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

Oniks Ašanti (Onyx Ashanti): Ovo je bitdžez

Filmed: 2011-05-24

Readability: 4.9

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Muzičar i pronalazač Oniks Ašanti demonstrira "bitdžez" - svoju muziku koju stvara koristeći dva ručna upravljača, Aj-fon (iPhone) i pištaljku i izvodi je celim telom. Na "TED's Full Spectrum Auditions", nakon što je podesio svoje bitove i lupove, svira trominutnu pesmu koja prikazuje njegovu viziju budućnosti muzike.

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TextTekst: BeatJazzBeatJazz.

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Tekst: BitDžez.

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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:

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BitDžez je:

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1. LiveŽive loopingpetlju,

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1. "Luping" uživo,

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2. JazzJazz improvisationимпровизација

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2. Džez improvizacija

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And

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i

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3. "GesturalGestural" soundзвук designдизајн.

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3. "Gestovni" muzički dizajn.

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AccelerometersMerače akceleratora

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Akcelerometri

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on eachсваки handруку

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na obe ruke

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readчитати handруку positionпозиција.

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očitavaju poziciju ruku.

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The colorбоја of the lightsсветла

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indicatesозначава whichкоја soundзвук I am playingиграње.

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pokazuje koji zvuk sviram.

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RedCrveni = DrumsBubnjevi,

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Crvena = bubnjevi,

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BluePlavi = BassBas,

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plava = bas,

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GreenZeleni = ChordsAkordi,

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zelena = akordi,

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OrangeOrange = LeadsPotencijalni klijenti,

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narandžasta - vodeći,

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PurpleLjubičasta = PadsJastučića

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ljubičasta = podloge

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The mouthpieceустник

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Pištaljka u ustima

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consistsсе састоји of ...

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sastoji se od ...

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a buttonдугме,

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dugmeta,

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two guitargitara picksizdvajanja

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dve trzalice za gitaru

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and lots of hotвруће gluelepak.

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i mnogo vrućeg lepka.

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The heads-upUpozorenje displayприказ

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is a smartphonepametni telefon that displaysдисплеји systemсистем parametersпараметри.

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je smartfon koji pokazuje parametre sistema.

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Why?

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Zašto?

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To atomizeatomize musicмузика cultureкултура

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Da bi se atomizovala muzička kultura

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so that ALL pastпрошлост, presentпоклон and futureбудућност genresžanrovi

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kako bi se SVI prošli, sadašnji i budući

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can be studiedстудирала and abstractedapstrahuje, liveживи.

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žanrovi proučili i sumirali, uživo.

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And

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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"

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"BitDžezeri"

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becomeпостати as commonзаједнички as D.J.'s'с.

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postali uobičajeni poput di-džejeva.

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But mostlyуглавном ...

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to MAKE the futureбудућност

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da bi se STVARALA budućnost

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ratherприлично than wait for it.

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radije nego čekala.

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Translated by Bosko Erakovic
Reviewed by Filip Miletić

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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