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A new portable device for making beats has burst onto the scene and threatens to be an (Akai) MPC “killa” in it’s promotional copy. The new “Beat Thang” battery powered sampler drum machine by the venture BeatKangz has hit the net in the form of a humble website and a few low budget Youtube videos, showing a machine that looks like the bastard child of an Ensoniq ASR-X and a Roland SP with Roger Linn as it’s godfather. The machine purports to sport an internal rechargable battery, dual SD card slots, waveform editing, backlit buttons, and replaceable ‘grillz’ for the front part of the box.
No one has actually tapped on a Beat Thang yet in real life, but the company looks ready to roll to Winter NAMM with a chip on it’s shoulder and an ad campaign filled with mo phat slang and potshots aimed at it’s competition.
Beat Thang
“I Challenge any and all Presidents of our competition to a beat making battle. I’m ready any time if you got the ballz to battle a KANG!!! “ - AJA Emmanuel, President, Beat Kangz Electronics
THA BEAT THANG!!!! FINALLY A MACHINE WITH SOME FLAVA!!!! LOL
I have a streetboxx now and use it all the time! I been waiting for something like this for a while now. Anyone know when its comming out and how much. I need this in my life!
Is that the guy who produced pink floyeds the wall holding the new machine? Is he apart of this…. If so i think i just came a lil
Where is the THANG at family? You’ll said the middle of May 09. Where it at?
GREAT question. I was only going by what BeatKangz said. Also- The Linn Drum 2. Could the worldwide economic crisis thing be having an effect on these company’s product release dates? Other companies have been dropping their new Beat machines. Time will tell.
The Thang is comin soon. A lot of info will be dropped at the NAMM convention in July. Check out http://www.beatkangz.com for more
Thanks for the update. I can’t wait to check out a Thang in real life. I think the design & functionality look great and I hope the best for the launch. Respect. hXc