Comments on: The Beat Kangz Beat Thang

By: jjj

jjj — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:19:41 +0000

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

By: Beat Thang

Beat Thang — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:16:57 +0000

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…

By: aL:

aL: — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:20:36 +0000

Web site seems to be down again.

By: Beat Thang

Beat Thang — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:56:05 +0000

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!

By: Beat Thang

Beat Thang — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:58:23 +0000

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.

By: joty

joty — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:34:19 +0000

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

By: LearnHow2PlayIt.com

LearnHow2PlayIt.com — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:01:09 +0000

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.

By: learnhow2playit

learnhow2playit — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:59:22 +0000

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…

By: Ameen

Ameen — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:39:25 +0000

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.

By: Sambo

Sambo — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:15:27 +0000

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!

By: St B from Dead Panda

St B from Dead Panda — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:51:00 +0000

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.

By: josh

josh — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:39:44 +0000

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

By: AlwaysGrindin

AlwaysGrindin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:47:48 +0000

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.

By: TekLords

TekLords — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:28:57 +0000

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!!!

By: dIASPORAH

dIASPORAH — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:51:51 +0000

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

By: elaine jameson

elaine jameson — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:17:25 +0000

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.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:26:11 +0000

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.

By: Jyoti Mishra

Jyoti Mishra — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:59:57 +0000

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…

By: synthhead

synthhead — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:33:34 +0000

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.

By: bombshelter28

bombshelter28 — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:42:11 +0000

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.