The Beat Thang`s hidden feature (Playing a pattern while in Kit or Inst mode)

[Born2WinBIg77]

Hows the workflow on the Beat Thang? Why am I asking?: BEcause I have a Tuff time dealing with tons of menus and lose my creativity. From Idea to Laying down Track is it a Fuss or a hassle to get your beat down--> record + chop a sample and lay down patterns?? Please help

[Swenglish]

@Born2WinBIg77 The workflow is pretty great, except the main slow-down is you can't just load a sample straight onto a pad in pattern mode and have the kit only exist inside the pattern; you have to create a kit in kit mode and save it as its own file, even if you only intend to use it once.

[RatedFlyBizzy]

i heard the beat thang is super weak....how true is it?

[Swenglish]

@RatedFlyBizzy Depends how you use it. There are good things about it and there are weaknesses. Can't load samples in the middle of making a beat without having to create/edit and save a kit, can't get dry signal from a track while FX is on, so if you want FX on one track, you have to resample. But it's excellent for chopping samples and throwing ideas together. I wouldn't make an album on just the Beat Thang though. But as a (portable) beat scribbler and live instrument, it's sweet.

[komposa1]

NAMM 2012 Beat Kangs Electronics Beat Thang - YouTube

The new Price just Annoucned from the guys who made it..

from Nashville $999.00

hear it for yourself...so if you paid more then $999 it is a issue

though you should know Peace

[NateInDaBigRedHouse]

what beat is that at the beginning?

[Swenglish]

Wow, thanks for this video. I had yet to find this function.Very useful indeed.

[GraveBoardclan]

What about polyphony of this hardware unit?

[Swenglish]

@GraveBoardclan It's pretty high. I don't remember the exact number, but it's not a wall you're likely to hit unless you go completely nuts on a single track. I've yet to experience the limit.

[loquito1966]

@GraveBoardclan

They say it has 128 voice polyphony .

[KnockSquared]

can beatthang "RESAMPLE" itself?

[Babycdoll1]

Great video, you made that beat so fast.

I'm impressed.

I don't own the Beat Thang

,but it looks very cool.