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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Full Spectrum Auditions

Onyx Ashanti: This is beatjazz

Onyx Ashanti: Toto je beatjazz

Filmed: 2011-05-24

Readability: 4.9

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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

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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