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
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Onyx Ashanti: This is beatjazz

歐尼克思.阿尙提：這就是動感爵士

Filmed: 2011-05-24

Readability: 4.9

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音樂家和發明家歐尼克思•阿尙提，展示了「動感爵士」－用兩個掌上控制器，一個iPhone和一個吹口創造出的音樂，演出時需要配合整個身體。在TED Full Spectrum Auditions上，他組裝好節拍和循環樂段，演奏了3分鐘，詮釋了他認為的未來音樂。

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(Music音樂)

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Text文本: BeatJazzBeatJazz.

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動感爵士

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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:

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動感爵士就是

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1. Live生活 looping循環,

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1.現場循環樂段

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2. Jazz爵士樂 improvisation即興

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2. 即興爵士

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And

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以及

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3. "Gestural手勢" sound聲音 design設計.

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3. 手勢控制聲音的設計

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Accelerometers加速度計

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雙手各佩帶一個

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on each每 hand手

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加速感應器

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read讀 hand手 position位置.

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來感應手上的動作

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The color顏色 of the lights燈火

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不同的燈光顏色

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indicates指示 which哪一個 sound聲音 I am playing播放.

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代表我在演奏不同的音源

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Red紅 = Drums鼓,

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紅色＝鼓

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Blue藍色 = Bass低音,

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藍色＝貝斯

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Green綠色 = Chords和弦,

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綠色＝和弦

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Orange橙子 = Leads信息,

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橙色＝主奏

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Purple紫色 = Pads墊

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紫色＝合成音色

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The mouthpiece喉舌

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吹口

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consists由 of ...

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是由一個按鈕

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a button按鍵,

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兩個吉他撥片

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two guitar吉他 picks精選

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和許多高溫固化膠

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and lots of hot熱 glue膠.

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組合而成

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The heads-up抬頭 display顯示

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抬頭顯示器

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is a smartphone手機 that displays顯示器 system系統 parameters參數.

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是一個顯示系統參數的智慧型手機

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Why?

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為甚麼？

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To atomize噴霧 music音樂 culture文化

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這為了將音樂文化變得簡而易懂

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so that ALL past過去, present當下 and future未來 genres流派

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如此便能在現場學習和萃取

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can be studied研究 and abstracted抽象, live生活.

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所有過去，現在和未來的音樂風格

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And

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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"

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讓動感爵士樂家們

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become成為 as common共同 as D.J.'s的.

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可以變得像音樂主持人一樣常見

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But mostly大多 ...

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最主要的⋯⋯

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to MAKE the future未來

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與其等待未來

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rather寧 than wait for it.

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不如創造未來

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(Applause掌聲)

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(掌聲)

Translated by Diwen Mueller
Reviewed by Ching-Yuan Chen

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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