Anyone peeped this new gear/software yet?

[komatos]

More specs on the Beat Thang (from LivePA/Harmony Central)
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Update: Some more specs have been posted over at the Harmony Central Forums by what appears to be the company itself.

General Information

2 Headphone Jacks

Carry audio output via USB. USB Connects to any Hard drive, USB keys can also be read and write to

Read directly off of the SD cards. 2 Slots capbable of 16GB's each

256 MB Ram Stock! 

512 Flash for user content on board. Higher if its a custom order

Stereo Mic Line input with Phantom Power

Sampling, and Resampling of outputs

Tempo sync Delay, Mastering, Reverb, Filters and tons of other weird FX

Plans to open FX section to 3rd party developers . Can you say VST (Ed. Very interesting.....)

Custom Paint. Any Color LED's, Custom Grillz

Each pad can have 16 layers with independent pitch, cut off res, pan, velocity, vol and a single pad can be spread across a whole keyboard with Loop points so you can sample synths strings or anything and turn it into multi layered patches.

PC Drum Kit builder with Drag and Drop capabilities

Sequencer Information

96 PPQ

1000 Sequences

500 Songs

Individual Bar Length which can be changed in real time even while recording. (Ed. Excellent!!)

Quantize and Swing can be changed in real-time.
All your Songs, Sequences, Beats, Kits, Patches, Samples and settings that are on your SD cards are always there and show up just like the presets.
13 Pads with Velocity

8 Pad banks per track 

16 Tracks 
Pad and Track mute and Solo 
Mixer with level control FX send, Pan, Pitch Automation, Filter and EQ Automation per Track including (Low Pass, Band Pass, Hi pass, Low Shelf, High Shelf and Notch, Automated Q control to)
Dynamic Kit and Patch creator which is easy and to use. Samples can all have categories (Kicks, Snares Hats etc) App for converting your own samples into the categories and the ability to create your own.
16 Layers per PAD with velocity, pan, pitch ,cut off, res and volume control
Can create multilayerd patches that span a keyboard from one pad or multiple. Each bank can have a different patch (keys and bass or drums and synth )
Lets hope they aren't over promosing here and under delivering.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Tarpinian" <evildead at nyc.rr.com>
To: "Music-bar" <music-bar at lists.music-bar.org>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 1:21:31 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: Anyone peeped this new gear/software yet?

I guess so

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/01/26/the-beat-kangz-beat-thang/


On Aug 10, 2009, at 1:19 PM, komatos wrote:

> I also forgot to mention: It has Bob Ezrin (of Kiss, Pink Floyd,  
> Alice Cooper production fame) pimping it. So that leads me to  
> believe it's the real deal (fo shizzle, mah nizzle).
>
> --komatos
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "komatos" <komatos at comcast.net>
> To: "Music-bar" <music-bar at lists.music-bar.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 12:59:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: Anyone peeped this new gear/software yet?
>
> Yeah, it's supposed to be. Ignoring the ghetto-speak (which I don't  
> mind, having grown up in da hood), it's supposed to be released in  
> physical form by late September/early October 2009. The software  
> form ($149) is already available for order from their website (was  
> released after Summer NAMM in mid-July). Has adjustable bar lengths  
> for each track, like my beloved RS7k, which the MPC's don't (IIRC).
>
> --komatos
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Tarpinian" <evildead at nyc.rr.com>
> To: "Music-bar" <music-bar at lists.music-bar.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 12:18:37 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: Anyone peeped this new gear/software yet?
>
> On Aug 10, 2009, at 12:04 PM, komatos wrote:
>
>> http://www.beatkangz.com/
>>
>> Looks like a modern street-wise MPC/RS7k/ASR-X sampling, sequencing,
>> effects machine. Coming out this October, the software came out at
>> Summer NAMM. Kinda tempting, although $1,000-$1,200 is way outta my
>> range now. If my life and finances ever get back on track, I can see
>> using this as a modern replacement for my beloved RS7k I had to sell
>> awhile back. 256MB RAM, up to 32GB storage via 2 SD cards, 16
>> tracks, 1 octave drum pad/keyboard ala the ASR-X design, 3.5"
>> screen, and totally portable by using a LiOn laptop style battery.
>>
>> Is the maschine y'all keep raving about like this? A standalone
>> device that can run without the software on the computer. Or do you
>> need to have it hooked up at all times to a PC/Mac? If so, this Beat
>> Thang Beat Machine beats it by a mile for my needs (hardware only
>> sampling/sequencing).
>>
>
> Is that... real?
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