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ORBA 2 by ARTIPHON
An Instrument Designed For You
Make music immediately as you open the box with Orba 2 by Artiphon. This portable, hand-held instrument is designed for your on-the-go lifestyle and features an onboard synthesizer with four modes: Drum, Bass, Chord, and Lead. With its onboard looper, you can effortlessly layer these parts to create songs in seconds.
Instant Sound at Your Fingertips
Instantly make music that impresses without additional cables or tech using the onboard synthesizer. Switch effortlessly between Drum, Bass, Chord, and Lead by touching Orba's center pad, each mode offering unique sounds for endless creativity.
Use the built-in looper to layer these parts making tunes that honor your inner musician. Start with a drum beat, add beautiful chords, throw in a funky bass line, and finish with a solo on piano in lead mode.
Always sound great
Orba features snap-to-grid and groove quantization to keep you perfectly on beat, key selection to ensure you never hit a wrong note, and one-touch chord playing. Customize your sound with an array of settings and effects that elevate your beat-making from beginner to pro in no time.
Feel The Music, While You Modify Sound
Immerse yourself in the art of musical expression with the touch-sensitive pads, responding to even the slightest touch.
Feel the music as you effortlessly modulate sounds using nine intuitive playing gestures, such as Tilt, Shake, Radiate, Bump, and more, adding your own unique flair to every single song you make, and experiencing the tactile sensation of classical instruments on a modern digital instrument.
Choose From Hundreds Of Sounds or Make Your Own
Explore a vast library of sounds with the free Artiphon Connect app, offering diverse genres from Hip-Hop, EDM, Trap, and more to traditional instruments like violins. Easily create and load your own sounds with audio sampling. Watch the magic happen as the powerful sound engine automatically adjusts your new sample to your chosen scale.
Take It Anywhere Creativity Strikes
Effortlessly fit Orba into almost any backpack and even the pocket of your sweatpants. With its built-in speaker, onboard sounds, headphone jack, and rechargeable battery, you can unleash your creativity wherever inspiration strikes.
Not Your Average MIDI Controller
Break free from the creative ruts imposed by traditional controllers with limiting keys, knobs, and buttons. Artiphon instruments prioritize ergonomics, movement, and overall playing experience, keeping you engaged and inspired, breaking through all your creative barriers.
Orba is a Bluetooth MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) controller that is seamlessly compatible with your favorite music production apps, including popular DAW's like Ableton Live, GarageBand, Logic, FL Studio, and more. Additionally, you can plug into USB MIDI-compatible hardware synths, expanding your music production even further.
What's in the box:
- Orba 2
- USB Cable
- Quickstart Guide
Technical Specifications:
- 3.14" (diameter) x 2" (height)
- USB-C (USB 2.0 Class Compliant Audio/MIDI)
- 3.5mm (1/8") TRS Analog Headphone Stereo Out
- Multi-colored LEDs
- 8 capacitive sense pads
- Built-in accelerometer
- Built-in Gyroscope
- Embedded Haptic feedback
- (A) menu button
- Power + volume button
- Bluetooth LE MIDI (MIDI only) Note: Windows 10 does not currently support Bluetooth LE MIDI
- 3W built-in active speaker system
System Requirements:
- iOS 11 and newer
- Android 9 and newer
- macOS 10.12 and newer
- Windows 10 (64 bit)
Jo
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2025
Great sound, good battery life, easy to learn.
Carlos
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2025
Perfect present for a loved ont
William B.
Reviewed in France on January 29, 2025
L’Artiphon Orba 2 est une petite pépite pour les musiciens en quête de créativité et de mobilité.🎵 Points forts :✅ Compact et intuitif : Facile à prendre en main, parfait pour improviser partout.✅ Looper et sampler intégrés : Idéal pour créer des boucles et expérimenter avec des sons personnalisés.✅ Sensibilité tactile impressionnante : Les 8 touchpads réagissent bien aux variations de pression et aux gestes.✅ Connectivité MIDI : Fonctionne parfaitement avec des DAWs pour enrichir la production musicale.✅ Bonne autonomie : Permet de jouer plusieurs heures sans recharge.⚠️ Petit bémol : L’appli companion pourrait être un peu plus fluide, mais elle reste fonctionnelle.👉 En résumé, un instrument ludique, inspirant et ultra-portable ! Que vous soyez débutant ou musicien expérimenté, l’Orba 2 est un vrai plaisir à utiliser. 🎶✨
Ke.tv.an
Reviewed in Germany on September 3, 2024
Mit den Software-Upgrades möchte ich das Teil nicht mehr missen. Macht Spaß und lädt zu kreativen Klangausflügen ein - hoher Aufforderungscharakter auch für Kinder.
J. McGowan
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2024
This little machine is amazing! The things you can do with it and the music you can make is something else. Besides the information on the listing, I went to their website and Youtube to watch videos of what other people had created with the Orba. So cool! The only problem with my purchase was that I got it for my 14 year old niece who plays the guitar and writes music. It was too much for her, meaning I would not buy this again for a kid unless you know that they are tech savvy as you do need to learn how to use it. For now, it just sits on her dresser, but I believe one day she'll use it.
J. W.
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2023
It did have a slight learning curve, but not much. I found I needed the quantize option to be off or set to 'groove', and it's important to start recording on the first beat and end it after the fourth beat (it's sooo easy to mess up your loops if you don't start/end it at the right time). After a little practice I got better at creating loops that didn't sound messed up. Maybe I'm actually starting to develop rhythm. xDThis thing is a ton of fun to play with, and each time I pick it up I find myself losing track of time. There are tons of different instrument options on the app (which many android users have said don't work for them, but seems ok to me, maybe I'm lucky). The software and app are a little buggy, but not hard to figure out. It's awesome as a MIDI controller too. I've tried it with Reaper and Cakewalk and it's very easy to set up, just have to enable it as an input device. I think people who are more musical may be a little frustrated/feel limited by the scales it locks to, but I like it because it helps you not play any wrong notes. I think it's a bit more for noodling around and generating ideas, or just relaxing rather than for playing specific songs. It's almost meditative to play with. But paired with a DAW it would allow for more control and be a pretty cool production tool.
Viola Antoinette
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2023
As a person who collects items that make noise, this is a new favorite. The versatility of the instrument and it's form factor make it easy for brainstorming tunes on the go.There are a few improvements I'd like in order to give this a shining 5-star review:- The app interface is lacking and buggy. The UI is not the most intuitive, and it lacks features such as "favoriting" presets. Settings for the device itself, each preset, and the "song" (which is a misnomer that describes a group of presets) are all in separate places. The app doesn't currently work on Android, and I understand there's been a fix in process for quite some time. Fortunately I have a modern laptop, but any Android users without regular access to a personal computer would be out of luck.- the lead instrument presets are (mostly) pentatonic. This is a feature for plenty, and I enjoy the pentatonic scale. That said, only a few instruments are tuned diatonically, and you can't toggle this per-preset. Since this instrument is primarily a sampler, it should be an easy toggle to implement, but for now melodies are limited to a single pentatonic key at a time.Overall, I love this item and will continue to show it off. I hope the changes I've outlined above are implemented soon.
Pete Wallace
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2023
I have been eye balling this thing since it released honestly and I'm so glad I pulled the trigger and got it. It has so many cool features about it. Plus you can make it into a midi controller as well. Perfect if you are stuck in a musical rut and need some new ideas with new keys, styles, etc. I love how portable it is and how fun it is to play. There are so many possibilities with this thing and even more experimenting you can do. Like for example, I have spent about 3 days since it arrived just playing, discovering what it can do which is a bunch. Tonight I'll be using it with my traditional loop pedal to mix my micro korg and bass guitar with and lay additonal beats down with some presets on drums on the orba 2. It has so much potential!!!This is great as a stand alone device but also a device that can help add back bone, rhythm and etc to guitar solos, bass grooves, handpans, whatever you can think of!Oh and also you can sample your own sounds from whatever it might be and then add it to your library of sounds you already have with the orba 2 and have them portal and ready to go in just a click or press of a button on your phone.Worth every penny to me.
Cliente
Reviewed in Italy on February 21, 2022
Collegato al pc e non riesco a fermarmi
Ashish J.
Reviewed in India on August 24, 2021
Great product .. it’s my new midi friend
Evrard Vincent
Reviewed in France on April 21, 2021
La livraison :Impeccable, comme d'habitude.Le produit :Déçu. Trop pointu. Peu de possibilités.
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