yep agreed, noticed that right away. lift it off the tripod and place it on your lap with the acoustic hole open. any little thing that grips onto the metal is going to stop resonation. Such as that suspiciously close tuner he's got latched onto the side.
This video made me realize how damn lucky I was. I got a used one from a musician near me for $300 that had 9 notes. The resonation definitely lasts for at least 5 seconds on a regular hit and the notes are tuned very well except for 1 which I still make work. He sold it cause he only needed it for a single gig. Very grateful. I wanted one for 3 years and told myself I'd only buy if I can play it before buying
Yeah, using the mallets, especially with more than a light touch, will damage the tone fields over time & throw it out of tune that much faster. Acolyte makes a very good entry level product for $1300 on amazon. Not cheap I know, but get something worth playing.
No, I can tell you that unless you know someone who is a metallurgist and understands electroplate engineering 😉 that you're being ripped off if you buy any of these. For the love of all humanity don't pay 1300 USD for this and thank you PANArt for suing the world of music into becoming the world of used automobile sales FACEPALM. Listen, have a personal relationship with your mechanic before you decide invest this kind of money, if you don't they will rip you off. This isn't like buying a 2000 USD Taylor guitar where a certain degree of materials manufacturing and quality control standard must be maintained at all times.
@@AnonMedic Both hats must be purchased in order to remain objective. I choose not to purchase this hat because it is a fraud good sir a fraud I say you. However, it is left up to the buyer.
Problem is, they don't have the scale I am looking for : D minor. They have celtic, but I don't want that. If they would make it in D minor, I would buy it for sure.
Tell me about it ! When hangs first came out, when hardly anyone knew of them, I had the chance to buy one at drumcamp (where I was teaching Didgeridoo) for £325 and I just didn't have the cash at the time. I regret now that I didn't beg, borrow or steal to find the money for it ! Been kicking myself ever since. I first heard a hang on a website for experimental instruments and the makers actually sent me a cd with sample sounds of all the different tunings. The cd is like an ambient meditation album.
The reason why it is not resonating is because he put it on the fold-up seat/stool so it is blocking the whole on the bottom, at least that's what it looks like to me 😅
nah you can hear each individual note has counter resonance harmonics which are countering them selves and cancelling the vibrations. Like a drum tuned with one skin higher than the other, it just dies instantly until both skins resonate in harmony.
@COSMO I prefer the RAV to my other handpans. Had I been aware of it sooner, I would only buy the RAV. Go to their sites and hear the samples. I got this one: ua-cam.com/video/leeCu38IXhI/v-deo.html
I found this video super helpful. Clearly you get what you pay for and I was a bit intimidated by the price of Meinl. It would be worth saving for a drum that sings.
bro, don't go for a meinl pan, there are way better out there, for the same, if not less money! go to the makers directly!! and the pan in this video is utter crap..
That's sad. It sounds really bad. A terrible scam honestly for anyone to just make such low quality instruments; uneducated people will be baited and people who can't afford the expensive ones will be tempted to give it a try.
Regardless of the negativity in this review I went and bought one for $330 off eBay. No, it doesn't sound like a $1500 hand made hang drum but it sounds 100x better than the one he's using in this video. The sounds are actually fairly clear with good resonance. Only one indent sounds a little off key.
Sorry to correct you Jesse, but it is IMPERATIVE that as a beginner YOU DO NOT play these instruments with a mallet. I only recommend professionals do this as it can absolutely put the instrument out of tune, which can be very difficult to retune/repair.
At the first strike I had the answer. It sucks. Nothing more to see here but you did the world a huge favor answering the question. I can only imagine how disappointed some budget minded aspiring player would be to get this.
Yes my used one was a $900, I love it, I looked at these, thanks for the vid man that thing is horrible, it may be ok if you have no idea what even a decent one sounds like, great vid! As you mentioned whatever your budget is for these you can wait for years as they are made to order.
There's nothing like a "Hang drum". A handpan is no drum at all :) And "Hang" is one specific maker (from switzerland). The instrument in general is called "handpan"
Not sure what you used to hold it but indeed, seems like you're covering the hole. That could explain why sound is muted. Gonna check other vids from this drum
You dont gotta spend huge money to get beautiful sound! Try a rav! They are just like handans but steel tongue drums with a resonance that lasts much longer than quality handpans too :) I think theyre around 800$ but really enjoy them alongside handpans!
They are not like a handpan at all, they resonate too much and sound very different than a handpan. I tried both and did not like the rav at all, plus it's as expensive as a good handpan.
Yeah, I did the same thing ... same experience. Sounds better with the mallets.... I'm thinking, though, if I could have something ... harder rubber ... on my fingers (because I want to play with my hands, not the mallets). See if that helps. I may try o rings. Mine's a bit sharp, but it IS in tune with itself (everything is a little sharp, about the same amount). It does "chord", but since especially with my left hand it's iffy whether I get a good clean strike -- meh. I do better using by thumbs as malletts. So ... yeah, sounds like I need to spend at least $1200 ... something I'm kind of unwilling to do on something so new to me (my most expensive guitar cost half this much, and it sounds great AND I am at least familiar with guitar. I'm NOT a percussionist) I had done a LITTLE research ... enough to know that I'd be unhappy with anything smaller than 18", but I kinda wish I'd seen this video first. That said, I have it, and I'm going to play with it and get the best sound out of it I can. And if I get the "hang" of it, MAYBE I'll save my pennies for a better one.
He is blocking the whole on the bottom that's why it is not resonating, he thinks the stool/seat is a stand 😅.. You have to make sure nothing is blocking the whole on the bottom.
It is a bad Instrument. Nothing to do with MIC, Stand or else. Listen to good tuned Handpans ... Sound ... Sustain ... easy Touch a Tonefield will activate a real nice Sound. All this is not the case here. 400 Bucks thrown out of the Window cause it is a trash Instrument. Cheers ... Stefan.
...I want to get a cheap one still for a 1 and a half year old, and I saw some for $20 on aliexpress. Please try it so I know whether or not it's completely busted.
Its funny that its more expencive then a computer tho. Cumputers can do way more then play a hang drum noise. But i honestly want my own hang drum! They are cool! But im saving up for a computer right now.
Thank you for this video - I was just about to purchase this to see if I'd like to play. I have no musical training, but would like to play on a hand pan. I didn't want to invest a lot of money if I wouldn't be able to play it. Is there a budget friendly beginner hand pan for beginners like myself you would recommend?
Looking for one also myself. Its appears to get a budget one means to waste your money on a rubbish quality one. This in turn will probably put you off playing it. Id look to pay the standard high price or it probably won't be worth buying at all.
@@craigmorton8388 Yes! I agree. I'm going to have to work some overtime and save up for a better quality one. I wish there was a forum to buy used. My fear is that if I can't learn how to play and then have a beautiful instrument sitting in a corner somewhere.
There is a WAY cheaper instrument that's kinda like a Handpan, they are called tongue drums. You can get them on Amazon for like 30 bucks, they don't sound as nice but, that would be more like your beginner Handpan, Theres also a couple for sale on Asteman, they cost 520$, (they're on sale, normally they cost 1,180$ American) They give videos of them being played, they sound gorgeous, and unlike the Handpan you see in this video, the notes are way longer
Rav vast tongue drum...used 5-600.00, New about 7-1000.00 for different tunings. Much louder than a hang drum. I use windmill style mallets rather than rubber or rubber like ones. The ones for cymbals, they can bring out a nice steeldrum sound.
More than I expected for $400, but for real, get a decent one, this will restrict your potential so much and will make you want to give up, a good one will be a lifelong companion. Check out meridian handpan, they are a bit more affordable and beautiful handpan, there are many more but I will personally probably get a meridian sometime (also rav pan is good)
@@kraigwitha.k Its not more then I expected from a 400 dollar handpan tbh couldn't really sound worse 😭 the high notes litterally don't make a sound hahahaha I'm just joking about that
Dude you got ripped off. I got my handpan for less than 400 USD and it sounds amazing. But I live in China and they seem to have found a way to make great handpans at a fraction of the cost (just not this one). I might have to make a video of mine and post it just so others can see what's on the market these days.
Problem with the Chinese handpans is quality control. It's ok if you get a good one, but how many hundreds of them should we go through until one is perfect?
Thank you.. you saved me wasting money. I have perfect pitch and I really love the hand pan drum but cost has been prohibitive. I thought the cheap option was good but this thing you play sounds crap. The pure tones and high resonance is what makes a hang drum/hand pan drum.
Ok.. honestly.. this thing is terrible.. I'm impressed You were quite gentle with Your opinion.. and yeah, it makes some sound, it's tuned somehow.. but it's not worth even 100 bugs unless it's still possible to make a new instrument out of it.. than maybe even 400 would be ok.. but looking at the quality of instruments which many handpan makers can create today, this thing is not even close to real handpan.. it's sad that anyone sells anything like that..
mallets are the WORST for any hand pan and will throw the instrument out of tune. its good to use them on tank drums. also you have it on the stand so low that your hand strokes arent gettiing the proper sound anyway. another example of an "okay" player playing an "ok" instrument.
Holy s.... sounds like my first prototype I made 5 years ago, when I don't know anything about handpans. Please say the true, sounds horrible 😭😭😭😭. Please don't spend your money on that piece of s.... better save money and get a good one, from American makers, European makers or whit us on Mexico 🇲🇽.
always be sure of return policy, if this was me, it would have went back, its really is the worst one ive ever heard. Just honest. Its junky and i think we all agree.. Always see a video of the one your going to buy, not a version of it, not one that was sold last month, the actual item only. Then you are more safe as well as return policy should be known. Hand made items are all different, every single one of them.
@@sandrakilchenmann.handpan Haha Are you speaking about me? Sorry I have only played for a few years I think only 10 yrs.. but I am still learning.. ;) haha I think that guy in the video doesnt know much no haha
Oh my thanks its terrible i dont know a note but can here its not right. I guess its good just too practice hand movements exercises. I really want one but I guess never will now have heard that thing .
I think this video doesn't give you any good info. If one 400 euro handpan sounds bad don't mean that all handpans for this price will sound bad I sell handpans for 500 USD and it's sounds amazing. Different maker different sound and price range 😜
wow, this really sounds bad, no resonance, out of tune. By the way, never use mallets on a handpan, it will just ruin it. YOu must use your hands and make sure the hole at the bottom is not blocked. Part of your problem. I bought an Amahi handpan and it's not bad at all, with in-tune and stable notes. I had the chance to try it at my local music store before buying and I recommend that if possible, try it before buying.
Why do they cost so much? There essentially nothing but two pans welded together with a couple of dents put in them in the right places. You could make one for less then that. Nothing I see here should warrant $1000 for ANY kind of drum.
They are made by hand, from a flat sheet of metal. Everything is made by hand, that's why the cost, it's the labor that makes it so expensive. Plus the tuning is done by hand with small hammers. Everything must be tuned, the note plus the harmonic around it. I don't know how much time they take to build one but I would think maybe a week? to properly tune it. This one obviously took like a few hours, maybe a day? That's why a good quality handpan can cost 3000$, because a lot of time is spent in tuning it to perfection.
@@daniellazylen5350 I understand a cost like that for a quality handmade one, but I'd think something like this just as easily could be made by a machine press and lower the cost. I mean I looked online out of curiosity and even the "cheaper" ones are still in the hundreds to thousands of dollars. I feel that something like this would be hard to purchase because there seems to a "set price" to what they cost regardless of how they're made. It would be hard to know for sure which one was handmade and which wasn't.
@@chrislaws4785 Actually it would be very easy to spot which ones are machine-made and which ones are quality instruments. I doubt that even machine-made could be made using a machine only. I don't think a machine can tune these properly. Could work but it would probably be out of tune for some notes. Even on the cheap 600$ ones, you can see all these tiny hammer hits, dings, and bumps that tune the note field and harmonics. Those from China don't have all these harmonics, there is less time spent to fine-tune them. Most people won't notice this too much, even out-of-tune notes, so they can buy a cheaper one and learn on it I guess.
@@daniellazylen5350 That makes sense then. But, if someone understood or had a good ear for notes, couldn't they simply buy a cheaper one and tune it themselves with little more then a few differently sized hammers? I mean a little elbow grease and effort to tune a cheaper one yourself definitely sounds better then throwing down $600 plus on one that's already tuned for you. Lol.
@@chrislaws4785 A little elbow grease? do you know how hard it is to tune these? you could totally ruin it and make it worse. You don't tune it with your ear, you tune it with a tuner, it's the only way to know for sure it's in tune, plus you have to tune the harmonics around the note. Cheap handpans don't have harmonics much. I bought a 1200$ one and it still does not have all the harmonics and some of the notes are not stable, so when I hit it a little too hard with my hands, I hear a ''boing'' sound. Well-made handpan have thicker metal and you can hit them a bit harder without hearing the note distort. I bought a Amahi handpan, made in China. supposed to be highend for china made but I can see the flaws.
The second you touched it I cringed, wow. Perfect argument for why people choose to spend a bit more for a better product.
I was interested to see how easy it is to tell the difference of quality. Very easy😂
I just laughed. It’s so bad
I thought it was gonna ring but sound muffled or super tinny, and needless to say I was more than disappointed, no, dumbfounded at just how bad it was
Yes omg I didnt think it would be THAT bad
This is a nice downhill handpan for when your handpan career is going uphill to fast
I think I have more resonance from my cookware 😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
This is painful to watch😅 I never heard a handpan sounding that bad
Welp there's a reason why stuff is cheap
@Jericho Gannon you're right. Nobody give a fuck. Thank you
Yep, sounds like it's muffled. No resonance at all.
Covering the resonator on the bottom, that being the reason it decays fast and sounds off. Also, hit the flag spot, not the indent.
yep agreed, noticed that right away. lift it off the tripod and place it on your lap with the acoustic hole open. any little thing that grips onto the metal is going to stop resonation. Such as that suspiciously close tuner he's got latched onto the side.
This video made me realize how damn lucky I was. I got a used one from a musician near me for $300 that had 9 notes. The resonation definitely lasts for at least 5 seconds on a regular hit and the notes are tuned very well except for 1 which I still make work. He sold it cause he only needed it for a single gig.
Very grateful. I wanted one for 3 years and told myself I'd only buy if I can play it before buying
Lucky you Dreckz TV! Do you think that I could possibly have a luck like you if I am going to search it?
Yeah, using the mallets, especially with more than a light touch, will damage the tone fields over time & throw it out of tune that much faster. Acolyte makes a very good entry level product for $1300 on amazon. Not cheap I know, but get something worth playing.
No, I can tell you that unless you know someone who is a metallurgist and understands electroplate engineering 😉 that you're being ripped off if you buy any of these. For the love of all humanity don't pay 1300 USD for this and thank you PANArt for suing the world of music into becoming the world of used automobile sales FACEPALM. Listen, have a personal relationship with your mechanic before you decide invest this kind of money, if you don't they will rip you off. This isn't like buying a 2000 USD Taylor guitar where a certain degree of materials manufacturing and quality control standard must be maintained at all times.
@@humane143imperfection6 I can't tell if you're telling him to buy a cheaper one or a more expensive one 😂😂😂
@@AnonMedic Both hats must be purchased in order to remain objective. I choose not to purchase this hat because it is a fraud good sir a fraud I say you. However, it is left up to the buyer.
@@AnonMedic F*** it purchase all the hats! Every last one, I lied the hats must be worn!
Problem is, they don't have the scale I am looking for : D minor. They have celtic, but I don't want that. If they would make it in D minor, I would buy it for sure.
The original HANG DRUMS where around $500 when they started. When they stopped making them, high demand raised prices to a ridiculous level.
Huh, I was wondering why the price increased. Reminds me of the whole price hike with the Teenage Engineering OP-1.
Tell me about it !
When hangs first came out, when hardly anyone knew of them, I had the chance to buy one at drumcamp (where I was teaching Didgeridoo) for £325 and I just didn't have the cash at the time. I regret now that I didn't beg, borrow or steal to find the money for it ! Been kicking myself ever since.
I first heard a hang on a website for experimental instruments and the makers actually sent me a cd with sample sounds of all the different tunings. The cd is like an ambient meditation album.
What makes you think they stopped making them? The originals are still being made, google Panart.
@ kirtsnddrwzmer
I have a friend who bought on in the first year of Hang . He payed 1500 for it
The reason why it is not resonating is because he put it on the fold-up seat/stool so it is blocking the whole on the bottom, at least that's what it looks like to me 😅
nah you can hear each individual note has counter resonance harmonics which are countering them selves and cancelling the vibrations. Like a drum tuned with one skin higher than the other, it just dies instantly until both skins resonate in harmony.
I have 3 handpans...an Axiom, a Symphonic, and a RAV from Russia. This thing is pure junk with no resale value.
@COSMO I prefer the RAV to my other handpans. Had I been aware of it sooner, I would only buy the RAV. Go to their sites and hear the samples. I got this one: ua-cam.com/video/leeCu38IXhI/v-deo.html
Aaaaand yes it sucks :/
I found this video super helpful. Clearly you get what you pay for and I was a bit intimidated by the price of Meinl. It would be worth saving for a drum that sings.
bro, don't go for a meinl pan, there are way better out there, for the same, if not less money! go to the makers directly!!
and the pan in this video is utter crap..
That's sad. It sounds really bad. A terrible scam honestly for anyone to just make such low quality instruments; uneducated people will be baited and people who can't afford the expensive ones will be tempted to give it a try.
You either just cost me $1k or saved me $400... either way thanks for making this : )
Regardless of the negativity in this review I went and bought one for $330 off eBay. No, it doesn't sound like a $1500 hand made hang drum but it sounds 100x better than the one he's using in this video. The sounds are actually fairly clear with good resonance. Only one indent sounds a little off key.
Turn it upside down and you have an expensive portable toilet
Thank you, for saveing me 420$ + shipping and 25% import tax to Norway !
It may be resonating even less because of that tuner you got clipped onto it. I imagine that stops some amount of vibration.
there's this rubber rim on the edge of the pan. What was stopping the vibration was the stand underneath.
That sounds awful.
Not the worst thing I've ever heard but definitely not great 😂
Sorry to correct you Jesse, but it is IMPERATIVE that as a beginner YOU DO NOT play these instruments with a mallet. I only recommend professionals do this as it can absolutely put the instrument out of tune, which can be very difficult to retune/repair.
At the first strike I had the answer. It sucks. Nothing more to see here but you did the world a huge favor answering the question. I can only imagine how disappointed some budget minded aspiring player would be to get this.
zero sustain! This is what I was worried about. question is, what is the price threshold of deminishing returns?
Yes my used one was a $900, I love it, I looked at these, thanks for the vid man that thing is horrible, it may be ok if you have no idea what even a decent one sounds like, great vid! As you mentioned whatever your budget is for these you can wait for years as they are made to order.
There's nothing like a "Hang drum". A handpan is no drum at all :) And "Hang" is one specific maker (from switzerland). The instrument in general is called "handpan"
This guy knows nothing about handpan 😂😂.. Not even how to play it. Totally embarrassing... 🙄
Thanks for this video and I am soooooooooooo happy I thought about it but hesitated to buy from EBay,,, you can make the same sound on frying pan....
In argentina 400 dollars Is too much
Not sure what you used to hold it but indeed, seems like you're covering the hole. That could explain why sound is muted. Gonna check other vids from this drum
Hand drum?
Handpan
Still a hand drum it another name g
@@joejohnson-tm4wx yh he's saying hang drum g
These things have so many names
He's avoiding litigation unless this IS a PANArt hang. I'm like two seconds in but PANArt blows for the record.
I'll grab my wok.
You dont gotta spend huge money to get beautiful sound! Try a rav! They are just like handans but steel tongue drums with a resonance that lasts much longer than quality handpans too :) I think theyre around 800$ but really enjoy them alongside handpans!
They are not like a handpan at all, they resonate too much and sound very different than a handpan. I tried both and did not like the rav at all, plus it's as expensive as a good handpan.
Yeah, I did the same thing ... same experience. Sounds better with the mallets.... I'm thinking, though, if I could have something ... harder rubber ... on my fingers (because I want to play with my hands, not the mallets). See if that helps. I may try o rings.
Mine's a bit sharp, but it IS in tune with itself (everything is a little sharp, about the same amount). It does "chord", but since especially with my left hand it's iffy whether I get a good clean strike -- meh. I do better using by thumbs as malletts. So ... yeah, sounds like I need to spend at least $1200 ... something I'm kind of unwilling to do on something so new to me (my most expensive guitar cost half this much, and it sounds great AND I am at least familiar with guitar. I'm NOT a percussionist)
I had done a LITTLE research ... enough to know that I'd be unhappy with anything smaller than 18", but I kinda wish I'd seen this video first.
That said, I have it, and I'm going to play with it and get the best sound out of it I can. And if I get the "hang" of it, MAYBE I'll save my pennies for a better one.
When you have a good quality handpan, you barely hit it, and it sounds loud and clear and resonates well and with good sustain.
He is blocking the whole on the bottom that's why it is not resonating, he thinks the stool/seat is a stand 😅.. You have to make sure nothing is blocking the whole on the bottom.
It looks like the stand is dampening the full sound that hang drums are supposed to have. Maybe try playing with it on your legs?
Tried it a bunch of different ways off camera, nothing really helped
It is a bad Instrument.
Nothing to do with MIC, Stand or else.
Listen to good tuned Handpans ... Sound ... Sustain ... easy Touch a Tonefield will activate a real nice Sound.
All this is not the case here. 400 Bucks thrown out of the Window cause it is a trash Instrument.
Cheers ... Stefan.
Try adding mic closer to bottom and and some reverb
...I want to get a cheap one still for a 1 and a half year old, and I saw some for $20 on aliexpress. Please try it so I know whether or not it's completely busted.
Can something cheaper like that be professionally tuned? Would it increase its performance?
Angle grinder 😁
Did you try it without covering the hole at the bottom?
Pretty sure that the stand u have it on is a chair u sit on coz it resonates outbthe bottom?¿
Its funny that its more expencive then a computer tho. Cumputers can do way more then play a hang drum noise.
But i honestly want my own hang drum! They are cool! But im saving up for a computer right now.
Thank you for this video - I was just about to purchase this to see if I'd like to play. I have no musical training, but would like to play on a hand pan. I didn't want to invest a lot of money if I wouldn't be able to play it. Is there a budget friendly beginner hand pan for beginners like myself you would recommend?
Looking for one also myself. Its appears to get a budget one means to waste your money on a rubbish quality one. This in turn will probably put you off playing it. Id look to pay the standard high price or it probably won't be worth buying at all.
@@craigmorton8388 Yes! I agree. I'm going to have to work some overtime and save up for a better quality one. I wish there was a forum to buy used. My fear is that if I can't learn how to play and then have a beautiful instrument sitting in a corner somewhere.
There is a WAY cheaper instrument that's kinda like a Handpan, they are called tongue drums. You can get them on Amazon for like 30 bucks, they don't sound as nice but, that would be more like your beginner Handpan,
Theres also a couple for sale on Asteman, they cost 520$, (they're on sale, normally they cost 1,180$ American) They give videos of them being played, they sound gorgeous, and unlike the Handpan you see in this video, the notes are way longer
Rav vast tongue drum...used 5-600.00, New about 7-1000.00 for different tunings. Much louder than a hang drum. I use windmill style mallets rather than rubber or rubber like ones. The ones for cymbals, they can bring out a nice steeldrum sound.
novapan handpans seem to have decent pans for 600-900$
More than I expected for $400, but for real, get a decent one, this will restrict your potential so much and will make you want to give up, a good one will be a lifelong companion.
Check out meridian handpan, they are a bit more affordable and beautiful handpan, there are many more but I will personally probably get a meridian sometime (also rav pan is good)
I wouldn't call this a handpan lol and there's a lot of people making decent handpans for 1500€
@@mysticahandpan6134 did you read my comment?
@@mysticahandpan6134 I basically said what you said
@@kraigwitha.k Its not more then I expected from a 400 dollar handpan tbh couldn't really sound worse 😭 the high notes litterally don't make a sound hahahaha I'm just joking about that
Dude you got ripped off. I got my handpan for less than 400 USD and it sounds amazing. But I live in China and they seem to have found a way to make great handpans at a fraction of the cost (just not this one). I might have to make a video of mine and post it just so others can see what's on the market these days.
Please do
I am very interested in your video
@11OBlitzO11 Hi dude, did you buy a AsTeman?
Problem with the Chinese handpans is quality control. It's ok if you get a good one, but how many hundreds of them should we go through until one is perfect?
You got the stand and tge case. Still ahead of the game. Even if you never touch tge drum.
That's not a stand that's a seat by the way
Sounds like there is a pillow inside...
Maybe you should try to play with your hands. I payed about 200 Euro for my drum just to try it and I'm very glad about its sound.
sounds like a bucket
BBQ Grill
Its nod a hang drum.
Hang drum is called the original handpan from panart.
Changed it to handpan in the title a while ago, and learned that "hang drum" started getting applied to these kind of like "kleenex" to a tissue
Panart doesn't call it a hang drum either. It's simple the "hang".
Thank you.. you saved me wasting money. I have perfect pitch and I really love the hand pan drum but cost has been prohibitive. I thought the cheap option was good but this thing you play sounds crap. The pure tones and high resonance is what makes a hang drum/hand pan drum.
There’s a bunch on Amazon for less than $100...
Hard to get? Maybe once but now you can get them from Guitar Center. They run around 2k new.
Edit: oh man, that cheap thing sounds awful.
Ok.. honestly.. this thing is terrible.. I'm impressed You were quite gentle with Your opinion.. and yeah, it makes some sound, it's tuned somehow.. but it's not worth even 100 bugs unless it's still possible to make a new instrument out of it.. than maybe even 400 would be ok.. but looking at the quality of instruments which many handpan makers can create today, this thing is not even close to real handpan.. it's sad that anyone sells anything like that..
You play them on your lap, not on a seat. Even a $2000 drum will sound bad with that setup.
What are you talking a about? Lots of people play off of a stand. Some people are also physically unable to play off their lap.
Thanks for posting! And indeed it does suck!
Is it in tune, No.... can it play chords, No.... is it worth 400, no.... just honesty..
Cheap ones always seem to have dead spots
Try asteman product, 600 Eur and they sound very good (close at my 1200 Eur spacedrum)
mallets are the WORST for any hand pan and will throw the instrument out of tune. its good to use them on tank drums. also you have it on the stand so low that your hand strokes arent gettiing the proper sound anyway. another example of an "okay" player playing an "ok" instrument.
Still don't understand why it cost so much.
Well... it dies sucks... very low number of overtons, no ressonance...
Gosh...I could play on a oil-tank...would sound better with a longer sustain.
Oil tanks sound great. So do pots and pans. DAWs make it all feasible.
You jut blew $400. bucks!!!!!!LOL
Was klemmt da links für ein Ding? Das nimmt doch die Schwingung weg, oder?
To say the sound is horrific is an understatement.
Why not get a 25 dollar steel wok and ask a pro to play it . The sets will be better then this .
Guy sounds like Tom Green.
That appears to be a 7 note drum, ebay lsiting shows a 9 note drum......
😱 ahhhhh! I would pay the manufacturer 400 dollars to keep it and never let me see it again!
Holy s.... sounds like my first prototype I made 5 years ago, when I don't know anything about handpans. Please say the true, sounds horrible 😭😭😭😭. Please don't spend your money on that piece of s.... better save money and get a good one, from American makers, European makers or whit us on Mexico 🇲🇽.
Great video thank you so much
It’s muted quite obviously
Answer: Yes!
That’s way too much for a piece of metal
any handpan will sound bad if you use the metal stIk... and you clearly don't know how to play with yours hands...
Does anybody in the community know where I can get a nice one for 1000 or 1200, my wife really wants one
Sounds like it wasn't baked
They bake these?
Bake it tell you make it
@@ishguitars yes they should be, about 5 times, tuning it after each time for tone stability
could there be a way to take it apart and tune it?? is that possible?
@@RoyalRussian92 yes, but it possible needs reshaping as well. And you'll need tuning gear and a oven or torch to temper between tuning rounds
Yes. Yes it does suck.
always be sure of return policy, if this was me, it would have went back, its really is the worst one ive ever heard. Just honest. Its junky and i think we all agree.. Always see a video of the one your going to buy, not a version of it, not one that was sold last month, the actual item only. Then you are more safe as well as return policy should be known. Hand made items are all different, every single one of them.
That one is NOT IN TUNE!!!!!! Its called a Handpan! cheap does not make the instrument good! Like a cheap guitar!
This guy knows nothing about it. Ha ha.. Hang drum 😂😂😂
@@sandrakilchenmann.handpan Haha Are you speaking about me? Sorry I have only played for a few years I think only 10 yrs.. but I am still learning.. ;) haha I think that guy in the video doesnt know much no haha
Not you of course.. You do.. 👍🏼
Bro all you got to say is that it sucks. I don't know shit about hand drums, and I can hear that it sucks.
yeah almost no sustain, but if it had sustain, I'd say the tone would be much improved
And do we know what brand it is? I’d like to avoid…
Oh my thanks its terrible i dont know a note but can here its not right. I guess its good just too practice hand movements exercises. I really want one but I guess never will now have heard that thing .
I think this video doesn't give you any good info. If one 400 euro handpan sounds bad don't mean that all handpans for this price will sound bad I sell handpans for 500 USD and it's sounds amazing. Different maker different sound and price range 😜
Gee I'm glad I went with a Rav vast and not a cheap handpan.
But I gotta say; it was entertaining to watch.
We are here for all your entertainment needs 😂
wow, this really sounds bad, no resonance, out of tune. By the way, never use mallets on a handpan, it will just ruin it. YOu must use your hands and make sure the hole at the bottom is not blocked. Part of your problem. I bought an Amahi handpan and it's not bad at all, with in-tune and stable notes. I had the chance to try it at my local music store before buying and I recommend that if possible, try it before buying.
sad thing is its not the cheapest one
Take it off the stand. It should sound a tiny bit better.
Why do they cost so much? There essentially nothing but two pans welded together with a couple of dents put in them in the right places. You could make one for less then that. Nothing I see here should warrant $1000 for ANY kind of drum.
They are made by hand, from a flat sheet of metal. Everything is made by hand, that's why the cost, it's the labor that makes it so expensive. Plus the tuning is done by hand with small hammers. Everything must be tuned, the note plus the harmonic around it. I don't know how much time they take to build one but I would think maybe a week? to properly tune it. This one obviously took like a few hours, maybe a day? That's why a good quality handpan can cost 3000$, because a lot of time is spent in tuning it to perfection.
@@daniellazylen5350 I understand a cost like that for a quality handmade one, but I'd think something like this just as easily could be made by a machine press and lower the cost. I mean I looked online out of curiosity and even the "cheaper" ones are still in the hundreds to thousands of dollars. I feel that something like this would be hard to purchase because there seems to a "set price" to what they cost regardless of how they're made. It would be hard to know for sure which one was handmade and which wasn't.
@@chrislaws4785 Actually it would be very easy to spot which ones are machine-made and which ones are quality instruments. I doubt that even machine-made could be made using a machine only. I don't think a machine can tune these properly. Could work but it would probably be out of tune for some notes. Even on the cheap 600$ ones, you can see all these tiny hammer hits, dings, and bumps that tune the note field and harmonics. Those from China don't have all these harmonics, there is less time spent to fine-tune them. Most people won't notice this too much, even out-of-tune notes, so they can buy a cheaper one and learn on it I guess.
@@daniellazylen5350 That makes sense then. But, if someone understood or had a good ear for notes, couldn't they simply buy a cheaper one and tune it themselves with little more then a few differently sized hammers? I mean a little elbow grease and effort to tune a cheaper one yourself definitely sounds better then throwing down $600 plus on one that's already tuned for you. Lol.
@@chrislaws4785 A little elbow grease? do you know how hard it is to tune these? you could totally ruin it and make it worse. You don't tune it with your ear, you tune it with a tuner, it's the only way to know for sure it's in tune, plus you have to tune the harmonics around the note. Cheap handpans don't have harmonics much. I bought a 1200$ one and it still does not have all the harmonics and some of the notes are not stable, so when I hit it a little too hard with my hands, I hear a ''boing'' sound. Well-made handpan have thicker metal and you can hit them a bit harder without hearing the note distort. I bought a Amahi handpan, made in China. supposed to be highend for china made but I can see the flaws.
They got you mann
Would be nice if you try to play any song with your hands
Do you have the whole on the bottom covered ?
Woof - sounds awful...
This thing is pointless. No sustain whatsoever which is why you want a handpan.
Absolutely terrible
I've seen them for fifty bucks for a 12 to 14 in one
It does, suck, seemingly a lot.
In other words, you get what you pay for it…
I'm so sorry this happened to you. I got very sad watching the video.
No sustain...too bad because I like the price. Lol
AS TEMAN or Rav vast for a cheap hang drum. otherwise steel tongue drums are fine
Tongue drums resonate until it's plain chaos. Awful.
Open it, flip it and put a handle on it. Stir-fry away. What an awful sound