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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

أونيكس أشانتي: هذا هو البيتجاز

Filmed: 2011-05-24

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يعرض الموسيقي والمخترع أونيكس أشانتي "البيت جاز" -- موسيقاه المولدة بجهازي تحكم محمولين وأيفون وقطعة توضع في الفم وتلعب بالجسد كله. فيعزف في اختبارات أداء Full Spectrum ب TED، بعد تأمين نبضاته وحلقاته، أغنية من 3 دقائق تظهر رؤيته لمستقبل الموسيقى.

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(Musicموسيقى)

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Textنص: BeatJazzBeatJazz.

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كتابة: البيت جاز

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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:

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البيت جاز هو

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1. Liveحي loopingحلقات,

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1. تنفيذ حي للحلقات

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2. Jazzموسيقى الجاز improvisationارتجال

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2. ارتجال للجاز

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And

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و

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3. "Gesturalالإيمائي" soundصوت designالتصميم.

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3. تصميم صوتي "إيمائي"

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Accelerometersالتسارع

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مقياسات تسارع

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on eachكل handيد

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على كل يد

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readاقرأ handيد positionموضع.

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تقرأ وضعية اليد

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The colorاللون of the lightsأضواء

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ألوان الأضواء

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indicatesيشير whichالتي soundصوت I am playingتلعب.

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تشير إلى أي صوت ألعبه

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Redأحمر = Drumsطبول,

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الأحمر= الطبول

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Blueأزرق = Bassصوت عميق,

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الأزرق= الجهير

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Greenأخضر = Chordsالحبال,

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الأخضر= الأوتار

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Orangeالبرتقالي = Leadsيؤدي,

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البرتقالي= عروض

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Purpleأرجواني = Padsوسادات

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بنفسجي= وسادات

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The mouthpieceلسان حال

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الجزء الفمي

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consistsيتكون of ...

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يتكون من ..

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a buttonزر,

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زر

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two guitarغيتار picksمختارات

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لاقطتي غيتار

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and lots of hotالحار glueصمغ.

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والكثير من الغراء

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The heads-upانتباه displayعرض

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شاشات التتبع

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is a smartphoneالهاتف الذكي that displaysيعرض systemالنظام parametersالمعلمات.

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هي هاتف ذكي يعرض إعدادات النظام

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Why?

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لماذا؟

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To atomizeذرى musicموسيقى cultureحضاره

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لتفتيت الثقافة الموسيقية

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so that ALL pastالماضي, presentحاضر and futureمستقبل genresالأنواع

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بحيث أن كل الأنواع السابقة والحاضرة والمستقبلية

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can be studiedدرس and abstractedذاهل شارد الذهن, liveحي.

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يمكن دراستها واستخراجها، بشكل حي.

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And

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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"

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"لاعبو البيت جاز"

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becomeيصبح as commonمشترك as D.J.'sالصورة.

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سيصبحون بمثل شيوع مقدمي الأغاني المسجلة

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But mostlyخاصة ...

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لكن أساسا..

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to MAKE the futureمستقبل

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لصناعة المستقبل

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ratherبدلا than wait for it.

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بدل انتظاره.

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(Applauseتصفيق)

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(تصفيق)

Translated by Khalid Marbou
Reviewed by Anwar Dafa-Alla

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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