

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Verde = Cordas

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OrangeLaranja = LeadsLeva,

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Laranja = Leads

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PurpleRoxo = PadsAlmofadas

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Roxo = Pedais

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The mouthpiecebocal

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O Bocal

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consistsconsiste of ...

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consiste

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a buttonbotão,

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num botão,

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two guitarguitarra pickspicaretas

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duas palhetas de guitarra

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and lots of hotquente gluecola.

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e muita cola quente

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The heads-upHeads-up displayexibição

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is a smartphoneSmartphone that displaysexibe systemsistema parametersparâmetros.

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é um smartphone que mostra os parâmetros do sistema

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Why?

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Porquê?

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To atomizeatomizar musicmúsica culturecultura

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Para atomizar a cultura a música

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so that ALL pastpassado, presentpresente and futurefuturo genresgêneros

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Para que TODOS os géneros, passados, presentes e futuros

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can be studiedestudou and abstractedabstraídos, liveviver.

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possam ser estudados e resumidos, em directo.

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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"

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"BeatJazzers"

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becometornar-se as commoncomum as D.J.'s's.

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se tornem tão comuns como os D.J.s

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But mostlyna maioria das vezes ...

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mas sobretudo...

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to MAKE the futurefuturo

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para FAZER o futuro

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ratherem vez than wait for it.

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em vez de esperar por ele

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Translated by Miguel Cabral de Pinho
Reviewed by Guilherme Tomás

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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Onyx Ashanti: Isto é beatjazz | TED Talk | TED.com