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Kenny and Noel of producer duo NuVintage show some of the real-time capabilities of Native Instruments’ new groove production studio Maschine at NAMM 2009.

An introduction to the Beat Kangz Beat Thang:

Yeah it’s real…. It’s gonna make Real hits too….. Here it is for tha world to see…… The 100% original Beat Thang.

Note: It appears that this video has been yanked for its craptacularness. See comments below.

Note 2: It looks like they reposted it! I updated the embed above.

2009 NAMM Show: Beat Kangz is introducing a new sampling workstation that looks like it could be the sexiest beat box ever – The Beat Thang. 

The Bourne-o-vision video above is pretty bad, but even with the bad video, the interface looks like it will be pretty spectacular. If Beat Kangz can deliver, this could heat up things up in the world of drum machines/MPCs.

Check it out and let me know what you think!

Features:

• Sampling with onboard waveform editing
• Over 3000 new sounds designed by The Beat Kangz
• 16 Track MIDI sequencer 
• 500 production ready Platinum beats and loops created by The Beat Kangz
• Sleek design and styling with customizable “Paintz” and “Grillz”
• Convenient, light-weight portable design with internal rechargable battery
• USB In & Out 
• Pitch and Mod Wheels
• On Board FX including Reverb, Delay, Automated Filters and tons of Crazy “Freak FX” including “Chopped and Screwed”!!!!
• On Board “Mo Bang” Mastering with EQ and Limiting
• 256 MB Ram standard
• 2 High Speed SD Card Slots
• Export Beats to a Mac or PC 
• Easy to USE
• And – “More top Secret Features and Surprises that we dont want our sleezy, thieving corporate competitors to know…. but we’ll tell ya soon!” Read more…

FXpansion has announced the release of version 1.5 of GURU, its creative beat box workstation.

Version 1.5 has over 50 new features and an additional 3GB of exclusive, original audio content covering styles such as hip hop, grime, tech house, and electronica. Major new features include audio rendering and export, creative randomization, sample reverse, full support for note-offs and duration, triplet support, and a new high-accuracy beat slicer with sensitivity and resolution controls.

v1.5 is a free update for existing owners of GURU.

New features include:

• Audio rendering and export of pads, tracks, engines and full loops, with drag and drop to host
• Full support for note-offs and note duration
• Randomizer slider, allowing controlled & creative randomization of almost every aspect of GURU
• Sample reverse in the pad editor, also automatable via the graphs
• Completely overhauled slicing algorithm with sensitivity control and much improved slice results, and support for loops with up to 128 slices
• Per-pattern resolution/multiplier controls, so you can now set each pattern to play triplets, 8th and 32nd-notes, etc.

GURU is available now direct from FXpansion’s online store for $249 / €199 / £129, excluding local taxes where applicable. The GURU 1.5 upgrade is available free of charge to all GURU owners.