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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Full Spectrum Auditions

Onyx Ashanti: This is beatjazz

Onyx Ashanti: Inilah beatjazz

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Onyx Ashanti, musisi dan penemu, memperagakan "beatjazz" -- musiknya diciptakan menggunakan dua alat kontrol, iPhone dan alat mulut, dan dimainkan dengan seluruh tubuh. Pada audisi TED Full Spectrum, setelah mengunci ketukan dan pengulangannya, ia memainkan lagu 3 menit dan berbagi pandangan mengenai masa depan musik.
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TextTeks: BeatJazzBeatJazz.
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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:
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BeatJazz adalah
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1. LiveHidup loopingperulangan,
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1. Pengulangan langsung
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2. JazzJazz improvisationimprovisasi
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2. Improvisasi Jazz
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And
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Dan
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3. "GesturalGestural" soundsuara designDesain.
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3. Desain suara "gerak isyarat tubuh"
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AccelerometersAccelerometers
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Akselerometer
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on eachsetiap handtangan
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di masing-masing tangan
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readBaca baca handtangan positionposisi.
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membaca posisi tangan.
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The colorwarna of the lightslampu
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Warna lampu
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indicatesmenunjukkan whichyang soundsuara I am playingbermain.
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mengindikasikan instrumen yang saya mainkan.
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RedMerah = DrumsDrum,
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Merah = Drum.
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BlueBiru = BassBass,
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Biru = Bass.
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GreenHijau = ChordsAkord,
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Hijau = Kord.
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OrangeOrange = LeadsMemimpin,
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Oranye = Leads.
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PurpleUngu = PadsBantalan
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Ungu = Pads.
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The mouthpiecejuru bicara
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Alat mulut
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consiststerdiri of ...
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terdiri dari...
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a buttontombol,
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satu tombol,
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two guitargitar picksmemilih
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dua pick gitar,
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and lots of hotpanas gluelem.
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dan lem panas yang banyak.
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The heads-upkepala-up displaylayar
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Tampilan elektronik
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is a smartphoneSmartphone that displaysmenampilkan systemsistem parametersparameter.
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adalah ponsel cerdas yang menampilkan parameter sistem.
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Why?
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Kenapa?
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To atomizemenyemprotkan suatu cairan musicmusik culturebudaya
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Untuk mengatomisasi kultur musik
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so that ALL pastlalu, presentmenyajikan and futuremasa depan genresgenre
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Sehingga SEMUA genre di masa lalu, masa kini dan masa depan
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can be studiedbelajar and abstracteddisarikan, livehidup.
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dapat dipelajari dan diabstraksi secara langsung.
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And
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Dan
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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"
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pemain BeatJazz (BeatJazzer)
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becomemenjadi as commonumum as D.J.'s's.
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menjadi sama umumnya seperti DJ.
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But mostlykebanyakan ...
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Namun lebih sering...
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to MAKE the futuremasa depan
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untuk MEMBUAT masa depan
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ratheragak than wait for it.
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alih-alih menunggunya.
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Translated by Teddy Budiwan
Reviewed by Irma Amelia

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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