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

奥尼克斯·阿善堤Onyx Ashanti：这是节拍爵士

Filmed: 2011-05-24

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音乐家和创新家奥尼克斯·阿善堤演示了“节拍爵士”--他的音乐是由两个手持控制器，一个iPhone和一个吹口器组成，伴随着全身的表演。在TED全频谱试演上，在他的音乐节拍和循环锁定中，他演示了一个3分钟的歌曲，分享了他对音乐的未来展望。

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Text文本: BeatJazzBeatJazz.

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文本：节拍爵士

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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:

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节拍爵士是

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1. Live生活 looping循环,

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1. 现场循环

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2. Jazz爵士乐 improvisation即兴

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2.爵士即兴表演

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And

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和

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3. "Gestural手势" sound声音 design设计.

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3.“手势表达”的声效设计

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Accelerometers加速度计

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感应器

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on each每 hand手

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在每只手上的感应器

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read读 hand手 position位置.

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读懂手语姿势

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The color颜色 of the lights灯火

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亮灯的颜色

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indicates指示 which哪一个 sound声音 I am playing播放.

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表明我在演奏的是哪种声音

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Red红 = Drums鼓,

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红色=鼓声

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Blue蓝色 = Bass低音,

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蓝色=贝司低音

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Green绿色 = Chords和弦,

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绿色=和弦

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Orange橙子 = Leads信息,

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橙色=主音

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Purple紫色 = Pads垫

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紫色=键盘声

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The mouthpiece喉舌

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吹口器

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consists由 of ...

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是由

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a button按键,

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一个按钮，

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two guitar吉他 picks精选

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两个吉他拨片

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and lots of hot热 glue胶.

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和许多热的粘接剂组成

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The heads-up抬头 display显示

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前镜显示器

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is a smartphone手机 that displays显示器 system系统 parameters参数.

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是一个智能手机，它显示系统参数。

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Why?

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为什么这样做？

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To atomize喷雾 music音乐 culture文化

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为了震动音乐文化

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so that ALL past过去, present当下 and future未来 genres流派

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以至于所有过去的，现在的和未来的音乐类型

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can be studied研究 and abstracted抽象, live生活.

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可以被研究，和抽象化，得以存在下去。

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And

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和

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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"

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“节拍爵士音乐家”

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become成为 as common共同 as D.J.'s的.

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和DJ一样变得普通常见

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But mostly大多 ...

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但主要是...

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to MAKE the future未来

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改变未来

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rather宁 than wait for it.

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而非等待未来。

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(Applause掌声)

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（掌声）

Translated by Angelia King
Reviewed by Jenny Yang

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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