The built-in lithium battery allows up to six hours of music making time before you need to plug the power back in. The Beat Thang is powered by 12V AC and has a power switch and a battery/power indicator light right next to it. “Ideal for beatsmiths, especially those who dabble in hip-hop and R&B” All the pads are backlit with a satisfying blue glow and it’s possible to change the brightness and configuration of the back lighting by hitting the “Blang” button. There are modulation pitch wheels cleverly placed on each side, allowing the face of this small machine to have a familiar looking layout. You can use the cursor keys below the encoders to navigate through the songs, patterns, kits, instruments and effects that are displayed on the 3.5” colour – yes, colour – display, which is set at a fixed angle and has four function keys directly below it. It is sturdily built in black steel with all the features accessed through an array of rubberized pads and two push encoders.
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The result is the Beat Thang, a portable music production studio, with a built-in sequencer and sampling capability.
Having helped music technology company Zoom create the Street Box SB246 out of the RT223, BKE founders (and top Nashville producers) Aja Emmanuel, Reavis Mitchell and Luke Jackson decided they wanted to go it alone and make a production tool that like-minded producers would want to use. Beat Kangz Electronics, or BKE for short, deliver a portable, sampling music production studio called the Beat Thang.
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