I was working on the tune Conception by George Shearing and I had some thoughts I figured I'd pass along. I have an etude and chord study coming also.

Mario shows how to set the Gate time on the Mallet Kat

There is some symmetry on the pan, Victor talks about it here.

Victor Provost is a top notch steel pan player. He's joining vibesworkshop.com to create the pan part, which will be called panworkshop.com and reside along side of the vibe section. Here Victor talks briefly about the history of the pan.