<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Aug 10, 2009, at 12:04 PM, komatos wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><a href="http://www.beatkangz.com/">http://www.beatkangz.com/</a><br><br>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.<br><br>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).<br><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE"><br></font></font></div></blockquote><br></div><div>Is that... real?</div></body></html>