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

Oniks Ašanti (Onyx Ashanti): Ovo je bitdžez

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Muzičar i pronalazač Oniks Ašanti demonstrira "bitdžez" - svoju muziku koju stvara koristeći dva ručna upravljača, Aj-fon (iPhone) i pištaljku i izvodi je celim telom. Na "TED's Full Spectrum Auditions", nakon što je podesio svoje bitove i lupove, svira trominutnu pesmu koja prikazuje njegovu viziju budućnosti muzike.
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TextTekst: BeatJazzBeatJazz.
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Tekst: BitDžez.
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BeatJazzBeatJazz is:
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BitDžez je:
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1. LiveŽive loopingpetlju,
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1. "Luping" uživo,
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2. JazzJazz improvisationимпровизација
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2. Džez improvizacija
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And
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i
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3. "GesturalGestural" soundзвук designдизајн.
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3. "Gestovni" muzički dizajn.
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AccelerometersMerače akceleratora
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Akcelerometri
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on eachсваки handруку
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na obe ruke
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readчитати handруку positionпозиција.
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očitavaju poziciju ruku.
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The colorбоја of the lightsсветла
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indicatesозначава whichкоја soundзвук I am playingиграње.
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pokazuje koji zvuk sviram.
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RedCrveni = DrumsBubnjevi,
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Crvena = bubnjevi,
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BluePlavi = BassBas,
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plava = bas,
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GreenZeleni = ChordsAkordi,
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zelena = akordi,
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OrangeOrange = LeadsPotencijalni klijenti,
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narandžasta - vodeći,
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PurpleLjubičasta = PadsJastučića
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ljubičasta = podloge
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The mouthpieceустник
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Pištaljka u ustima
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consistsсе састоји of ...
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sastoji se od ...
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a buttonдугме,
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dugmeta,
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two guitargitara picksizdvajanja
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dve trzalice za gitaru
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and lots of hotвруће gluelepak.
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i mnogo vrućeg lepka.
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The heads-upUpozorenje displayприказ
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Displej za praćenje
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is a smartphonepametni telefon that displaysдисплеји systemсистем parametersпараметри.
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je smartfon koji pokazuje parametre sistema.
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Why?
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Zašto?
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To atomizeatomize musicмузика cultureкултура
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Da bi se atomizovala muzička kultura
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so that ALL pastпрошлост, presentпоклон and futureбудућност genresžanrovi
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kako bi se SVI prošli, sadašnji i budući
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can be studiedстудирала and abstractedapstrahuje, liveживи.
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žanrovi proučili i sumirali, uživo.
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And
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"BeatJazzersBeatJazzers"
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"BitDžezeri"
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becomeпостати as commonзаједнички as D.J.'s.
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postali uobičajeni poput di-džejeva.
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But mostlyуглавном ...
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Ali ponajviše ...
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to MAKE the futureбудућност
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da bi se STVARALA budućnost
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ratherприлично than wait for it.
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radije nego čekala.
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Translated by Bosko Erakovic
Reviewed by Filip Miletić

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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