Guest hahathhat Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 (edited) i must admit i'm a tad curious about this little box. i'm sure we can all agree it's overpriced... but what's it do? is it any good? hip hop is really heavy into the Akai MPC, and i would be shocked if Beat Thang weren't at least somewhat similar. edit: Quote The effects are grouped as follows: Freak - Choruses, Flangers, Filters, and Phasers Delay - Single and Multi-Tap Spatial Delays Verb - Reverbs; Halls, Rooms, and Chambers Bang - Total mix mastering effects; EQ, Compression, Limiting Blang - Not an audio effect, but changes the global lighting effects of the Beat Thang device. edit II: after reading the manual, i think i have my answer: it is like the Akai MPC, but with the following changes: - Less Features - Mic Pre w/XLR - Pitchbender - Lots of Built In Samples - Glossier on-screen interface and general skin-deep pizazz i thought this was pretty telling: as vs my mpc1000, it's not very good. no layering samples -- one sample per pad, it'd seem. much simpler filter; just a lowpass. 1000 has two filters per pad, and they can be HPF/BPF/LPF. no chaining fx (routing is fixed). the manual has absolutely nothing on the sample edit function, which means it's probably pretty simple. hard to tell from the manual, but i suspect it only does sixteen tracks at once. i suppose it is more geared to hip-hop than us tweakheads. could see it being used as a hip-hop notepad due to the sample library+XLR jack -- who knows. but overall, i don't see it standing up to a 1000, which will give you more for less money. Edited August 7, 2011 by hahathhat Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 On 8/7/2011 at 12:59 AM, hahathhat said: Blang - Not an audio effect Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide BCM's signature Hide all signatures Bandcamp | Spotify | SoundCloud | Amazon | Apple Music | YouTube | YouTube Music | Deezer | Google Play Music Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/#findComment-1632399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 not that "Freak" is either. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/#findComment-1632402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 i wish i had a drum machine that had a "freak" button on it. just like, you press it and everything goes fucking totally mental. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide BCM's signature Hide all signatures Bandcamp | Spotify | SoundCloud | Amazon | Apple Music | YouTube | YouTube Music | Deezer | Google Play Music Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/#findComment-1632408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 On 8/7/2011 at 1:47 AM, BCM said: i wish i had a drum machine that had a "freak" button on it. just like, you press it and everything goes fucking totally mental. circuit bending Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide YEK's signature Hide all signatures Reveal hidden contents !:/music Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/#findComment-1632416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 On 8/7/2011 at 1:55 AM, yek said: On 8/7/2011 at 1:47 AM, BCM said: i wish i had a drum machine that had a "freak" button on it. just like, you press it and everything goes fucking totally mental. circuit bending no like, everything goes fucking mental - your fridge turns into an earwhig, your gran wins the world darts championship, fucking everything. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide BCM's signature Hide all signatures Bandcamp | Spotify | SoundCloud | Amazon | Apple Music | YouTube | YouTube Music | Deezer | Google Play Music Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/#findComment-1632419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 On 8/7/2011 at 2:00 AM, BCM said: On 8/7/2011 at 1:55 AM, yek said: On 8/7/2011 at 1:47 AM, BCM said: i wish i had a drum machine that had a "freak" button on it. just like, you press it and everything goes fucking totally mental. circuit bending no like, everything goes fucking mental - your fridge turns into an earwhig, your gran wins the world darts championship, fucking everything. ketamine Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/#findComment-1632425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 this is super entertaining: massive thread on mpc forums tl;dr - i'd stay away from this thing. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/#findComment-1632441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blanket Fort Collapse Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 LOL, well it is pretty, but yeah seems really limited compared to an MPC for $1500. There is probably gonna be so many kids stealing their grandmas tv trying to get street with this hood shit Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/#findComment-1632451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 LOL for sale at best buy? What a joke. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ryancolecreate's signature Hide all signatures ------ dailyambient.com ------ New Ambient Music Every Day. New ambient album "Sun and Clouds" now out. Use the discount code watmmer for 50% off the $4 album.Check it out. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/#findComment-1632631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 absolutely nothing but marketing. I actually feel bad for the people that buy this pile of shit. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ryancolecreate's signature Hide all signatures ------ dailyambient.com ------ New Ambient Music Every Day. New ambient album "Sun and Clouds" now out. Use the discount code watmmer for 50% off the $4 album.Check it out. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/#findComment-1632634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechDiff Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Heh, I remember hearing about this a while back, wasn't bothered then. amazed it actually made it to completion, still don't give a shite, incredibly overpriced, and from reading up bait about the company themselves, looks like you can't really expect anything in the way of after Market support. what a joke. Looks like their main selling point is the included samples which I think is always a bad sign. just about every piece of hardware/software comes with sounds and patches from professional sound designers. no big deal that's just standard. it's worrying when that fact becomes the selling point over the hardware itself. oh, it can use batteries... trying to think what other things cost $1500 and also use batteries. answers could include a FKN GOOD LAPTOP AND MIDI CONTROLLER?! really what a pile of turd. Get the distinct impression that so much money had been invested into trying to get this released that they had no choice but to go through with it. After spending so much on design and development (which even for a POS is a lot) advertising, trade show appearances, sound design credits, and OS design etc etc. they've simply had to release it in a small run (smallest production run possible I expect) and at a ramped up price, to try and minimise their losses. I expect that the company who mad this (Beat Kangz?) will disappear very soon after this. leaving all the dumb dumbs who buy this with absolutely no customer care or hope of future updates or bug fixes for what is almost certainly going to be a buggy OS. it's actually a shame tbh. I like the idea of new companies bringing cool products out, it's always going to be a tough journey but can be done. monome is a very good example. But for that approach to work, you have to be very professional, very supportive of potentially future customers, and incredibly exacting over quality. There's no surprise that stuff from smaller companies will often have a higher retail tag, smaller companies, smaller runs, higher production costs etc, but the hope is that you'll be able to justify that extra cash with a quality and unique product. Not the case here. Oh, should also mention, I absolutely hate the use of slang or "cool" spelling of thangz on supposedly professional products. Instantly makes the kit look like a toy, and puts me off using it for fear of sounding like a massive twat. "soundz wicked bruv, you should add a bit more blang to the kickz, and some klangz to yo snarezez, sick bruv init" Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide TechDiff's signature Hide all signatures My new album on Ad Noiseam 05/11/2012 http://www.adnoiseam.net/adn151 Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/#findComment-1634106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
impakt Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 you need to freak up that bassline bruv! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/#findComment-1634174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
patternoverlap Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 (edited) Quote Dallas Austin is a crook and a booty ninja! lol Edited August 9, 2011 by patternoverlap Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide patternoverlap's signature Hide all signatures New Prints Available Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/#findComment-1634247 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 I like all the blurb about supposed "industry secret" type patches, that "top producers" are like, all reluctant to give up and stuff... damn I want those patches. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide BCM's signature Hide all signatures Bandcamp | Spotify | SoundCloud | Amazon | Apple Music | YouTube | YouTube Music | Deezer | Google Play Music Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/#findComment-1634383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 It is properly fucking ugly on top of how useless it is. Winning combo! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Dan C's signature Hide all signatures On 6/17/2017 at 12:33 PM, MIXL2 said: this dan c guy seems like a fucking asshole Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/#findComment-1634391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlucharski Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 lol techdiff pretty much nailed it. At first sight I thought this is a low budget toy that comes in a big box under a christmas tree. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide schlucharski's signature Hide all signatures this is not a statement Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/#findComment-1634408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 I get a proper Barcode Battler vibe off of this thing that I just can't shake. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Dan C's signature Hide all signatures On 6/17/2017 at 12:33 PM, MIXL2 said: this dan c guy seems like a fucking asshole Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/67979-beat-thang/#findComment-1634425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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