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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Onyx Ashanti: This is beatjazz

Onyx Ashanti: Oto beatjazz

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Muzyk i wynalazca Onyx Ashanti prezentuje 'beatjazz' -- jego muzykę tworzoną za pomocą dwóch ręcznych kontrolerów, Iphona oraz ustnika, jak również po prostu całego ciała. Podczas TED Full Spectrum Auditions, po przedstawieniu swoich bitów i loopów, gra 3-minutowy utwór utożsamiający jego wizję przyszłości muzyki.
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TextTekst: BeatJazzBeatJazz.
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BeatJazz
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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:
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BeatJazz to
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1. LiveNa żywo loopingpętli,
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1. Zapętlanie na żywo
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2. JazzJazz improvisationimprowizacja
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2. Jazzowa improwizacja
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3. "GesturalGestów" sounddźwięk designprojekt.
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3. Projektowanie dźwięków za pomocą gestów
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AccelerometersAkcelerometry
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Akcelerometry
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on eachkażdy handdłoń
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w każdej dłoni
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readczytać handdłoń positionpozycja.
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zczytują pozycję dłoni
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The colorkolor of the lightsświatła
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indicateswskazuje whichktóry sounddźwięk I am playinggra.
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obrazuje dźwięk, który właśnie gram.
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Czerwony = bębny
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BlueNiebieski = BassGitara basowa,
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Niebieski = bass
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Zielony = akordy
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OrangePomarańczowy = LeadsProwadzi,
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pomarańczowy = prowadzenie
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PurpleFioletowy = PadsKlocki
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The mouthpieceustnik
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Ustnik
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consistsskłada się of ...
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składa się z
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a buttonprzycisk,
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przycisku,
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two guitargitara picksopcji
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dwóch kostek gitarowych
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and lots of hotgorąco gluekleju.
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oraz sporej ilości kleju.
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The heads-upWyświetlacz przezroczysty displaypokaz
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Główny wyświetlacz
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is a smartphoneSmartphone that displayswyświetla systemsystem parametersparametry.
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to smartphone, który wyświetla wszystkie parametry.
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Why?
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Czemu?
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To atomizerozpylenia musicmuzyka culturekultura
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By rozpylać muzyczną kulturę
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so that ALL pastprzeszłość, presentteraźniejszość and futureprzyszłość genresgatunki
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By wszystkie przeszłe oraz przyszłe gatunki
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can be studiedbadane and abstractedpobieranej, liverelacja na żywo.
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mogły być poznawane oraz przerabiane, na żywo.
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"BeatJazzers"
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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"
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"BeatJazzers"
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becomestają się as commonpospolity as D.J.'s„s.
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stali się popularni jako DJ'eje
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But mostlyprzeważnie ...
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to MAKE the futureprzyszłość
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ratherraczej than wait for it.
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niż tylko na nią czekać.
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Translated by Marek Kasiak
Reviewed by Marcin Kasiak

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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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