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: Acesta este beatjazz

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Muzicianul şi inventatorul Onyx Ashanti demostrează "beatjazzul"-- muzica lui creată cu două telecomenzi, un iPhone şi un muştiuc şi intrepretată cu întregul corp. La TED Full Spectrum Audition, după ce s-a închis în ritmurile şi lupingurile lui, el interpretează un cântec de 3 minute care împărtăşeşte viziunea lui despre viitorul muzicii.
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TextTextul: BeatJazzBeatJazz.
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Text: Beatjazz
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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:
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Beatjazz este
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1. LiveLive loopinglooping,
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1. Lupinguri pe viu
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2. JazzJazz improvisationimprovizaţie
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2. Improvizaţie de jazz
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And
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şi
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3. "GesturalGestual" soundsunet designproiecta.
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3. Construcţie sonoră însoţită de gesturi
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AccelerometersAccelerometre
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Accelerometre
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on eachfiecare handmână
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în fiecare mână
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readcitit handmână positionpoziţie.
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poziţia de citit din mână
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The colorculoare of the lightslumini
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Culorile luminilor
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indicatesindică whichcare soundsunet I am playingjoc.
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indică ce sunet cânt
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RedRed = DrumsTobe,
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Roşu - Tobe
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BlueAlbastru = BassBass,
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Albastru - Bass
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GreenVerde = ChordsCoardele,
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Verde - Coarde
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OrangeOrange = LeadsConduce,
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Portocaliu - Solist
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PurpleViolet = PadsTampoane
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Violet - Umplutură
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The mouthpiecepurtător de cuvânt
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Muştiucul
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consistsconstă of ...
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constă în..
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a buttonbuton,
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într-un buton
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two guitarchitara picksmurături
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2 găselniţe la chitară
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and lots of hotFierbinte gluelipici.
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şi mult lipici fierbinte
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The heads-upheads-up displayafişa
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Şi afişajul căştilor
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is a smartphonesmartphone that displaysdisplay-uri systemsistem parametersparametrii.
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este un Smartphone care expune parametrii sistemului
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Why?
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De ce?
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To atomizeatomize musicmuzică culturecultură
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Pentru a atomiza cultura muzicală
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so that ALL pasttrecut, presentprezent and futureviitor genresgenuri
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pentru ca toate genurile din trecut, prezent şi viitor
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can be studiedstudiat and abstractedcolectată, livetrăi.
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să poată fi studiate şi captate pe viu.
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And
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Şi
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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"
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"Beatjazz-erii"
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becomedeveni as commoncomun as D.J.'s„s.
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devin la fel de comuni ca şi Dj-ii
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But mostlyMai ales ...
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Dar în special..
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to MAKE the futureviitor
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pentru A FACE viitorul
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rathermai degraba than wait for it.
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mai degrabă decât să-l aştepte.
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Translated by Lucia Dobre
Reviewed by Antoniu Gugu

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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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