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.

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Full Spectrum Auditions

Onyx Ashanti: This is beatjazz

歐尼克思.阿尙提:這就是動感爵士

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音樂家和發明家歐尼克思•阿尙提,展示了「動感爵士」-用兩個掌上控制器,一個iPhone和一個吹口創造出的音樂,演出時需要配合整個身體。在TED Full Spectrum Auditions上,他組裝好節拍和循環樂段,演奏了3分鐘,詮釋了他認為的未來音樂。
- Beatjazz inventor and controllerist
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Text文本: BeatJazzBeatJazz.
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動感爵士
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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:
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動感爵士就是
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1. Live生活 looping循環,
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1.現場循環樂段
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2. Jazz爵士樂 improvisation即興
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2. 即興爵士
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And
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以及
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3. "Gestural手勢" sound聲音 design設計.
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3. 手勢控制聲音的設計
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Accelerometers加速度計
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雙手各佩帶一個
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on each hand
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加速感應器
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read hand position位置.
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來感應手上的動作
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The color顏色 of the lights燈火
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不同的燈光顏色
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indicates指示 which哪一個 sound聲音 I am playing播放.
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代表我在演奏不同的音源
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Red = Drums,
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紅色=鼓
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Blue藍色 = Bass低音,
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藍色=貝斯
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Green綠色 = Chords和弦,
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綠色=和弦
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Orange橙子 = Leads信息,
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橙色=主奏
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Purple紫色 = Pads
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紫色=合成音色
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The mouthpiece喉舌
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吹口
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consists of ...
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是由一個按鈕
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a button按鍵,
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兩個吉他撥片
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two guitar吉他 picks精選
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和許多高溫固化膠
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and lots of hot glue.
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組合而成
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The heads-up抬頭 display顯示
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is a smartphone手機 that displays顯示器 system系統 parameters參數.
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是一個顯示系統參數的智慧型手機
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Why?
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為甚麼?
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To atomize噴霧 music音樂 culture文化
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這為了將音樂文化變得簡而易懂
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so that ALL past過去, present當下 and future未來 genres流派
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如此便能在現場學習和萃取
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can be studied研究 and abstracted抽象, live生活.
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所有過去,現在和未來的音樂風格
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And
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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"
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讓動感爵士樂家們
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become成為 as common共同 as D.J.'s.
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可以變得像音樂主持人一樣常見
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But mostly大多 ...
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最主要的⋯⋯
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to MAKE the future未來
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與其等待未來
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rather than wait for it.
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不如創造未來
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(Applause掌聲)
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Translated by Diwen Mueller
Reviewed by Ching-Yuan Chen

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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