Almost exactly two years after releasing the Orba 2, Artiphon is completing the trilogy. The newly announced Orba 3 finds the Nashville-based startup baking live sampling into its clever handheld ...

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Innovative interface with velocity-sensitive controls and haptic feedback. Neat built-in sounds with the option to add your own. Light and portable. Gesture controls manipulate filters and effects in ...

When I reviewed the Orba back in late 2020, I was told there was no plan to open up the internal synth engine to users. That because of the limited resources available it would be difficult to make it ...

The Orba 2 rocks the same palm-friendly dimensions as the original, at 3.14 inch diameter and 2 inches in height (7.9 x 5 cm), and features a similar-looking spread of eight capacitive sensing pads up ...

In the same way that digital cameras democratized photography, laptops and desktops getting more powerful and cheaper, internet ubiquity, free-to-download software, and the rise of MIDI, have made ...

I am both fascinated by and skeptical of strange, nontraditional musical instruments. And it’s this very thing that drew me to Artiphon’s Orba. It’s about as nontraditional as you can get. It’s a tiny ...

"Orba introduces a new and fun way to make music anywhere, even if you’ve never played an instrument before." The Orba is described as a band in your hand by the Artiphon team, and comes with ...