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

Onikss Ašanti: Šis ir bītdžezs

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(Mūzika)
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TextTeksts: BeatJazzBeatJazz.
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[Bītdžezs]
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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:
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[Bītdžezs ir:]
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1. LiveDzīvot loopingcilpas,
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[1. Dzīvajā veidoti atkārtojumi]
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2. JazzDžezs improvisationimprovizācija
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[2. Džeza improvizācija]
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And
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[un]
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3. "GesturalGestural" soundskaņa designdizains.
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[3. "žestu" skaņas dizains.]
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AccelerometersAkselerometrus
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[Akselerometri]
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on eachkatrs handroka
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[katrā rokā]
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readlasīt handroka positionpozīcija.
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[nolasa roku pozīciju.]
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The colorkrāsa of the lightsgaismas
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[Gaismu krāsa]
[norāda, kādu skaņu es spēlēju.]
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indicatesnorāda whichkas soundskaņa I am playingspēlē.
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RedRed = DrumsBungas,
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[Sarkanā = bungas,]
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BlueZila = BassBass,
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[zilā = bass]
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GreenZaļa = ChordsAkordi,
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[zaļā = akordi,]
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OrangeOrange = LeadsPotenciālos klientus,
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[oranžā = melodija,]
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PurpleVioleta = PadsSpilventiņi
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[violetā = tomi.]
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The mouthpieceiemutnis
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[Iemutnis]
[sastāv no...]
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consistssastāv of ...
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a buttonpoga,
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[pogas,]
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two guitarģitāra pickscērtes
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[diviem ģitāras mediatoriem]
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and lots of hotkarsts gluelīme.
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[un daudz karstās līmes.]
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The heads-upHeads-up displaydisplejs
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[Par displeju kalpo]
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is a smartphoneviedtālrunis that displaysdispleji systemsistēma parametersparametri.
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sistēmas parametrus.]
[Kādēļ?]
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Why?
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[Lai atomizētu mūzikas kultūru,]
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To atomizeievadīt musicmūzika culturekultūra
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[lai VISUS pagātnes, tagadnes
un nākotnes žanrus]
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so that ALL pastpagātne, presentklāt and futurenākotne genresžanri
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can be studiedstudējis and abstractednovadītā, livedzīvot.
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[varētu studēt un abstrahēt, reāllaikā.]
[Un]
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And
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["bītdžezmeņi"]
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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"
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becomekļūt as commonkopīgs as D.J.'ss.
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[varētu kļūt par parastiem dīdžejiem.]
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But mostlygalvenokārt ...
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[Bet par visu vairāk...]
[lai VEIDOTU nākotni,]
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to MAKE the futurenākotne
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[nevis gaidītu to.]
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ratherdrīzāk than wait for it.
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(Aplausi)
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(ApplauseAplausi)
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Translated by Raimonds Jaks
Reviewed by Ilze Garda

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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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