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

Onyx Ashanti: Isto é beatjazz

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O músico e inventor Onyx Ashanti demonstra o "beatjazz". A sua música criada com dois controladores de mão, um iPhone e um bocal, e tocada com o corpo inteiro. Nas audições do TED's Full Spectrum, depois de prender as suas batidas e ciclos, ele toca uma música de 3 minutos que partilha a sua visão para o futuro da música.
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TextTexto: BeatJazzBeatJazz.
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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:
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BeatJazz é
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1. LiveAo vivo loopingloop,
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1. Looping (repetição) ao vivo
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2. JazzJazz improvisationimprovisação
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2. Improvisação de Jazz
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And
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3. "GesturalGestual" soundsom designdesenhar.
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3. Design sonoro "gestual"
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AccelerometersAcelerômetros
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Acelerómetros
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on eachcada handmão
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em cada mão
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readler handmão positionposição.
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lêem a posição das mãos
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The colorcor of the lightsluzes
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A cor das luzes
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indicatesindica whichqual soundsom I am playingjogando.
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indica que som eu estou a tocar
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RedVermelho = DrumsBateria,
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Vermelho = Tambores
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BlueAzul = BassBass,
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Azul = Baixo
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GreenVerde = ChordsAcordes,
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Verde = Cordas
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OrangeLaranja = LeadsLeva,
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Laranja = Leads
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PurpleRoxo = PadsAlmofadas
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Roxo = Pedais
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The mouthpiecebocal
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O Bocal
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consistsconsiste of ...
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consiste
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a buttonbotão,
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num botão,
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two guitarguitarra pickspicaretas
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duas palhetas de guitarra
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and lots of hotquente gluecola.
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e muita cola quente
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The heads-upHeads-up displayexibição
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O visor
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is a smartphoneSmartphone that displaysexibe systemsistema parametersparâmetros.
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é um smartphone que mostra os parâmetros do sistema
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Why?
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Porquê?
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To atomizeatomizar musicmúsica culturecultura
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Para atomizar a cultura a música
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so that ALL pastpassado, presentpresente and futurefuturo genresgêneros
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Para que TODOS os géneros, passados, presentes e futuros
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can be studiedestudou and abstractedabstraídos, liveviver.
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possam ser estudados e resumidos, em directo.
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And
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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"
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"BeatJazzers"
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becometornar-se as commoncomum as D.J.'s's.
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se tornem tão comuns como os D.J.s
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But mostlyna maioria das vezes ...
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mas sobretudo...
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to MAKE the futurefuturo
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para FAZER o futuro
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ratherem vez than wait for it.
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em vez de esperar por ele
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Translated by Miguel Cabral de Pinho
Reviewed by Guilherme Tomás

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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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