The Beat Thang: Producing Music on a Budget

By 

Jason Chase

     Over the years we have seen the prices of music equipment become cheaper and cheaper while products become better and better.  Once the personal computer became the main brain of the studio this changed everything.  In addition, going from analog to digital made the playing field even and gave hope to music producers who had dreams of making their own music.  Now and days you have young producers coming up using software like Fruity Loops producing hits for artist.  Who would have thought that a person sitting in the middle of America or in China could make a beat in their bedroom that could change the music world.  I think that is great for music but some people think that the cheap prices of equipment and software hurt the music.  I strongly disagree making things more affordable opened up creativity to producers who may have never would have gotten the chance to create their own music.

            At one time you couldn’t get equipment like an MPC 2000 for less than $3,000.00 now things have changed because of software and products like fruity loops and The Beat Thang.  The soft synth instruments have changed the game dramatically who would have thought you can make a beat that sounds like a full fledge

The Future of Music Production is here

Music Computing Rolls out New Large Format Motion-Controlled Multi-Touchscreens for Music and Non-Music Lovers Alike

Tue, 26 Oct 2010, 06:59:43 EDT 

AUSTIN, Texas -- They're all the rage. They're used by musicians, newscasters, business professionals, home theatre lovers and more. They're large format multi-touchscreen controllers and they're everywhere! And, Music Computing™ is the first company to deliver this revolutionary technology for amazingly low prices.

"While we're rolling out several new products, these touchscreen products are designed for the widest-reaching audience," says Victor Wong, CEO of Music Computing. "And, our innovative MotionCOMMAND touchscreen products provide people with the ability to work in a more natural state leading to increased efficiency, better control over software interfaces and the elimination of having to map software controls to hardware controllers."

Currently, Music Computing™ has four MotionCOMMAND™ multi-touchscreen products available: ClearView, LCD, Rack and WorkCenter.

There are two versions - one driven by an HD video projector designed for live performance that is transparent on both sides; and one driven by an HD LCD television for studio use. Standard sizes are 32-inch and 42-inch, but special order versions up to 200-inches diagonally are also available.