Guest Anonymous Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Here's a new drum machine from Beat Kangz called the Beat Thang. These are the same guys that made the sounds for the Zoom SB-246 that I have mentioned. Can't wait to try it out since they are claiming it to be a "MPC Killa". http://www.beatkangz.com/main/product http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrpFfvSUzuE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMVd2...eature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LameAim Posted January 10, 2009 Members Share Posted January 10, 2009 The image on the site makes it look like a DR-880 with sampling added. Maybe they are going after the MPC 500 market. I'm a little interested, but even with the assistance of being a hiphop fan for over half of my life, I'm not sure if I can buy something from a company called "Beat Kangs." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members plaid_emu Posted January 10, 2009 Members Share Posted January 10, 2009 Looks like it's gonna transform n2 a Decepticon and bust sum mad-killa-mech-beatz, yo. Taiiiiyyeeeett! Needs some 'spinners' on the data wheelz tho. Perfect 2 go wif yo Mopho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yoozer Posted January 10, 2009 Members Share Posted January 10, 2009 This isn't actually a bad idea. It's obvious where they got the pad shapes from (here's hoping they're squishy and high enough - didn't like the small shallow ones on the PadKontrol that much even though the lights were neat), and putting in 2 SD card slots (hell, one of 'm would've been enough already but this would allow you to share faster when there's no laptop present) isn't that half-assed. They're new players on the market, they need to take the small steps first. This might give the MPC500 a serious run for the money, actually, especially since the included Akai demo sounds are pretty meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members moog man Posted January 10, 2009 Members Share Posted January 10, 2009 looks pretty cool. the more beat machines tha betta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayvon Posted January 11, 2009 Members Share Posted January 11, 2009 I might not want to make the same beatz as the designers but if this has an easy, intuitive sequencer interface then I'm very pleased to see it. Personally, i'm interested in whether or not it has a good implementation of note shifts for patterns, ie can you push/pull individual hits backwards and forwards whilst your loops are still playing. GURU has the best design in this area that i've seen and i'd love a hardware equivalent. When it comes out and how much it costs is another thing though... I'd be willing to stump up a sizeable sum if it implemented things well but at the same time we've still got the Linn Drum II to look forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xoeo Posted January 11, 2009 Members Share Posted January 11, 2009 Is this a joke??Someone actually named their company beat kangz??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BEATKANGZ Posted January 11, 2009 Members Share Posted January 11, 2009 You will soon see this is no Joke..... Yes we are the Beat Kangz and no this is no DR 880. It will have 4 times the memory of an MPC 5000, more preset sounds than a roland Fantom. More drum kits or preset beats than any drum machine in history. Yeah only midi in and out but umm..... USB IN AND OUT used in some interesting ways. Yes only 16 tracks but each kit has 8 banks and you dont have to separate your drums on separate tracks anymore since you will be able to mute and solo pads..... so really each pad in a bank is a track so whats 13pads x 8banks per kit x 16 tracks? 1664 i think 2 headphone jacks... built in Battery for mobile use... No need for allot of outputs. USB 2.0 is pretty powerful these days and can carry allot of audio.... No more loading your samples into Ram. Everything on the SD's is availible in realtime..... So are all your kits and patterns. Upto 16gigs in each slot and as soon as the new 32gig cards and drivers come out we'll ad support for that too. So that would be 64gigs on SD cards Tempo sync Delay, Mastering, Reverb, Filters and tons of other weird FX Also we plan to open our FX section to 3rd party developers so sky is the limit. Can you say VST Perfect integration with mac or PC. Custom Paint. Any Color LED's, Custom Grillz Did i mention that each pad can have 16 layers with independent pitch, cut off res, pan, velocity, vol and a single pad can be spread across a whole keyboard with Loop points so you can sample synths strings or anything and turn it into multi layered patches. Tons more feautures that will make you piss your pants but i'll tell ya later. Has Akai been very responsive to your requests for features and updates? We plan to be open to your ideas...... We are not a huge corporate venture we just have a really good team. Not trying to be cocky but you dont even know the hell we went through to make this happen. Try to make a beat machine from scratch.... It aint easy and the industry is filled with crooks and thieves who thrive off the ideas of young inventors. I digress Our Machine will be Working at Namm so come check it out close to the roland booth. And if you got a problem with tha KANGZ "xoeo" come down to tha south and let us put you up on Thangz www.beatkangz.com A.J.A prez of tha KANGZ makers of them Thangz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Obsidious Posted January 11, 2009 Members Share Posted January 11, 2009 Wow, certainly a sexy bit o' kit. I was thinking the same thing as Plaid, looks like a decepticon drumbox o' doom. What is it going to retail for approximately/when's it dropping? You definitely got my curiosity piqued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members asynchro_nous Posted January 11, 2009 Members Share Posted January 11, 2009 Good luck with this -- i second kayvon's requests for deep realtime access to hit shifting, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members midi Posted January 11, 2009 Members Share Posted January 11, 2009 How much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members asynchro_nous Posted January 11, 2009 Members Share Posted January 11, 2009 It's going to have to undercut to compete, so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Be a hater Here's how I see it. You have a cool product with some cool ideas. I bought a SB-246 right after it was announced in the fall of 2005 I think. It has great sounds in it and I have told plenty of people about in person and on web sites. I personally know Mannie Fresh and LRoc use one among other people in the Atlanta area. Your new machine looks more like a E-MU MP-7/ASR-X/SP-606 and looks nothing like a MPC. SO TO CALL IT A MPC KILLA ONLY MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE A CHEAP COMPANY THAT HASN'T A CLUE. Promote your machine as a new product and quit being a hater towards other products. Check the forums to see I'm right. And yeah I will probably end up with one of these just chill on the MPC Killa crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yoozer Posted January 11, 2009 Members Share Posted January 11, 2009 SO TO CALL IT A MPC KILLA ONLY MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE A CHEAP COMPANY THAT HASN'T A CLUE. Any new release of a portable mp3 player will have comments on it on how it's going to be the iPod killer . Promote your machine as a new product and quit being a hater towards other products. True. A simple specification comparison chart (add the Akai MPC2500 and the SP606 or something) plus artist endorsements would go a longer way than trying to "kill" a product that has been around in pretty much the same look since 1986 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Wouldn't that be "iPod killa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BEATKANGZ Posted January 12, 2009 Members Share Posted January 12, 2009 Beat Thang Specs: You wanted more info here ya go 2 SD Card Slots that will hold 32Gig each with no load times USB Connects to any Hard drive, USB keys can also be read and write to 256 MB Ram Stock! 512 Flash for user content on board. Higher if its a custom order Stereo Mic Line input with Phantom Power Midi In and Out USB in and out Stereo output (Export your tracks to .Wav ) outs can be resampled Foot Switch Long Life Rechargeable Battery 16bit 44.1 Sampling, and Resampling of outputs 70mins onboard Tons if you have SD cards Sequencer: More notes than we can count at 96PPQ 1000 sequences500 songs Individual Bar Length which can be changed in real time even while recording. Quantize and Swing can be changed in real-time to. All your Songs, Sequences, Beats, Kits, Patches, Samples and settings that are on your SD cards are always there and show up just like the presets. 13 Pads with Velocity8 Pad banks per track 16 Tracks Pad and Track mute and Solo Mixer with level control FX send, Pan, Pitch Automation, Filter and EQ Automation per Track including (Low Pass, Band Pass, Hi pass, Low Shelf, High Shelf and Notch, Automated Q control to) Dynamic Kit and Patch creator which is easy and to use. Samples can all have categories (Kicks, Snares Hats etc) App for converting your own samples into the categories and the ability to create your own. 16 Layers per PAD with velocity, pan, pitch ,cut off, res and volume control Can create multilayerd patches that span a keyboard from one pad or multiple. Each bank can have a different patch (keys and bass or drums and synth ) FX: REVERB, Tempo Sync Delay, Phaser, Flanger, Chorus, Distortion, Rec noise and lo fi, Reverse record, Chopped and Screw'd tube emulation and more. Will be open to 3rd parties Mastering with 4 band eq and brick wall limiting with gain control Preset Sounds..... Grimy dirty stuff and hi res nice clean samples. We recorded strings in bad ass studios and there are tons of new string chops, Horns and Brass, a ton of Flutes, Hundreds of new Electric and acoustic guitar patches and chops from WestBound and Motown guitarist LEROY EMMANUEL lmtconnection dot com Hundreds of New hits and stabs, Crazy sweeps and twisted FX. More Kicks snares and hats than you can count in all genres and different qualities, Vox REAL BEAT BOX by Chesney Snow Bass by NADIR distortedsoul Every Sound a Tabla can make with accurate traditional namesExtensive Latin and African PercussionKeys ,synths, Old detuned pianos and electric pianos,Vibes, and organs, 2 Screw holes so it Swangz from a chain Custom Paint jobs and can custom LED colors Every Key Lights so you can work in the DARK. Tons more but im tired of typing. Ok ok one more lil thing there will be a crazy computer APP too.... Details on that later (Yes it will have a kit builder with drag and drop) Sound to good to be True well come see us at Namm. For those who cant make it we'll film it. We value your feedback and the MP killa talk is Squashed.... For NOW We just wanted to get your attention.... And it worked We plan to hire our users to help run the company as we grow and will promote people by talent and drive. We will host Battles and offer cash prizes that will be huge..... We will sign talent and help you get your companies and dreams going if we can help. Whether you want or need a new machine we are all in this together so Help us make this Thang Bang and keep Beat Machine music alive....... Like we said we are doing this for you. The price will be reasonable considering we threw everything in and the kitchen sink. Less than a mp2500 I know Corporate Bloggers when i meet them. Beware what you read on any blogs the Enemy lurks everywhere. These companies have bloggers on staff who will say anything to keep the stat quo and freeze out competition. Thank you for the thousands of emails in a few days with support and positive feedback.... We are gonna make you a great product and always support you in more ways than just with the tech side. We listen to and make more than hip hop our machine can be used for classical if you like because the strings are gonna be great. But Hip Hop is our first Love and deserves some attention and dedication from the MI world considering its the number one music in the world, the voice of a generation and merly an after thought the the Big MI Corporations. Hip Hop came from the gutter and the ghetto and made something out of nothing and met harsh critisisim from the stat quo musician "not real music" and "just a fad" dont sleep on that 14 and 15 year old armed with a ghetto machine with more new sounds and power than yours..... I know 15 year olds that will merk most established producers in the game.The next Generation is Coming and we gett'n some Thangz ready for them.... The proof will be in the pudding and we plan to be Bill Cosby up in this mug! Rage against the Machine.... Stay yourself in the face of a hurricane of hate and you will make it. Peace in Gaza KANGZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted January 12, 2009 Members Share Posted January 12, 2009 Sorry, I couldn't hear your specs over all that worn-out posturing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jiggalo25 Posted January 12, 2009 Members Share Posted January 12, 2009 I have the streetboxx the beatkangz made and made some crack on it. That new beat thang looks dope.... I want it!!!! How much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 We value your feedback and the MP killa talk is Squashed.... For NOW EP. This means they are listening to what I've posted and shows good faith... For NOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Delicious Lamprey Problem Posted January 12, 2009 Members Share Posted January 12, 2009 I hate this product already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted January 12, 2009 Members Share Posted January 12, 2009 Oh, I see... for NOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted January 12, 2009 Members Share Posted January 12, 2009 I hate this product already. I'm going to NOT buy one simply because the poster sounds like such a cocky ass. Nice marketing technique there, buddy. If this is how you're gonna promote it, then the only people who will want it are the wannabe kids that can't afford it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sinner6 Posted January 12, 2009 Members Share Posted January 12, 2009 Yep, I suffered through the 'commercial' on the site and choose to B: be a hater. Instant turnoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BEATKANGZ Posted January 12, 2009 Members Share Posted January 12, 2009 Not cocky just confident.... Sounds like bloggers for our competition are in this forum...... If you aint gonna buy it why you been on this forum topic all day and night...... The same 3 talking smack on future producers too? Hmmm smells fishy. Go play with your XR20 lil fishy's and let the big boys play ball. Tell Jack i said hi.... We'll see ya at namm. Hope you ready for war. We are damn crazy and very amped. Look for the army in black! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Delicious Lamprey Problem Posted January 12, 2009 Members Share Posted January 12, 2009 Oh, this guy is a piece of work. Bad attitude and paranoia. I bet Akai are terrified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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