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

Onyx Ashanti: Tohle je beatjazz

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Hudebník a vynálezce Onyx Ashanti demonstruje „beatjazz“ – svou hudbu vytvářenou dvěma ručními čtečkami pohybu, iPhonem a ústním instrumentem a hrána celým tělem. Na TED's Full Spectrum Auditions, po spoutání se ve svých beatech a smyčkách, hraje tříminutovou skladbu a sdílí svou vizi budoucnosti 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. LiveŽivě loopingopakování,
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1. živé smyčkování
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2. JazzJazz improvisationimprovizace
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2. jazzová improvizace
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And
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a
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3. "GesturalGestikulaci" soundzvuk designdesign.
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3. vytváření zvuku gesty.
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AccelerometersAkcelerometry
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Akcelerometry
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on eachkaždý handruka
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na každé ruce
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readčíst handruka positionpozice.
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čtou pozici rukou.
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The colorbarva of the lightssvětla
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Barva světla
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indicatesindikuje whichkterý soundzvuk I am playinghraní.
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indikuje, jaký zvuk přehrávám:
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RedČervená = DrumsBicí,
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červená = bubny
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BlueModrá = BassBaskytara,
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modrá = basa
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GreenZelená = ChordsAkordy,
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zelená = akordy
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OrangeOranžová = LeadsZájemci,
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oranžová = vedoucí kus
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PurpleFialová = PadsPodložky
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fialová = tleskání.
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The mouthpiecenáustek
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Ústní instrument
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consistsSkládá se of ...
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se skládá
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a buttontlačítko,
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z tlačítka,
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two guitarkytara picksvyskladnění
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dvou kytarových trsátek
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and lots of hothorký gluelepidlo.
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a množství tavného lepidla.
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The heads-upheads-up displayZobrazit
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is a smartphoneSmartphone that displayszobrazení systemSystém parametersparametry.
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je smartphone, který ukazuje systémové parametry.
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Why?
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Proč?
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To atomizeatomize musichudba culturekultura
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Aby se atomizovala hudební kultura.
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so that ALL pastminulost, presentsoučasnost, dárek and futurebudoucnost genresžánry
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Aby VŠECHNy minulé, současné i budoucí žánry
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can be studiedstudoval and abstractedodebrané, livežít.
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mohly být studovány a abstrahovány, živě.
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And
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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"
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„BeatJazzMani“
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becomestát as commonběžný as D.J.'s's.
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se stanou tak všední jako DJové.
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But mostlyvětšinou ...
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Ale především…
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to MAKE the futurebudoucnost
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abychom VYTVÁŘELI budoucnost,
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ratherspíše than wait for it.
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než na ni jen čekali.
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Translated by Simon Buryan
Reviewed by Jan Kadlec

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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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