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

Onikss Ašanti: Šis ir bītdžezs

Filmed: 2011-05-24

Readability: 4.9

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TextTeksts: BeatJazzBeatJazz.

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[Bītdžezs]

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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:

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[Bītdžezs ir:]

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1. LiveDzīvot loopingcilpas,

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[1. Dzīvajā veidoti atkārtojumi]

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2. JazzDžezs improvisationimprovizācija

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[2. Džeza improvizācija]

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And

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[un]

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3. "GesturalGestural" soundskaņa designdizains.

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[3. "žestu" skaņas dizains.]

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AccelerometersAkselerometrus

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[Akselerometri]

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on eachkatrs handroka

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[katrā rokā]

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readlasīt handroka positionpozīcija.

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[nolasa roku pozīciju.]

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The colorkrāsa of the lightsgaismas

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[Gaismu krāsa]

[norāda, kādu skaņu es spēlēju.]

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indicatesnorāda whichkas soundskaņa I am playingspēlē.

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RedRed = DrumsBungas,

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[Sarkanā = bungas,]

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BlueZila = BassBass,

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[zilā = bass]

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GreenZaļa = ChordsAkordi,

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[zaļā = akordi,]

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OrangeOrange = LeadsPotenciālos klientus,

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[oranžā = melodija,]

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PurpleVioleta = PadsSpilventiņi

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[violetā = tomi.]

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The mouthpieceiemutnis

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[Iemutnis]

[sastāv no...]

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consistssastāv of ...

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a buttonpoga,

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[pogas,]

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two guitarģitāra pickscērtes

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[diviem ģitāras mediatoriem]

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and lots of hotkarsts gluelīme.

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[un daudz karstās līmes.]

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The heads-upHeads-up displaydisplejs

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[Par displeju kalpo]

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is a smartphoneviedtālrunis that displaysdispleji systemsistēma parametersparametri.

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[viedtālrunis, kas rāda
sistēmas parametrus.]

[Kādēļ?]

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Why?

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[Lai atomizētu mūzikas kultūru,]

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To atomizeievadīt musicmūzika culturekultūra

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[lai VISUS pagātnes, tagadnes
un nākotnes žanrus]

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so that ALL pastpagātne, presentklāt and futurenākotne genresžanri

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can be studiedstudējis and abstractednovadītā, livedzīvot.

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[varētu studēt un abstrahēt, reāllaikā.]

[Un]

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And

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["bītdžezmeņi"]

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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"

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becomekļūt as commonkopīgs as D.J.'ss.

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[varētu kļūt par parastiem dīdžejiem.]

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But mostlygalvenokārt ...

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[Bet par visu vairāk...]

[lai VEIDOTU nākotni,]

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to MAKE the futurenākotne

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[nevis gaidītu to.]

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ratherdrīzāk than wait for it.

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(Aplausi)

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(ApplauseAplausi)

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Translated by Raimonds Jaks
Reviewed by Ilze Garda

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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