Designed for you
Artiphon instruments empower you to make music instantly, regardless of experience. By designing intuitive instruments, we eliminate the steep learning curves of traditional ones, ensuring that you can start creating music the moment you open the box.
Not your average noise makers
Our instruments are designed to grow with you as you evolve on your musical journey. Whether you're making short loops with the onboard synthesizer or connecting to your DAW, our instruments give you the confidence and success at every step of the way.
Instantly make music without the needs for cables or tech using the onboard synthesizer. Easily switch between the four instrument parts Drum, Bass, Chord, and Lead with the touch of a button. Each instrument mode offers unique array of sounds, fostering endless creation.
Start with a drum beat, add chords, an 808 bass line, and solo with a piano lead for the perfect beat. With Orba and Chorda's built-in looper, you can layer sounds from four instrument parts, creating complete songs.
Experiment playing over 100 different sounds, inspired by popular genres like Hip-Hop, EDM, trap music, and even traditional instruments such as violins and horns by connecting to the companion app.
Create your own sounds or load existing samples, then import them into your instrument via the companion app. Witness the magic as your new sounds are immediately tuned to your chosen scale.
Instantly make music without the needs for cables or tech using the onboard synthesizer. Easily switch between the four instrument parts Drum, Bass, Chord, and Lead with the touch of a button. Each instrument mode offers unique array of sounds, fostering endless creation.
Start with a drum beat, add chords, an 808 bass line, and solo with a piano lead for the perfect beat. With Orba and Chorda's built-in looper, you can layer sounds from four instrument parts, creating complete songs.
Experiment playing over 100 different sounds, inspired by popular genres like Hip-Hop, EDM, trap music, and even traditional instruments such as violins and horns by connecting to the companion app.
Create your own sounds or load existing samples, then import them into your instrument via the companion app. Witness the magic as your new sounds are immediately tuned to your chosen scale.
On-the-go or in the studio
Seamlessly transition from on-the-go creativity to studio mastery. With built-in speakers, a reliable battery, and a headphone jack, you can create anywhere inspiration strikes. Then effortlessly export MIDI data to transform sketches into full songs back in the studio.
Express yourself
Immerse yourself in the art of creation with the touch-sensitive pads, responding to even the gentlest touch.
Feel the music as you effortlessly modulate sounds using nine intuitive playing gestures, such as Tilt, Shake, Radiate, Bump, and more.
Smart features for those with big ideas
Stay focused on your creativity as our instruments handle the rest. With onboard quantization snapping all your notes to the beat, you'll never miss a beat. Set scales to ensure every note always sounds great, and effortlessly play entire chords with just one touch, elevating your musical creations to new heights like never before.
Fine tune the details
Further customize your instruments with ease using the companion app where you can adjust tunings, BPM, effects, and more to your liking.
With Chorda, you can elevate your playing experience with features like smart-strum, arpeggiation, multi-position playing, and on-device key and song changes, unlocking new levels of creativity and control.
Not your basic MIDI keyboard
Break free from the keys, knobs and clickity-buttons holding your creativity back. Artiphon instruments prioritize ergonomics, movement, and overall playing experience, keeping you engaged and inspired as you play.
Our Bluetooth MPE MIDI controllers seamlessly synchronize with your favorite music production apps, including Ableton Live, GarageBand, Logic, FL Studio, and more. You can even plug into USB MIDI compatible hardware synths.
| Orba 2 | Chorda | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $149.99 | $249.99 |
| Synth engine | ✔ | ✔ |
| Sample engine | ✔ | ✔ |
| Import or record samples | ✔ | ✔ |
| Looper | ✔ | ✔ |
| Nine playing gestures | ✔ | ✔ |
| Multiple playing positions | - | ✔ |
| MIDI Controller | ✔ | ✔ |
| Quantize | ✔ | ✔ |
| Maximum Loop Length | 128 Bars | 128 Bars |
| Pads | 8 | 12 |
| Bridge for strumming | - | ✔ |
| Built-in arpeggiator | - | ✔ |
| Switch presets on-device | - | ✔ |
| Switch and save songs on-device | - | ✔ |
| Change key on-device | - | ✔ |
| Left-handed mode | - | ✔ |
| Built-in Speaker | ✔ | ✔ |
| Rechargeable Battery | ✔ | ✔ |
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Tech specs
What's in the box?
- Your new instrument
- USB Cable
- Quickstart Guide
Dimensions
- Chorda: 440 mm (W) x 59mm (D) x 29mm (H)
- Orba: 3.14" (diameter) x 2" (height)
I/O
- USB-C (USB 2.0 Class Compliant Audio/MIDI)
- 3.5mm (1/8") TRS Analog Headphone Stereo Out
Features
- Multi-colored LEDs
- Chorda: 12 capacitive sense/ touch-sensitive pads
- Orba: 8 capacitive sense/ touch-sensitive pads
- Built-in accelerometer
- Built-in Gyroscope
- Embedded Haptic feedback
- Smart-strum bridge with 6 triggers (Chorda only)
- (A) menu button
- Power + volume button
- Built-in battery (up to 5 hours of battery life)
- MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) class-compliant
Bluetooth
- Bluetooth LE MIDI (MIDI only)
Note: Windows 10 does not currently support Bluetooth LE MIDI
Speaker System
- 3W built-in active speaker system
Compatibility
- iOS 11 and newer
- Android 9 and newer
- macOS 10.12 and newer
- Windows 10 (64 bit)
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