NEW Mpc CLone? THE BEAT THANG

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Post by Deimateos » Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:17 pm

Tone Deft wrote:video of them at winter NAMM '09.

http://www.gearwire.com/beatkangs-thebe ... amm09.html


IIRC no sample slicer, no velocity sensitive pads.
I don't know why they wouldn't have the pads be velocity sensitive... I thought the Streetboxx did... :?

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Post by Play » Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:23 pm

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Post by starving student » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:03 pm

so many people are eating crow right about now :lol:

gonna have to pick one of these up, there has never been a beatmachine with features like this, mod and pitchwheels alone will make it a classic. it wil be intresting to see what the real price ends up being.
I love how they put alot of we can't put that in there 'features now you know when you look at other manufacturers look at you and tell you 'they can't' that they are full of bs. and for this thing to come out at a time when software is king is just a nice ending to the story.

fucking south :) , while the rest of the bunch are quibbling over this and that, the southern folk put a robe and some slippers on and get the job done

some things I don't like though, blinking lights, that crap is distracting, organic beatmakers don't like to be distracted by a bunch of f'king blinking lights while they make music.

old asrx style pads, i hated those on the asrx and I still don't like the idea, it would of been better if they just made them square and even black and white if you want to give the piano look and position. good i dea on paper but meh me not think so . the great thing about a bunch of square pads just lined up next to each other again is the fact that it doesn't provoke anything into the creative process, religious beatmakers get into a zen like process and want the music or the ideas in ones own head to be whats imposing itself on the creative process not some damn funny shaped keys blinking and making you think of pianos.

I would have like to see more outputs

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Post by starving student » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:05 pm

Tone Deft wrote:video of them at winter NAMM '09.

http://www.gearwire.com/beatkangs-thebe ... amm09.html


IIRC no sample slicer, no velocity sensitive pads.
tone how do you know there is no sample slicer?

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Post by starving student » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:11 pm

thing I really like about is how thin it is, I've always wished these developers would make kit that is think, easy to stuff in a bag with other stuff, first thing I would do is see if I can replace the whole front panel with wood.

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Post by Tone Deft » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:30 pm

starving student wrote:
Tone Deft wrote:video of them at winter NAMM '09.

http://www.gearwire.com/beatkangs-thebe ... amm09.html


IIRC no sample slicer, no velocity sensitive pads.
tone how do you know there is no sample slicer?
I don't. I think they'd advertise it as such, maybe that software is still in development or they're still raising cash to buy someone else's slicing technology.

get one, let us know how it goes.
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Post by starving student » Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:55 am

only in the south would they put grills on a drumsampler
I love the diversity of this country, I have friends that can't get enough of the music from over there and other friends that will leave your house if you start to play that music.


if they don't get the sampling features right on this I'll be pissed, I could give a fuck about some 24bit output

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Post by CHARLIE! » Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:12 am

I think everyone is being a bit too cynical. I think it looks like a solid machine.

Not something I would need because of how I make music but I think it looks real solid.

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Post by starving student » Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:04 pm

cynical?........... :lol: obama would say it's not cynical it's just that the beatkangz have a different pedigree than roger linn and dave smith.

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Post by Tone Deft » Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:15 pm

:lol: @ pedigree. their pedigree is Mississippi leg hound. Roger Linn never acted liked a tool at trade shows and on the web sucking his own dick over his own gear. these guys are hilarious tools, all show, no go.

it's just a drum machine, no slicer, no groove, no swing, no velocity sensitive pads, just hype. fugly box too. how do I know they don't have these features? why would you assume they do?

:lol: pedigree...
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Post by kb420 » Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:52 pm

I, for one, would like to see them succeed. Do they need some PR help?

Definitely.

But what's wrong with the machine itself? Obviously they put some time into it's development. They are trying to introduce features that they feel Akai has dropped the ball on. They are passionate about their product.

I think that a good PR and marketing department may make people reevaluate this "thang".


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Post by Tone Deft » Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:17 pm

kb420 - I vacillate between your view and 'wtf is up with these clowns?' expect me to argue both sides until this thing is released.

it's the hip hop attitude, grow up.

"I love hip hop, I'm tired of defending it."
-Chris Rock

will people be unable to make electro with it? what about backing tracks for my acoustic rock band?
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Post by aizo » Sun Feb 01, 2009 4:21 am

that's the thing that makes me not give a shit about it. I'm from the south and I could care less about grillz and other fucking ridiculousness. The whole focus of the machine is clearly not for me. I love rap and hip hop. But I don't make it. The one thing these guys don't realize about why the other machines are so great is because of their neutrality. Sure the MPC series is well known for hip hop but over here in Japan one of my favorite bands is a hardcore industrial noise band and they have a real minimal setup. MPC and a Roland synth.

I think it's cool to customize and all that stuff, but they shot themselves in the foot by being so narrow.

I know some hiphop heads that won't touch anything associated with grillz and that part of the rap culture.
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