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

Full Spectrum Auditions

Onyx Ashanti: This is beatjazz

Onyx Ashanti: esto es beat jazz

Filmed: 2011-05-24

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El músico e inventor Onyx Ashanti demuestra el "beat jazz"; su música se crea con dos controladores de mano, un iPhone y una boquilla, y se toca con todo el cuerpo. En las audiciones de TED Full Spectrum, después de encerrar sus ritmos y ciclos, toca una canción de 3 minutos en la que comparte su visión sobre el futuro de la música.

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TextTexto: BeatJazzBeatJazz.

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Texto: BeatJazz

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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:

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El beatjazz es

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1. LiveVivir loopingbucle,

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1. Un ciclo en vivo

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2. JazzJazz improvisationimprovisación

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2. Improvisación de jazz

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And

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y

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3. "GesturalGestual" soundsonar designdiseño.

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3. Diseño de sonido "gestual".

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AccelerometersAcelerómetros

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Los acelerómetros

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on eachcada handmano

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de cada mano

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readleer handmano positionposición.

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leen la posición de las mismas.

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The colorcolor of the lightsluces

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Los colores de las luces

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indicatesindica whichcual soundsonar I am playingjugando.

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indican qué sonidos estoy tocando

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Redrojo = DrumsTambores,

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Rojo = Tambores

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BlueAzul = BassBajo,

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Azul = Bajo

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GreenVerde = ChordsAcordes,

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Verde = Cuerdas

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Orangenaranja = LeadsConductores,

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Naranja = Leads

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PurplePúrpura = PadsPads

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Morado = Pads

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The mouthpieceboquilla

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La boquilla

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consistsconsiste of ...

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consta de...

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a buttonbotón,

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un botón,

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two guitarguitarra picksselecciones

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dos mediadores

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and lots of hotcaliente gluepegamento.

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y mucho pegamento ardiente.

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The heads-upaviso displaymonitor

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La pantalla

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is a smartphoneteléfono inteligente that displaysmuestra systemsistema parametersparámetros.

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es la de un móvil que muestra los parámetros del sistema.

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Why?

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¿Por qué?

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To atomizeatomizar musicmúsica culturecultura

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Para atomizar la cultura musical

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so that ALL pastpasado, presentpresente and futurefuturo genresgéneros

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y que TODOS los géneros, pasados, presentes y futuros

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can be studiedestudió and abstractedabstraído, livevivir.

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puedan estudiarse y sintetizarse, en vivo.

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And

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Y hoy

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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"

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los "beatjazzeros"

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becomevolverse as commoncomún as D.J.'ses.

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son tan populares como los D.J.

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But mostlyprincipalmente ...

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Pero sobre todo...

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to MAKE the futurefuturo

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para CONSTRUIR el futuro

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rathermás bien than wait for it.

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en lugar de esperar.

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Translated by Sebastian Betti
Reviewed by Jaime Gonzalez Magallanes

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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