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

Onyx Ashanti: Det här är beatjazz

Filmed: 2011-05-24

Readability: 4.9

884,234 views

Musikern och uppfinnaren Onyx Ashanti demonstrerar "beatjazz" -- den musik han skapar med två handkontroller, en iPhone och ett munstycke och som spelas med hela kroppen. På Teds Full Spectrum Auditions, efter att ha skapat sina beat och loopar, spelar han en tre minuter lång sång som innehåller hans vision om musikens framtid.

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TextText: BeatJazzBeatJazz.

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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:

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BeatJazz är:

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1. LiveLive loopinglooping,

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1. Att skapa loopar live

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2. JazzJazz improvisationimprovisation

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2. Jazzimprovisation

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And

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och

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3. "GesturalGestikulerande" soundljud designdesign.

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3. Ljuddesign med rörelser

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AccelerometersAccelerometrar

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on eachvarje handhand

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på båda händerna

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readläsa handhand positionplacera.

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läser av handrörelser.

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The colorFärg of the lightslampor

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Färgen på lamporna

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indicatespekar på whichsom soundljud I am playingspelar.

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visar vilket ljud jag spelar.

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RedRöd = DrumsTrummor,

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Röd = trummor,

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BlueBlå = BassBass,

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blå = bas,

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GreenGrön = ChordsAckord,

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grön = ackord,

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OrangeOrange = LeadsLeder,

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orange = melodi,

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PurpleLila = PadsPads

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lila = stämmor

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The mouthpiecemunstycke

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Munstycket

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consistsbestår of ...

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består av ...

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a buttonknapp,

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en knapp,

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two guitargitarr pickstoppval

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två gitarrplektrum

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and lots of hotvarm gluelim.

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och massor av smältlim.

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The heads-upHeads-up displayvisa

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is a smartphonesmartphone that displaysdisplayer systemsystemet parametersparametrar.

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är en smartphone som visar

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Why?

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Varför?

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To atomizeAtomisera musicmusik culturekultur

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För att bryta ner musikkulturen i sina beståndsdelar

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so that ALL pastdåtid, presentnärvarande and futureframtida genresgenrer

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så att ALLA gångna, samtida och framtida genrer

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can be studiedstuderade and abstractedabstraherade, liveleva.

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kan undersökas och abstraheras, live.

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And

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Och

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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"

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"BeatJazzers"

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becomebli as commonallmänning as D.J.'s's.

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kan bli lika vanliga som dj-s.

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But mostlyför det mesta ...

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Men framför allt ...

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to MAKE the futureframtida

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för att SKAPA framtiden

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rathersnarare than wait for it.

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i stället för att vänta på den.

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Translated by Holger Marklund
Reviewed by Johan Cegrell

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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