PAN DRUMS

From the main panel you can select your Pan Drum from a choice of five instruments | Shape the sound with an ADSR envelope, or add creative filtering with a wide range of different filter types.

• ARTICULATION CONTROL
• HAND NOISE MODULE
• USER CONFIGURABLE MAPPING & TRANSPOSITION

The latest evolution of our generative arpeggiator - Hold a chord, and let it evolve - or loop a section and jam between 12 sequences. Record your patterns with the MIDI recorder, and drag and drop into your DAW..

A completely user configurable FX chain: choose from 16 different effects in 6 insert slots - in any order you like. The Space processor offers everything from straight rooms and halls to ambient convolution effects.

• MODULAR INSERT FX CHAIN
• 16 EFFECT TYPES
• CONVOLUTION REVERB PROCESSOR

The Hang, or Hang Drum is the original and best known handpan.
The Mk 1 had 8 “tonefields” around the Ding (central note) and was available in 45 different tunings.
The Hang Mk1 we sampled is in the key of F, but can also be played chromatically in the Pan Drums software.

At the end of 2005 PANArt ceased production of the Mk.1 and began developing the Hang Mk 2.
The Mk 2 remained basically the same shape but now had a brass coating on the top hemisphere as well as around the rim.
The Mk 2 comes in only five different tunings and has only seven notes” around the Ding. It is said to be a more sturdy design,
stays in tune better over time, and has a slightly longer and purer sonic ring.

US based steel drum makers Pantheon Steel began developing Halo handpans in 2007. We contacted Kyle and Jim regarding obtaining a Halo drum for recording. They felt very strongly that if their drums were to be sampled, then they wanted to be there to play them for us - and provide us with the the very best Halos they had available. The Halo, now called the Halo Genesis, is larger and heavier than the Hang, giving it a lower voice, a baritone to the original's tenors and altos. We sampled two models, one tuned to C (with 8 notes) and one in B (9 notes).

This Halo is tuned to the key of C, and has 8 notes as opposed to 9.
The Pan Drums software allows any drum to be played in any key for maximum flexibility.

Rockcreek Steel Drums is one of the largest manufacturers of steel drum musical instruments in the United States. Arguably also inspired by the Hang, their steel tongue drum is a newly developed instrument that is a cross between a traditional Caribbean steel drum, a wooden tongue drum and a Kalimba.
Soniccouture Pan Drums features a pair of tongue drums tuned chromatically, played with mallets. The sound is much brighter and more delicate than the Hang or Halo, and complements those instruments very nicely.