Electronic Handpan? - Lumen First Impressions
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 เม.ย. 2023
- These are my first impressions on the Lumen Handpan!
Corrections:
Turns out there ARE other electronic handpan competitors, I had no idea. There's the NeoTone and the Wavepan. In the past there was the Oval Handpan, but it appears to be discontinued. Also, it appears Lumen began it's life as a Indigogo project back in 2016, the inventor didn't mention it to me so I didn't know about that stage of development.
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Update:
Turns out there ARE other electronic handpans as well, I had no idea. There's the NeoTone and the Wavepan. In the past there was the Oval Handpan, but it appears to be discontined. Also, it appears Lumen began it's life as a Indigogo project back in 2016, the inventor didn't mention it to me so I didn't know about that stage of development.
I teach marching percussion at a local high school, and we used this last year in our field show. The kids and the crowd loved it!!! Amplified perfectly 👍
Nice! Good to hear it worked well in a live environment
Looks like a high quality well thought out piece of equipment.
That thing is really cool. Wish I had the money to buy one. Great review as always thank you !
Thanks Mikey!
Great video!
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well done Justin!
Excellent
Etheral in E would love this
Your birthday !!!! it is your birthday.He should use this
You didn’t mention that this was initially a Kickstarter project. I’ve had my Lumen Handpan for a couple of years now. It’s very fun! My biggest complaint is that there isn’t enough onboard storage to hold even all of the factory provided sample sets. What initially attracted me was the possibility of making my own samples for it, but with such limited memory, I haven’t bothered.
I didn’t realize, the dude never told me
Hi my question is can you program different sound into the device
Can you review the Millenium MPS 850? I want to buy it, and there's really no in-depth review on it.-
I’m interested to know which scales and instrument sounds this has
I would like to be able to play with quarter tones and such.
But I assume that those kinds of scales aren’t built into the thing by default
But I was thinking that you could maybe change the pitch of the individual tones to match whatever scale you prefer even the less conventional ones
It would also be pretty cool to use with a viper phone kind of sound or something like that.
And add effects like ambience and such if that’s possible
That would be a huge miss if they didn’t use the opportunity to add those kinds of things with an electronic pad.
But personally the biggest benefit I see is that you can get away with purchasing just one handpan and get all the scales you need
Instead of getting a new one for each scale, that’s probably the most annoying thing about this beautiful instrument, if you ask me
And the thing holding me back from making the decision to purchase one for myself
In case it's relevant to anybody the Neotone is also available (for preorder); it's also hand pan shaped and it's much more expensive but also more realistic. The models they're working on right now are between 2.5 and 3 thousand euros + vat and they'll soon be doing preorders. They have a waiting list you can join if interested. If you're lucky enough to be in Budapest (Hungary) you can go try them
The Neotone is another high quality version of an electronic handpan that has been recently released. Also, several years ago yhe Oval was released. Eventually support dried up and the app had bugs that were never fixed. Neotone has been working on this for a few years. Good review though. But please don't use Sweetwater as the source for quality handpans. The ones there are mostly manufactured in China, like the Amazon ones you posted about as well. There are artisan manufacturers around the world that can create beautiful quality custom instruments for comparable prices and much better customer support direct from the makers and not a factory in China. 😉✌️
Hey Danny, thanks for the info! I'll post a correction paragraph in the video description.
I don't think Sweetwater is selling the Ebay/Amazon Chinese knock offs. Meinl makes there's in Columbia, Sela in Germany, Pearls , could be China/Taiwan or Thailand. The Handpan community has this list of about 15 hand pan makers. (All boutique). Anything not on that list, you're persona non grata. Remember drum snobbery in the old days ? 😛 Oh & don't dare call it a hang drum, the original inventor will sue your ass ! #1 in buying a handpan is knowing which scale is going to work for you. And how the heck can you figure that out w/o trying a few ? I've never had an issue returning something to Sweetwater. Heck my SW sales engineer even waives the return S&H 😀 I doubt these Boutique guys are going to be super happy about taking a return just because you didn't vibe with the sound ! 😋 Thanks for the upload Justin. Great work.
@@dilankarun9172 first off, yes, Justin great work and great video. Very informative and enjoyable. I was merely trying to fill in some gaps. OK, so Meinl, Sela and Pearls are made from 3rd party makers. The issue I have with big box stores like Sweetwater (and don't get me wrong, I buy a lot of stuff from Sweetwater and love them) is that yes, they do offer services and returns, but say you need your pan retuned. Sure, they cover S & H, but your pan will travel from you to them to the factory of origin (China? S. America?) and then back to you. You never have direct communication with the actual maker. And chances are the "maker" is probably one of many people in the factory. You get it back weeks, months later and hopefully it's in tune again. There are more than "15 boutique makers" out there these days. And more than likely a person can find one if not more in their region. And you have the opportunity to actually go to their workshops, see how they're made and try different scales that haven't been hammered on by the general public all day long. Service direct from the person making it, not your Sweetwater rep who I love, but probably doesn't know much about Handpans. As for being sued by the original Hang makers. Yes, there has been an ongoing legal battle with them. But an organization Calle HCU (Handpan Community United) has spent 100's of thousand of euros to fight them. Worst case being the scenario that your "knock off Hang" could be confiscated at an airport when traveling, like a knock off handbag. Craziness. Yet, you have a core bunch of makers fighting the good fight so the world can enjoy handpans. To give some history, I've been in the scene since '06, used to be an admin on the only site at the time for anything handpan related, Handpan.org. I've actually designed some of the logos for some of those "boutique" companies like Pantheon Steel, Makai and Arcana. I've seen times when there was only the one maker, I've been to gatherings through the years, met players, makers and enthusiasts of all ages and backgrounds. And I've seen the ugly and the pretty of this community and the instrument and the evolution of it all, first hand. No, the big box stores can't be stopped. Nor the Chinese manufacturing. But, that doesn't mean we can't still be educated on quality, history and commercialism. The Sweetwaters will fill a niche. But most of those pans will end up collecting dust eventually, I feel. IF the pricepoints level out some and they big box stores carry them and price them like Mexican Fenders asm opposed to Guild Guitars, then the basic consumer niche can be better represented. The boutique makers will be like artisan luthiers and be able to offer the quality and service that an artisan maker can provide. Until then, I'll still consider the Sweetwater like group of instruments a less than good option for the consumer or hobbyist. There are artisan makers that can make quality pans for less than what these stores offer, even now. Good starter pans. The whole prejudices of artisan makers vs. big box stores will evolve in time. But for now, despite my love of Sweetwater for many things, Handpans is not their forte right now. Besides, I like to support small artisans. And I like knowing the direct provenance of my Handpan. This community is still so young, we should still be able to appreciate the art for what it is before the commercial wave wipes the magic and quality away. Thanks for the feedback, Dilan!
That keyboard looks like a UFO! Someone call X-Files.
Well shite. I currently own 2 handpans. Might sell one of them so I can buy this. Excellent review!
I'm a kit drummer predominantly with a leaning towards also adding bongos and cajon on occasion. Hand pan/tongue drum has always seemed interesting but this seems over the top... either way its at least $1000 US or upward of $1500 AUS...
There is also an afordable midi handpan: Wavepan from Germany works with cinematic instruments pandrum and sounds much better as the lumen handpan
Thank you very much! I was not aware of the Wavepan
Whats the price
Can I use it in 432hz?
Good review. You mentioned several times that Lumen is the only one who makes digital handpans. There is a company called Neotone that makes digital handpans that I believe are far superior. Perhaps you could check them out and do a comparison video. I would appreciate your thoughts on this. Thanks you
Hey Gary, I'm sorry for the oversight, I wasn't aware of the Neotone Handpan and the Oval Handpan while making this video. I posted a correction paragraph in the video discription.
Interesting as a controller
Does it shred?? 🤣🤣
Don't forget about the Mandala Drum
Been on their wait list for 4 years. No emails. Nothing
yeah they're an option. But I think of them more as an all purpose drum, not specifically hand percussion centric
there's no way it should cost this much. maybe handpan enthusiasts will think otherwise. why is there not something (muuuuch) cheaper with no internal computer that can interface with an iphone? this is the same price as a nice roland kit, albeit it's portable - however, the modules on those kit's are huge either, it's the kit.
Man, it’s incredible to me that people spend $1,500 - $2,500 on acoustic handpans. They sound really cool and all but they’re limited to a single key. So if you want a range of options for several different keys, you’re going to have to spend an awful lot of money.
If this electronic one sounds as good as an acoustic one, $1,500 might be the deal of the century for some people.
Crispy fried
A real handpan is the way to go
7:20 that's not true, Lumen Handpans are NOT the only digital handpans - did you ever herd from "Neotone"? Those digital handpan is made of wood.
That’s awesome!
Sucks that it uses Windows though.
Aria Math just got more epic!
Lol.... 1400$ for this? This thing looks really cheaply made.
Ugh I hate hand percussion. I give them credit for creativity though, I guess.
I've been lucky to play hand pans for more than ten years and I can share with you the first electronic hand pan a midi system came out in 2014.. Since then recently lumen a nice solution too has arrived and a great one also out of Budapest Hungary has arrived with a high quality. I heard also there is another arriving soon. @erathtribe195
What’s the name of the one from 2014 called? And also the one from Budapest?