Hands On With The Beat Kangz Beat Thang, Including The Freak, Verb & Blang Buttons

The Beat Kangz demo the latest prototype of the Beat Thang drum machine & music production workstation, including the Freak, Verb and Blang buttons.

The video includes a great discussion of how the Beat Kangz have adapted their initial prototypes based on the feedback they’ve received.

The Beat Thang is looking pretty interesting – give it a look and let me know what you think.

And do you think the Beat Thang is off the vaporware list?

Below, Rockwilder offers his thoughts on beatmaking with the Beat Thang app.

via cdmblogs

17 thoughts on “Hands On With The Beat Kangz Beat Thang, Including The Freak, Verb & Blang Buttons

  1. Yeah, over at Soundsandgear.com they had a WHOLE bunch of info on this product so if you want all that I'd suggest heading to that site and searching there.

    On a personal note, I'd LOVE to get something like this but I KNOW for a fact that it's going to prolly cost in the THOUSANDS of $$$ and I understand that it will be a VERY quality hardware product. Also it'll be around the same price as other hardware devices that can do what this can like the more extravagant MPC's I guess…

    My point is, unfortunately for most like myself spending over $1000 on a piece of hardware when I can spend that much on a whole software suite like Ableton WITH Max for Live. Then maybe pick up a few controllers for a few hundred bucks. I just don't see the value of that expensive a piece of hardware when there's SO much more you can get nowadays if you use mostly software that is.

    Maybe it's for professionals only or people who can throw $1000's of $$$ at hardware. Or people that NEED some piece of pimp hardware to go along with the software they're using begrudgingly… I don't really know, I just know for me expensive pieces of hardware/MPC type devices are out. Just about the only thing I could see spending $1000's of $$$ on would be some sort of modular synth or some synth that can make sounds NOTHING else can make.

    I'm not trying to bash the Beat Thang, I think it's a fuck'n great product or will be and I give it up to the Beat Kangz putting so much effort into something that was already pimp. To me though, unless it's BELOW the $1000 mark, which I'd find VERY hard to believe it's just too expensive when I can achieve pretty much the same thing with some software and a couple hundred dollar controller like the APC 40 and midi controller keyboard/synth.

    It's the whole reason I went this route instead of investing in MPC's that will become outdated and have the possibility of having to replace them through damage or whatever. If I had a few extra bux in my income or was a professional making money at music I'd TOTALLY get this product. As is though, I'll just admire it and stick with my APC 40 and midi controller/MicroKORG XL & LPD8 pad controller. All for far less than $1000…

    Just my thoughts but this thang is pimp'n no doubt! πŸ˜‰

  2. Yeah, over at Soundsandgear.com they had a WHOLE bunch of info on this product so if you want all that I'd suggest heading to that site and searching there.

    On a personal note, I'd LOVE to get something like this but I KNOW for a fact that it's going to prolly cost in the THOUSANDS of $$$ and I understand that it will be a VERY quality hardware product. Also it'll be around the same price as other hardware devices that can do what this can like the more extravagant MPC's I guess…

    My point is, unfortunately for most like myself spending over $1000 on a piece of hardware when I can spend that much on a whole software suite like Ableton WITH Max for Live. Then maybe pick up a few controllers for a few hundred bucks. I just don't see the value of that expensive a piece of hardware when there's SO much more you can get nowadays if you use mostly software that is.

    Maybe it's for professionals only or people who can throw $1000's of $$$ at hardware. Or people that NEED some piece of pimp hardware to go along with the software they're using begrudgingly… I don't really know, I just know for me expensive pieces of hardware/MPC type devices are out. Just about the only thing I could see spending $1000's of $$$ on would be some sort of modular synth or some synth that can make sounds NOTHING else can make.

    I'm not trying to bash the Beat Thang, I think it's a fuck'n great product or will be and I give it up to the Beat Kangz putting so much effort into something that was already pimp. To me though, unless it's BELOW the $1000 mark, which I'd find VERY hard to believe it's just too expensive when I can achieve pretty much the same thing with some software and a couple hundred dollar controller like the APC 40 and midi controller keyboard/synth.

    It's the whole reason I went this route instead of investing in MPC's that will become outdated and have the possibility of having to replace them through damage or whatever. If I had a few extra bux in my income or was a professional making money at music I'd TOTALLY get this product. As is though, I'll just admire it and stick with my APC 40 and midi controller/MicroKORG XL & LPD8 pad controller. All for far less than $1000…

    Just my thoughts but this thang is pimp'n no doubt! πŸ˜‰

  3. the thang looks aite … but thet dude nees to chiil out about namm,,, akai brought the mpc way back now they got the apc/ableton live etc.. which is like 10 years ahead of this with the same bling for a lot less money… way more controls .. where actuall ppl can afford… i agree this is good stuff for ppl like rockwilder… but this is not something exactly new..

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