1104026 Responseshttp://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/01/26/the-beat-kangz-beat-thang/The+Beat+Kangz+Beat+Thang2009-01-26+20%3A50%3A57synthhead to “The Beat Kangz Beat Thang”  

1. 1 Dajebus on Jan 26th, 2009 said:

   FRESH!
   The MPC is a pos next to this thing. I want one.

   What?

2. 2 grfx303 on Jan 26th, 2009 said:

   Really hope this is real and not bogus- ships on time, no vaporware, no hype, solid production and delivers as stated. From all the hokey promos and noise surrounding the release, if this turns out to be the real deal, it will be sick. Let’s hope it produces as advertised.

3. 3 Mark Mosher on Jan 26th, 2009 said:

   I’m surprised that a small company could produce a hardware solution with these specs. Pretty amazing. More like something you’d see from Roland.

   Mark Mosher
   http://www.markmoshermusic.com

4. 4 RogueProcess on Jan 26th, 2009 said:

   Whoa. I really want one of those things!

5. 5 Tubbyd on Jan 26th, 2009 said:

   the man reminds me of lil jon… i dont know why… but the product looks awesome!

6. 6 wi_ngo on Jan 26th, 2009 said:

   OK, nice to finally see the real specs, and not just the clumsy hype-machine. I don’t think I totally fit into the hip-hop producer demographic they’re going for, but it does seem they have put some real thought into the design. If it delivers what they are advertising, they will sell a lot of those.

7. 7 bombshelter28 on Jan 26th, 2009 said:

   Okay seriously the other videos make this box look like a joke, but this video actually shows some tight specs. I like the two headphone jacks, not really necessary with a splitter, but hey, it’s coo. What really has my attention tho is the battery, what a sick add. Surprised nobody else thought about it first. I’ll be packin’ this box around everywhere.

8. 8 synthhead on Jan 27th, 2009 said:

   This video makes the Beat Thang look pretty interesting, and shows that the Beat Kangz are really excited about what they are doing, which is cool, too.

9. 9 Jyoti Mishra on Jan 27th, 2009 said:

   Definitely looks interesting, I wonder how it stacks up in usability next to my MPC 500? Having the chromatic layout is a huge plus.

   Hmmm…

10. 10 Max on Jan 27th, 2009 said:

    Nice thinking on the design. It borrows some ideas from the Electribe models, and that is why it will be a big succes IF they deliver. MPC looks great, but is certenly is not user friendly. The extra sliders and buttons on the MPC5000 should have been there 10 years ago. Why would you want to scroll menus and push multiple Shift commands before you can adjust a parameter.

11. 11 elaine jameson on Jan 27th, 2009 said:

    These guys are off to a killer start. I’d like to see a demo of something besides hip hop, though.

    Also – I’ve never heard of them before, so I’m wondering if they’ll be able to really deliver this and do it at a reasonable price.

12. 12 dIASPORAH on Feb 1st, 2009 said:

    They did do the sound design for ZOOM’s Streetboxx So Im sure they are fully capable of being innovative…But Im sure it will be about 700usd

13. 13 TekLords on Feb 7th, 2009 said:

    They need to handle their biss. I haven’t seen any promo or projected market due date.Too busy clowning around and if they keep it up somebody going to come along and rip their product with a cheaper better know name. Freaking clowms!!!

14. 14 AlwaysGrindin on Mar 4th, 2009 said:

    Not only does this kill the MPC 500, it kills all MPC’s. The Kangz are droppin bombz on the industry with this machine. There has never been anything like this.

15. 15 josh on Mar 10th, 2009 said:

    grillz? it does have a “universal service bus” though…and that’s pretty neat.

16. 16 St B from Dead Panda on Mar 25th, 2009 said:

    I am looking forward to demo-ing this, I found out there will be a demo
    this summer at GC in Hwood. I do not think it will kill the MPC though,
    the MPC is the Fender Strat of beatmaking.

17. 17 Sambo on Apr 5th, 2009 said:

    I was so excited when the Mpc 500 came out cause of the battery operation but i got one and took it back the next day cause it just sucked so bad…. If this is the real deal i think im in love! I’m an old ASR head….. This beat thang looks like my fantasy machine….

    its about damn time some one came out with this…. this is on some other shhhhh for real!

18. 18 Ameen on Apr 7th, 2009 said:

    Sick! I was actually at NAMM this Jan, and got to play with the machine a bit. I had seen a promo before and thought “I don’t know this is kinda weird marketing” but when I heard it in person OH MY GOD! Dude, these sounds are incredible. and there are thousands of them preloaded. Nice user interface too. No shift keys and menus. I actually am a techno-head, so I wasn’t sure if the Hip-Hop thing would work, but now I’m sold. The portable thing kills it too. I just regret that I just got the MPC2500. That’s probably going to be on ebay when this machine ships.

19. 19 learnhow2playit on Apr 20th, 2009 said:

    Yeah man, this joint looks crazy. I’m trying to get a demo unit so I can do a review on my site. Either way, you better believe I’ll have one. I’m an mpc head, 4k to be exact…

    but you can’t front on the specs of this thing. Some may not like the marketing, I think they are shooting for a specific audience, but the tech specs make this machine pretty dope, especially for portability.

    The way it works, you can tell it’s made by producers for producers, not by some tech heads who don’t produce a day in their lives lol. Can’t wait for it…they also have a virtual machine coming out, I believe next month.

20. 20 LearnHow2PlayIt.com on Apr 20th, 2009 said:

    Yeah man, this joint looks crazy. I’m trying to get a demo unit so I can do a review on my site. Either way, you better believe I’ll have one. I’m an mpc head, 4k to be exact…

    but you can’t front on the specs of this thing. Some may not like the marketing, I think they are shooting for a specific audience, but the tech specs make this machine pretty dope, especially for portability.

    The way it works, you can tell it’s made by producers for producers, not by some tech heads who don’t produce a day in their lives lol. Can’t wait for it…they also have a virtual machine coming out, I believe next month.

21. 21 joty on May 28th, 2009 said:

    as of may 28,2009, their website seems to be down.

22. 22 Beat Thang on Aug 5th, 2009 said:

    Their website is up, the virtual beat thang is already out and the hardware is shipping in October. I already have the software, it's a pretty decent app, obviously I'm a fan lol.

    I haven't been this excited about a piece of gear in a while. I'm already building a fan site for it lol.

    I'm really hoping the company does well.

23. 23 Beat Thang on Aug 6th, 2009 said:

    Also, the sounds are not strictly hip hop, which I thought it would be. There are some flexible sounds inside this thing for everything from smooth jazz, to some electronic and even some alternative stuff. You can get down with the included soundset, but the samples are there like other workstations so you can edit, also bring in your own samples and make keygroups, etc.

    I just want to get my hands on the hardware lol, the software is dope but it's teasin me!

24. 24 aL: on Aug 6th, 2009 said:

    Web site seems to be down again.

25. 25 Beat Thang on Aug 6th, 2009 said:

    Looks like they may need to check into a new web hosting company, I was just on the site earlier this morning but at the moment it is indeed down. Weird…

26. 26 jjj on Sep 23rd, 2009 said:

    LOL @ the idea that this box "kills" MPCs. hahahahahaha

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