Orba by Artiphon | Portable synth, looper, and MIDI controller | iOS, Mac, Windows, PC | Bluetooth or USB MPE MIDI

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.

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. xD This 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.

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.

THIS IS A LOT OF FUN!! It's like a fidget spinner, but for musicians. Actually, you don't even have to be a musician. I'm certainly not. But anybody can fake it with one of these. There is a bit of a learning curve, but learning how to use it is half the fun! Once you get the basics down, I can almost guarantee you will get addicted. Small enough to take anywhere with you. Can be used with headphones, too, so you don't bother anyone. I've had people come up to me on the ferry and ask what I'm doing as they watch me tapping, shaking, and turning my Orba 2 and bobbing my head to the newest little jams I created. Anyone can make music with this. I imagine it would be super helpful for a musician with an idea for a riff in their head and want to hear it. If you can't get to your instrument, you can always tap it out on your Orba 2!

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.

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. 🎶✨

Great product .. it’s my new midi friend

It’s a cool wee sampler , once you figure it all out and understand how to use the app with it etc. it’s a bit expensive but they have crammed a lot into such a small device. Really it’s a bit of a gimmick but a cool one to be fair.

Me flipa el orba. Estoy contenta con este instrumento realmente raro, pero mola hacer música con este instrumento. Me encanta!!!

La livraison : Impeccable, comme d'habitude. Le produit : Déçu. Trop pointu. Peu de possibilités.