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

Onyx Ashanti: Ovo je beatjazz

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Glazbenik i izumitelj Onyx Ashanti pokazuje "beatjazz" -- njegovu glazbu stvorenu pomoću dva ručna upravljača, iPhonea i piska i sviranu s cijelim tijelom. Na TED-ovoj Full Spectrum audiciji, nakon ulaska u svoje taktove i petlje, on svira pjesmu od 3 minute koja dijeli njegovu viziju budućnosti glazbe.
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TextTekst: BeatJazzBeatJazz.
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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:
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BeatJazz je
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1. LiveŽivjeti loopingpetlje,
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1. Živa petlja
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2. JazzJazz improvisationimprovizacija
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2. Jazz improvizacija
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And
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3. "GesturalGestualne" soundzvuk designdizajn.
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3. "Gestikulacijski" dizajn zvuka
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AccelerometersAkcelerometara
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Akcelerometri
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on eachsvaki handruka
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na svakoj ruci
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readčitati handruka positionpoložaj.
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očitavaju poziciju ruke
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The colorboja of the lightssvjetla
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indicatesukazuje whichkoji soundzvuk I am playingigranje.
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indicira koji zvuk sviram
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RedCrveni = DrumsBubnjevi,
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Crveno = Bubnjevi
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BluePlava = BassBas gitara,
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Plavo = Bas
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GreenZelena = ChordsAkorde,
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Zeleno = Akordi
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OrangeNarančasta = LeadsVodi,
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Narančasto = Vodeći vokali
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PurpleLjubičasta = PadsJastučići
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Ljubičasto = Jastučići
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The mouthpiecepisak
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Pisak
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consistssastoji se of ...
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se sastoji od ...
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a buttondugme,
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gumba,
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two guitargitara picksmotika
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dvije trzalice za gitaru
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and lots of hotvruće glueljepilo.
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i puno vrućeg ljepila
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The heads-upheads-up displayprikaz
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is a smartphonesmartphone that displaysprikazuje systemsistem parametersparametri.
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je pametan telefon koji prikazuje parametre sustava
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Why?
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Zašto?
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To atomizeatomize musicglazba cultureKultura
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Kako bi atomizirao glazbenu kulturu
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so that ALL pastprošlost, presentpredstaviti and futurebudućnost genresžanrovi
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Tako da se SVI prošli, sadašnji i budući žanrovi
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can be studiedstudirao and abstractedrastresen, liveživjeti.
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mogu proučiti i izvuči, uživo.
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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"
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"BeatJazzeri"
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becomepostati as commonzajednička as D.J.'s„s.
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postaju uobičajeni kao i DJ-i
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But mostlyuglavnom ...
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Ali najviše od svega ...
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to MAKE the futurebudućnost
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ratherradije than wait for it.
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umjesto čekati na nju.
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Translated by Tilen Pigac - EFZG
Reviewed by Mislav Ante Omazić - EFZG

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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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