Friday, January 22, 2010
CDM: Beat Thang drum machine hands-on tour
YouTube via cdmblogs
"createdigitalmusic.com gets a private tour of a late prototype of the upcoming Beat Thang drum machine, with the device's creators. Shot in Anaheim near the NAMM conference."
CDM: Rockwilder + Beat Kangz
"Producer Rockwilder joins the crew from drum machine maker Beat Kangz -- and the music tech upstart has a little trash talk for the industry. Drum machines have no soul, eh?"
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You know, when these guys started boasting about their vaporware, I did not join in with the skeptics who were either unfairly dissing their cultural style or the lack of hard specs.
ReplyDeleteI stayed open-minded when the stomped into Harmony central and got into a flame war. Again, I thought the criticism was unduly harsh, but it did show that they didn't really do a lot of demographic research.
But now they are certainly pioneers of one thing: bringing the kind of trash talking reserved for political campaigns to M.I. And for that, I am pissed at them.
"Akai didn't bring the MPC, Roland didn't bring the MV..." F__k you, a__hole. You'll be lucky to sell as much as the WORST product that either of those manufacturers ever made. And in case you didn't notice in your 'hood, there is a bit of a global economic downturn right now. THAT is why NAMM is light this year.
Until you guys actual put one in a store, I'd STFU. You think you've done the hard part already by prototyping and debugging? You've done NOTHING yet.
Roland has been around since 1972, and Kakehashi-san hasn't had to diss anybody. You would never catch Roger Linn criticizing competitors like you clowns do. These companies and inventors are certainly not perfect, but until you actually put boxes in stores, you need to calm down.
Again, I was open-minded until these two movies. Good luck, guys. You're gonna need it.
But, it is true...
ReplyDeletenone of those products were on display...
I don't think its a case of criticizing the products, but about the customers they choose to represent.
If the Beat Thang offers all they have promised as well as the mention they gave about supporting youth groups with a portion of the proceeds, it would be a shame for it not to succeed in some way...
I have never been to the NAMM's but when they have an AES show here in New York, I rarely if ever see any Akai MPCs or Roland MV8800's on display. Yes it seems they are not there due to demographic or potential users but these machines are standard in most recording studios no matter the genre of music. They were not originally designed for hip hop or to be used in the way that many hip hop producers created methods for, but Akai has a product that is almost as essential as Pro Tools. Why wouldn't they have these machines on display? I enjoy using soft synths and drum machines but there is a strong benefit to using hardware. I have the MPD32 controller but I always have my eye on Roland's MV8800 just to be able to mix it up.
ReplyDeleteI would love it if and when the Beat Thang eventually becomes available so that it can truly be put to the test. There is always room for competition and the trash talk is just done to defend the product and also raise some hype. Some critics act like they have stock invested in these companies and get all personal with the attacks. I am still rooting for these guys to succeed and if they fall on their face in the process, I expect them to get back on their grind until they have a respectable, no-nonsense product. Its just a side effect of the hip hop culture. Confidence and braggadocio is everything.