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 : Voici le beatjazz

Filmed: 2011-05-24

Readability: 4.9

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Le musicien et inventeur Onyx Ashanti présente le "beatjazz" -- la musique qu'il a créée avec deux téléphones portables, un iPhone et un bec, et qui se joue avec le corps tout entier. Aux auditions de TED Full Spectrum, après avoir enregistré ses rythmes et ses boucles, il joue un morceau de trois minutes et partage sa vision du futur de la musique.

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Texte : Le beatjazz

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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:

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Le beatjazz c'est :

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1. LiveVivre loopingune boucle,

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1. Créer une boucle musicale en direct

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et

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3. Un style de son "gestuel"

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lisent la position des mains.

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indiquent quel son je joue

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GreenVert = ChordsChords,

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Vert = Cordes

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OrangeOrange = LeadsConduit,

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Orange = Leads

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PurplePurple = PadsTampons

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The mouthpieceembouchure

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consistsconsiste of ...

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est fait de...

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a buttonbouton,

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un bouton,

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deux médiators,

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and lots of hotchaud gluecolle.

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et beaucoup de colle à chaud.

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The heads-upHeads-up displayafficher

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est un smartphone qui affiche les paramètres du système.

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Why?

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Pourquoi ?

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To atomizeatomiser musicla musique cultureCulture

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Pour faire exploser la culture musicale.

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so that ALL pastpassé, presentprésent and futureavenir genresgenres

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Pour que TOUS les genres passé, présent, et futur,

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can be studiedétudié and abstractedabstrait, livevivre.

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puissent être étudiés et utilisés, en direct.

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Et pour que

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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"

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les "BeatJazzers"

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deviennent aussi répandus que les D.J.

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to MAKE the futureavenir

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pour CONSTRUIRE le futur

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ratherplutôt than wait for it.

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au lieu de l'attendre.

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Translated by Hugo Wagner
Reviewed by Elisabeth Buffard

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

THE ORIGINAL VIDEO ON TED.COM

Onyx Ashanti : Voici le beatjazz | TED Talk | TED.com