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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Onyx Ashanti: This is beatjazz

أونيكس أشانتي: هذا هو البيتجاز

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يعرض الموسيقي والمخترع أونيكس أشانتي "البيت جاز" -- موسيقاه المولدة بجهازي تحكم محمولين وأيفون وقطعة توضع في الفم وتلعب بالجسد كله. فيعزف في اختبارات أداء Full Spectrum ب TED، بعد تأمين نبضاته وحلقاته، أغنية من 3 دقائق تظهر رؤيته لمستقبل الموسيقى.
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Textنص: BeatJazzBeatJazz.
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كتابة: البيت جاز
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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:
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البيت جاز هو
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1. Liveحي loopingحلقات,
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1. تنفيذ حي للحلقات
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2. Jazzموسيقى الجاز improvisationارتجال
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2. ارتجال للجاز
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And
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و
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3. "Gesturalالإيمائي" soundصوت designالتصميم.
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3. تصميم صوتي "إيمائي"
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Accelerometersالتسارع
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مقياسات تسارع
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on eachكل handيد
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على كل يد
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readاقرأ handيد positionموضع.
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تقرأ وضعية اليد
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The colorاللون of the lightsأضواء
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ألوان الأضواء
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indicatesيشير whichالتي soundصوت I am playingتلعب.
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تشير إلى أي صوت ألعبه
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Redأحمر = Drumsطبول,
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الأحمر= الطبول
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Blueأزرق = Bassصوت عميق,
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الأزرق= الجهير
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Greenأخضر = Chordsالحبال,
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الأخضر= الأوتار
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Orangeالبرتقالي = Leadsيؤدي,
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البرتقالي= عروض
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Purpleأرجواني = Padsوسادات
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بنفسجي= وسادات
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The mouthpieceلسان حال
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الجزء الفمي
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consistsيتكون of ...
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يتكون من ..
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a buttonزر,
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زر
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two guitarغيتار picksمختارات
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لاقطتي غيتار
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and lots of hotالحار glueصمغ.
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والكثير من الغراء
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The heads-upانتباه displayعرض
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شاشات التتبع
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is a smartphoneالهاتف الذكي that displaysيعرض systemالنظام parametersالمعلمات.
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هي هاتف ذكي يعرض إعدادات النظام
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Why?
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لماذا؟
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To atomizeذرى musicموسيقى cultureحضاره
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لتفتيت الثقافة الموسيقية
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so that ALL pastالماضي, presentحاضر and futureمستقبل genresالأنواع
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بحيث أن كل الأنواع السابقة والحاضرة والمستقبلية
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can be studiedدرس and abstractedذاهل شارد الذهن, liveحي.
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يمكن دراستها واستخراجها، بشكل حي.
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And
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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"
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"لاعبو البيت جاز"
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becomeيصبح as commonمشترك as D.J.'sالصورة.
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سيصبحون بمثل شيوع مقدمي الأغاني المسجلة
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But mostlyخاصة ...
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لكن أساسا..
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to MAKE the futureمستقبل
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لصناعة المستقبل
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ratherبدلا than wait for it.
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بدل انتظاره.
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(Applauseتصفيق)
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Translated by Khalid Marbou
Reviewed by Anwar Dafa-Alla

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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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