Hang Drum for Propellerheads Reason

Thursday, 17 June 2010

One instrument that’s got great allure is the PanArt Hang – a metallic drum-like form with great complexity and resonance:

They are difficult to obtain, and expensive should you want to try.

Looking online, I found some WAV samples graciously provided by Andreas Bick at http://www.andreas-bick.de/en/downloads/film_music/hang_samples.php. He also included the sampler settings to convert this to a virtual instrument for Apple Logic Pro’s ESX-24 sampler.

If you have Propellerhead Reason, the sampler settings won’t work – although you can still use the raw WAV files and do your own mapping for the Reason NN-XT sampler. Luckily, I spent the couple of hours doing it so that you don’t have to :) You can get the files here:

http://cid-7874cfd565b38d4b.office.live.com/browse.aspx/Shared/Hang%20Drum%20for%20Reason%20NN-XT

If you don’t have the WAV samples, you’ll need to download the entire ZIP and extract it. It’s in 7-zip format, since I couldn’t get regular zip files to go below the 50MB limit on SkyDrive. If you have the WAV files already, you only need the .sxt file also in the directory.

I also put up a Reason project (Egyptian Mystery.rns) for a song that uses only this instrument: Egyptian Mystery.

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4 Responses to “Hang Drum for Propellerheads Reason”

  1. Sage writes:
    No. 1 — October 1st, 2010 at 2:55 pm

    Thank you so much for channeling such beautiful music! I am so inspired! I have been loving the hang drum for some time now…where do you suggest that I go? Thank you so much! Beautiful blessings are shining within us – Sage

  2. Lee Holmes writes:
    No. 2 — October 1st, 2010 at 7:34 pm

    Sage – if it’s the YouTube video you like, you’ll have to thank Dante for that one :) If you like Egyptian Mystery, then I’m flattered!

    Where do I suggest you go to buy one? I don’t really have a good answer to that one. They’re so expensive (because they’re in such short supply) that I find it really hard to justify getting one. I did get a Rock Creek tank drum, and it’s pretty nice – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNIxwjvBelM.

  3. Sup writes:
    No. 3 — December 29th, 2010 at 11:46 am

    Hey, Sage. You may want to check this out: http://www.hangdrumsandhandpans.com/2010/10/alternatives-to-hang-drum-for-sale-halo.html

    p.s. thanks for the link to the samples, Holmes. I will be making use of them.

  4. Marco Selvaggio writes:
    No. 4 — January 11th, 2011 at 12:39 pm

    I sell my hang drum (No PANArt)!!! If you want to see it contact me on facebook! I will give me skype contact so you can see it… I’m from Italy! :)
    Marco

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