I’ve been playing around with some stainless steel bowls in my studio.  Here are a couple of random outtakes.

This first sample is from a clean recording with no processing.

• Bowls in Studio [ogg vorbis format]
• Bowls in Studio [lame (mp3) format]

Here you can hear me playing with and free-form-manipulating the harmonics.

This second sample is a recording made through the Line6 Pod Farm using Rotary Drum + Horn, Adam and Eve, and a Compressor.

• Bowls in Studio [ogg vorbis format]
• Bowls in Studio [lame (mp3) format]

I especially like the echo-like effects I am able to get (without any echo used).

Love to have your thoughts on the matter.