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Handpan options 2021

gregsmithgregsmith
in General App Discussion

So Handpan fans... what’s the best au option for this? I’ve looked through beathawk iaps, audio layer, chameleon, digistix, bs-16 etc. So far coming up short 🤷‍♂️

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  • ShilohShiloh

    I’ve done a bunch of sampling handpans off of youtube into koala and then into ReSlice. While I’m purposely trying not to maintain the performance aspects of the samples, I’ve been able to slice up the hits I’d like to use.

  • gregsmithgregsmith

    @Shiloh said:
    I’ve done a bunch of sampling handpans off of youtube into koala and then into ReSlice. While I’m purposely trying not to maintain the performance aspects of the samples, I’ve been able to slice up the hits I’d like to use.

    Was hoping someone had made an iap to save me DIY’ing, but I might have a go at making an audiolayer patch

  • mrufino1mrufino1

    Drum jam has a few hang drums that are great. Thumb jam May have some as well but I don’t remember. There’s also many apps not specifically aimed at music that have tongue drums or other pans that you can play and I think they sound good, you could play those and try to sample.

  • dobbsdobbs

    there's also oval synth... not AU but IAA, but it has a handpan key-layout

  • JanKunJanKun

    Not exactly handpan, but there is an tongue drum available on pianobook in decent sampler format. I haven't tried it yet but it is free so definitely worth checking. There are plenty of nice sounding instruments there.

    https://www.pianobook.co.uk/library/tongue-drum/

  • gregsmithgregsmith

    Thanks for the suggestions.

    @dobbs said:
    there's also oval synth... not AU but IAA, but it has a handpan key-layout

    The patches on oval synth are lovely! (Insert obligatory ‘shame it’s not au’ comment)
    I can definitely look at sampling that.

    This was made for some disappointing hardware I gather?

    @JanKun said:
    Not exactly handpan, but there is an tongue drum available on pianobook in decent sampler format. I haven't tried it yet but it is free so definitely worth checking. There are plenty of nice sounding instruments there.

    https://www.pianobook.co.uk/library/tongue-drum/

    Sounds different but great in its own way and I’ve just imported it fairly easily to audiolayer. Thanks!

    @mrufino1 said:
    Drum jam has a few hang drums that are great. Thumb jam May have some as well but I don’t remember. There’s also many apps not specifically aimed at music that have tongue drums or other pans that you can play and I think they sound good, you could play those and try to sample.

    I’ve never tried these apps or drum perfect. They break my ‘not au’ rule but maybe worth making an exception.

  • GLaceyGLacey

    I used to jam with a friend who plays on 2 handpans.
    My opinion is that Drumjam’s handpan sounds very similar to the real instrument.

  • dobbsdobbs

    and i feel like just having the handpan-like buttons arranged in that way already kind of inspires different melodies than playing on a keyboard

  • lukesleepwalkerlukesleepwalker

    @dobbs said:
    there's also oval synth... not AU but IAA, but it has a handpan key-layout

    Thanks for the reminder to sample Oval into AudioLayer. It really does sound great!

  • PxlhgPxlhg

    If you haven't tried DrumPerfectPro's pack with handpans, wow you really should. Listen below (more on soundcloud) first as they or the app are not exactly free :) Did a tune with them myself but I'm not gonna list that here :) Just double checked and you do say AU, well the main app IAA but there is a loader/player usable as an AU. Best realistic sounding drums on iOS.

  • GilbertGilbert
    edited April 2021

    Here's another short track made with DrumPerfect Pro Handpan pack.![]

    DPP come as in two forms. Main IAA editor/composer and Auv3 player supporting multi outs. Just choose the song you wish to play in the presets.

    Important to know that you can keep the main IAA in 1 channel ( i.e in AUM ) if you wish to edit/modify the song that is played in the Auv3 in another AUM channel. After saving the Auv3 presets are automatically updated.
    You can switch between them in one tap of a button.

    (https://forum.audiob.us/uploads/editor/c9/erra160h4jz1.jpeg "")

  • gregsmithgregsmith
    edited April 2021

    @Gilbert said:
    Here's another short track made with DrumPerfect Pro Handpan pack.![]

    DPP come as in two forms. Main IAA editor/composer and Auv3 player supporting multi outs. Just choose the song you wish to play in the presets.

    Important to know that you can keep the main IAA in 1 channel ( i.e in AUM ) if you wish to edit/modify the song that is played in the Auv3 in another AUM channel. After saving the Auv3 presets are automatically updated.
    You can switch between them in one tap of a button.

    (https://forum.audiob.us/uploads/editor/c9/erra160h4jz1.jpeg "")

    Great info, thanks! As long as it does au in some way that’s good enough for me!

    Edit: not universal! That’s a shame. How does drumjam compare? I think that’s got handpan

  • pampalinipampalini

    This is a basic model of a Hang Drum I put together for Drambo. Proper modelling of a Hang Drum is a bit involved because of the interaction between resonance modes. But this gets kinda close.

    preview:

  • rs2000rs2000

    Excellent work @pampalini! I love it.

  • pampalinipampalini

    @rs2000 said:
    Excellent work @pampalini! I love it.

    :)

  • McDMcD

    @pampalini said:
    https://patchstorage.com/hang-drum/

    Very convincing script:

  • pampalinipampalini

    @McD said:

    @pampalini said:
    https://patchstorage.com/hang-drum/

    Very convincing script:

    I think a lot of the charm of these instruments comes from their tuning. The particular instrument whose analysis I used as a reference for this patch has the following tuning:

    D2, A2, Bb2, C3, D3, E3, F3, A3

    Of course this being synth, you can play any and all other notes too. But there's a chance that the droning frequencies will not sound so nice with other notes.

  • gregsmithgregsmith
    edited April 2021

    @pampalini said:
    This is a basic model of a Hang Drum I put together for Drambo. Proper modelling of a Hang Drum is a bit involved because of the interaction between resonance modes. But this gets kinda close.

    preview:

    Wow! Thanks for this.

    I think we’ve covered all bases now. Here’s Four Tet to play us out...

  • mrufino1mrufino1

    @gregsmith said:
    Thanks for the suggestions.

    @dobbs said:
    there's also oval synth... not AU but IAA, but it has a handpan key-layout

    The patches on oval synth are lovely! (Insert obligatory ‘shame it’s not au’ comment)
    I can definitely look at sampling that.

    This was made for some disappointing hardware I gather?

    @JanKun said:
    Not exactly handpan, but there is an tongue drum available on pianobook in decent sampler format. I haven't tried it yet but it is free so definitely worth checking. There are plenty of nice sounding instruments there.

    https://www.pianobook.co.uk/library/tongue-drum/

    Sounds different but great in its own way and I’ve just imported it fairly easily to audiolayer. Thanks!

    @mrufino1 said:
    Drum jam has a few hang drums that are great. Thumb jam May have some as well but I don’t remember. There’s also many apps not specifically aimed at music that have tongue drums or other pans that you can play and I think they sound good, you could play those and try to sample.

    I’ve never tried these apps or drum perfect. They break my ‘not au’ rule but maybe worth making an exception.

    Drumjam is absolutely worth breaking your rule for, and all of the IAPS are great.

  • AlmostAnonymousAlmostAnonymous

    @gregsmith said:
    Thanks for the suggestions.

    @dobbs said:
    there's also oval synth... not AU but IAA, but it has a handpan key-layout

    The patches on oval synth are lovely! (Insert obligatory ‘shame it’s not au’ comment)
    I can definitely look at sampling that.

    This was made for some disappointing hardware I gather?

    @JanKun said:
    Not exactly handpan, but there is an tongue drum available on pianobook in decent sampler format. I haven't tried it yet but it is free so definitely worth checking. There are plenty of nice sounding instruments there.

    https://www.pianobook.co.uk/library/tongue-drum/

    Sounds different but great in its own way and I’ve just imported it fairly easily to audiolayer. Thanks!

    @mrufino1 said:
    Drum jam has a few hang drums that are great. Thumb jam May have some as well but I don’t remember. There’s also many apps not specifically aimed at music that have tongue drums or other pans that you can play and I think they sound good, you could play those and try to sample.

    I’ve never tried these apps or drum perfect. They break my ‘not au’ rule but maybe worth making an exception.

    Do you also have logic X? I believe there a few hang drum instruments in the World Muisc collection. You can use those exs instruments in AudioLayer.

  • ChancedMusicChancedMusic

    Ah I was really hoping this thread was asking where to find relatively inexpensive handpans that aren’t shit quality. I really want a C Aeolian one but they’re several hundred minimum.

  • wexywexy

    I've been trying to get realist HP for a long time now .
    The best I have been able to create so far is with samples I bought online loaded 1 C note into GR-16 set to the first pad and in the Key section.
    I've just got a Launchpad and it's incredible now changing scales and chords works with this 1 sound and can be customised in many ways.
    I will post a video soon...

  • wexywexy

    AUM AU Hang Examples
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/8eshtp9r72wafs8/RPReplay_Final1622358455.MP4?dl=0

  • Tamir_Raz_MatazTamir_Raz_Mataz

    @wexy said:
    AUM AU Hang Examples
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/8eshtp9r72wafs8/RPReplay_Final1622358455.MP4?dl=0

    Sounds good. Interested!

  • israeliteisraelite

    @JanKun said:
    Not exactly handpan, but there is an tongue drum available on pianobook in decent sampler format. I haven't tried it yet but it is free so definitely worth checking. There are plenty of nice sounding instruments there.

    https://www.pianobook.co.uk/library/tongue-drum/

    Can these EXS24 files from pianobook be loaded to AudioLayer?
    Plenty download options on this website!

  • JanKunJanKun

    @israelite
    It seems most of the exs24 on pianobook have been converted in decent sampler format so I didn't bother to try. But it might be a good idea, because if it works, I guess you could edit the instruments.
    Plenty of nice old dirty upright pianos can be found ! Sometimes, that's exactly what a song needs !

  • gregsmithgregsmith

    @wexy said:
    AUM AU Hang Examples
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/8eshtp9r72wafs8/RPReplay_Final1622358455.MP4?dl=0

    Nice! Sounds brilliant

  • Wrlds2ndBstGeoshredrWrlds2ndBstGeoshredr

    Re au, one could program a nice hand pan sound in Burns Resonator.

  • bygjohnbygjohn

    Just to confirm, ThumbJam has a Hang voice. Nice sound, not sure how it compares with the real thing or other apps.

  • dobbsdobbs

    I was wondering, are there auv3 midi "keyboards" with a handpan-like layout?

    Oval synth apparently has MIDI out now, but it's not AUv3 and you can't really customize the layout/number of pads.

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