Renaissance Vs. Beat Thang

Bug reports & end-user support for Akai's MPC Software 'controllers' including the new MPC Studio 2, the MPC Touch, MPC Renaissance & original MPC Studio and MPC StudioB lack.
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Re: Renaissance Vs. Beat Thang

By Fess Sat Jan 21, 2012 7:26 pm
mr_debauch wrote:
Fess wrote:
tha truth wrote:@fess know it all?? man stay off them drugs homie!... and btw in case you didn't get the memo.. the bling thang suck's ass so deal with it!!!



See, this is what I mean... You literally know fu*k all about it. Why don't you enlighten me to the amazing tools you use to create those bangers in your bedroom and we'll see how BT matches up? 8)


he's just trolling you dude... haha


So now the other guy is the president... I wonder if they got rid of that cornball AJ or something..



I read somewhere that Aja and King BoomBAP (what a **** name hahaaa:)) had a fallin out of some sort, but I can't confirm it.
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Re: Renaissance Vs. Beat Thang

By MPCWeapon1 Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:21 pm
Really don't like machines that are specifically designed for hip hop. Except the e mu MP 7. That was a raw little machine.

Re: Renaissance Vs. Beat Thang

By jpeg Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:10 am
Tha_Skywalker wrote:
jpeg wrote:beat thang is a fail



but props to em for developing they product and getting it out there

when the price drops and the os evolves im sure it will be worth a look, and if we could get a more neutral casing shit would help.

but the sounds and the audio outputs sound good.

Re: Renaissance Vs. Beat Thang

By Fess Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:42 pm
jpeg wrote:the mo phatt is almost as corny as beat thang as far as namesakes



But the Moog 'Lil Phatty' is a cool name right? I gotta laugh :lol: . First, you call it a fail, and then you say the audio outputs sound good. Which is it man? Does it pass or fail in your book of production device wisdom and please tell me where it fails so miserably? I need your professional insight to show me the error of my ways.

I look forward to your comprehensive and informative review. Please post all of your findings here. :D
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Re: Renaissance Vs. Beat Thang

By DJ Hellfire Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:30 pm
Fess wrote:
jpeg wrote:the mo phatt is almost as corny as beat thang as far as namesakes



But the Moog 'Lil Phatty' is a cool name right? I gotta laugh :lol: . First, you call it a fail, and then you say the audio outputs sound good. Which is it man? Does it pass or fail in your book of production device wisdom and please tell me where it fails so miserably? I need your professional insight to show me the error of my ways.

I look forward to your comprehensive and informative review. Please post all of your findings here. :D



For me, it's first and foremost the style/looks of the product. Just looks like shit. I don't care how good it sounds. It's too much over the top.

I don't like the marketing at all. I don't like the use of "Bling" and "Blang" buttons. Just sounds like coon mockery at it finest.

I don't like that the owners of the product/company replied to my MPC video on youtube, which had no mention of the BT, telling me I should try their beat thang because I don't know what I'm missing. WTF?! :lol: What company does shit like that ? :lol:

I don't like any of the unprofessional looking demo vids they put out.

I don't like how the pads are laid out like keyboard keys, although I do appreciate the idea of not copying the standard 4x4 layout. I just still prefer 4x4.

I don't care for the idea of battery powered portability. At least not the way they market it. I mean, what **** grown ass man walks around making beats like this? :lol: : http://vimeo.com/23881021

I appreciate that a group of black men were able to break into an industry where everything is predominantly white and asian. But damn, everything was just done so distastfully, IMO. And it just turns me off from the product, honestly.

I mean, look how many times they put a "buy it now" button on this page: http://www.beatthang.com/products/beat-thang.html. Terrible!

The packaging looks like something that would be in the music aisle at Toys R Us:
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Again, doesn't matter how good it sounds. The way they market and promote doesn't make me confident AT ALL in the companies future. So I would never invest my money into such a product! Take NI for example, with Ski Beats. In his promo vids, he's not jumping all around with a bunch of gimmicks and "bling" (although Akai has done this with Ren). It's just good music doing the talking and a simple explanation of why he uses the product spoken in a way that everyone can interpret.

This is how ALL of Beat Thang's marketing should have been presented. Then I would have taken it more serious: http://vimeo.com/23344631
Last edited by DJ Hellfire on Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:14 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Renaissance Vs. Beat Thang

By tha truth Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:09 pm
DJ Hellfire wrote:
Fess wrote:
jpeg wrote:the mo phatt is almost as corny as beat thang as far as namesakes



But the Moog 'Lil Phatty' is a cool name right? I gotta laugh :lol: . First, you call it a fail, and then you say the audio outputs sound good. Which is it man? Does it pass or fail in your book of production device wisdom and please tell me where it fails so miserably? I need your professional insight to show me the error of my ways.

I look forward to your comprehensive and informative review. Please post all of your findings here. :D



For me, it's first and foremost the style/looks of the product. Just looks like ****. I don't care how good it sounds. It's too much over the top.

I don't like the marketing at all. I don't like the use of "Bling" and "Blang" buttons. Just sounds like coon mockery at it finest.

I don't like that the owners of the product/company replied to my MPC video on youtube, which had no mention of the BT, telling me I should try their beat thang because I don't know what I'm missing. WTF?! :lol: What company does **** like that ? :lol:

I don't like any of the unprofessional looking demo vids they put out.

I don't like how the pads are laid out like keyboard keys, although I do appreciate the idea of not copying the standard 4x4 layout. I just still prefer 4x4.

I don't care for the idea of battery powered portability. At least not the way they market it. I mean, what **** grown ass man walks around making beats like this? :lol: : http://vimeo.com/23881021

I appreciate that a group of black men were able to break into an industry where everything is predominantly white and asian. But damn, everything was just done so distastfully, IMO. And it just turns me off from the product, honestly.

I mean, look how many times they put a "buy it now" button on this page: http://www.beatthang.com/products/beat-thang.html. Terrible!

The packaging looks like something that would be in the music aisle at Toys R Us:
Image

Again, doesn't matter how good it sounds. The way they market and promote doesn't make me confident AT ALL in the companies future. So I would never invest my money into such a product! Take NI for example, with Ski Beats. In his promo vids, he's not jumping all around with a bunch of gimmicks and "bling" (although Akai has done this with Ren). It's just good music doing the talking and a simple explanation of why he uses the product spoken in a way that everyone can interpret.

This is how ALL of Beat Thang's marketing should have been presented. Then I would have taken it more serious: http://vimeo.com/23344631

well said!
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Re: Renaissance Vs. Beat Thang

By Metatron72 Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:26 pm
Well they are both equally irrelevant in my world. To be fair to the Renaissance, I have multiple MPC's, Maschine and a lot of MIDI controllers already. I could see the Renaissance appealing more to someone who doesn't have a lot of gear already.
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