Sync Pro D Sabye 9 - Ember Steel

Sabye is a hand pan tuning with a very clear and expressive character. It is a pan in the major tuning. Major is known for its cheerful and sunny character.

These character traits can certainly be heard within Sabye. It is a playful and challenging mood, with its own distinct timbre and atmosphere.

Sabye is a diatonic tuning, meaning that all notes in the scale come before it. In this, it is the same as Kurd, but the latter is in minor instead of major.

Another difference, and something that really stands out when you play on a Sabye, is that the tone sequence after the ding starts on the fourth note (the fourth) instead of the fifth (the fifth). Starting a tone lower than usual creates a very distinct and unique sound palette.

Sabye is also sometimes called Morning Glory or Ashakiran. Different names, but exactly the same mood!

Ember Steel
Ember Steel is a material based on stainless steel, with modifications made to affect the sound. These modifications also affect its appearance, giving Ember Steel its distinctive reddish-brown copper colour.

Ember Steel is characterised by an above-average reverb, with tones that articulate a broad spectrum. Ember Steel gives nice deep lows, but at the same time has quite a present high.

You can recognise this by a warm sound, with lots of sparkling highs at the same time. This broad spectrum, combined with that characteristic long reverb, makes Ember Steel an ideal material for some slower, meditative and calming playing.

SYNC Pro features

• Handmade
• Very precise tuning
• Beautifully warm and open sound.
• Available in nitrided and Ember steel
• Small print run
• High quality
• Suitable for a wide range of playing styles

SYNC hand pans are the result of years of experience and continued development of knowledge and materials. SYNC hand pans use only the best metal combined with a unique nitration recipe. Not surprisingly, these hand pans are very popular. The nitration process ensures strength and stability in the metal, positively affects the timbre and makes the instrument well protected against corrosion. The name comes from the term “Synchronise” and that's exactly what you can do with these harmonic handpans: snatch your moment, reset for a moment and ‘synchronise’.