If you’ve been following my uploads and twitter updates from NAMM last week, you know that last Friday I had a chance to actually sit down with the Beat Kangz and mess around with the beat thang hardware.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to get any video.
We were scheduled to hook back up the next day to get some video but it didn’t work out, both myself and the beat kangz had a full schedule at NAMM.
All I did was take this one photo in passing as we were chatting lol.
It’s real, they’ve updated the build quality to all metal, making the machine pretty sturdy.
Fear not, I will have plenty of videos for you when I get the thang in my hands….
Luckily for us Peter Kirn from createdigitalmusic.com did get some video of it, so check it out, and lemme know what you think.
January 24th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
yo man, you ever use Intakt from Native Instruments?
Don’t you think a realtime pitch shifting and time-stretch function for the keygroups in the beat thang would be dope??????
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saintjoe Reply:
January 24th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
would be sick. I know they are supposed to be adding time-stretch to it, just not sure how it will work. If it’s realtime that will be SICK
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January 24th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Yo they gonna make me sell my mv lol ….. for real!
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saintjoe Reply:
January 24th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
hahahahaha lol, I hear ya man!
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January 24th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
This machine is really nice Rev and Aja! (awesome video!) I see the difference from just a year ago. Love the new display, and love the overall look. Looks solid and rugged and the lights on the side…didn’t notice that before. Suwweeet!
Nice find Saintjoe… I’ll have to share this video with my blog readers! Beautiful unit! I love the way the Beat Kangz are utilizing the constructive feedback.
The music production industry had better brace itself because ‘The Beat Thang’ is on the way!!!! And for those that aren’t ready… oh well the ship still sails…
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saintjoe Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Trust me…I played with that joint, it’s SOLID. It’s not too heavy, but you definitely don’t feel like you’re holding a toy…great move to listen to potential customers and make it more sturdy.
It’s the perfect size to be portable as well…I wanted to take it home with me right then…I knew I had a plane flight, I wanted to test it on there lol.
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January 24th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Man, I was just about to sell my 4000 to get maschine…..Ima hold on to get this one man. Seems to be a real hardware unit, something that the maschine lacks……and it has the midi, instrument/xlr input!!!!! I was holding out on beat thang until they made so it would work as a vst……I hope they hurry up with this. Im fiending!!!!!! Im more excited about this than when I saw the 4000 when it first came out.
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saintjoe Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
I hear ya man! Hahaha, it’s that hardware man, and portable!
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January 25th, 2010 at 1:36 am
long as they follow my little updates AS THEY HAVE BEEN (!)… this thing is gonna be its own little beast. im gonna be murkin yall with this shit lol
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January 25th, 2010 at 10:45 am
I think this is going to be a good machine and AKAI better look out. This is because they are doing what consumers want and I believe they will succeed if the price is low enough and they make all the changes they are saying.
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January 26th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
Yeah man, very exciting for sure.
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January 25th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Only thing left to make is an iPod/iPhone app. The commercial tag line: Beat Thang, there’s an app for that. LOL…
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saintjoe Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
they already have an iphone app, it’s called playa thang, but it only plays back your tracks and you can mix them up and such. It’s isn’t a full beat making app like the beat thang.
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January 26th, 2010 at 1:26 am
yo joe hey man im wating for the thang to be a vst so i can have this as my master sync to reaper hope they get going soon
peace synth
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saintjoe Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
I hear ya man, a lot of peeps want that vst joint!
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January 26th, 2010 at 5:35 am
What type of outlets will come with it? xlr or in/out sockets? You think it will replace that 4000?
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saintjoe Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
they are balanced 1/4″ outputs, the input is a combo xlr/stereo 1/4″ input
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January 29th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
Now we’re talking. Real show and prove on what this machine can do. Which is why more level headed people took a wait and see attitude toward this product and it’s creators. At least the discussion over @CDM was one the first real back and forths I’ve seen people engage in about Beat Thang. Still a little polarized, but good to see people talking about the actual product. Early reports on stability and quality
are all I’ll need before getting one. I still think it looks like if Alienware made ASR-X’s. Maybe I can pay the custom shop to NOT put lights on the front (lol)
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saintjoe Reply:
January 29th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
hahahahaha! yeah man…I can’t wait to mess with it some more…I only spent a lil time with it.
I like that alienware and asrx lol.
you can turn the lights off on it
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February 1st, 2010 at 12:11 am
is the hardware any better than the software program in any way
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February 1st, 2010 at 12:13 am
the hardware is fully portable and runs on a battery, plus it gives you a hands on feel.
Comes with the same sounds, everything done on software works on hardware and everything done on hardware works in the software
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February 9th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Cant wait for it to drop got my paper already stacked I know you ready to cop one to
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saintjoe Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 11:23 pm
I feel you fam! I can’t wait for that joint to drop man, I gotta see whas good!
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February 21st, 2010 at 8:07 am
cant wait for this to drop this is one of their best interviews
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saintjoe Reply:
February 21st, 2010 at 11:12 pm
I feel ya fam.
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