ORBA PRESS GUIDE

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ORBA PRESS GUIDE

Thank you for considering covering Orba.
Please reach out to press@artiphon.com with any questions or comments.

WHAT IS ORBA?

Orba is a handheld digital instrument that lets anyone build loops and songs using a range of intuitive gestures. It features a unique onboard synthesizer, built-in looper, speaker, and wireless connectivity. Easily build a song by layering Drum, Bass, Chord, and Lead parts. And use Bluetooth MIDI or USB to connect to your favorite music-making apps.


FEATURES & SPECS

    • • Eight capacitive-sensing pads for feather-touch control
    • • Accelerometer and gyroscope capture a range of gestures
    • • Onboard synthesizer
    • • 2" Speaker
    • • Cross-platform Orba app for more sounds, songs, and settings
    • • MIDI over Bluetooth or USB
    • • Use the ⅛” (3.5mm) output to listen on headphones, speakers, and amps
    • • Multicolor LEDs respond to the way you play
    • • Embedded haptics offer vibration feedback
    • • Rechargeable LiPo battery (4 hour charge)
    • • MPE MIDI

ADDITIONAL SPECS

I/O

USB-C (USB 2.0 Class Compliant Audio/MIDI)

3.5mm (1/8") TRS Analog Headphone Stereo Out

Bluetooth

Bluetooth LE MIDI

Speaker System

3W built-in active speaker system

Battery

Lithium Polymer Battery

1250mAH

4h average operating time

80% capacity after 300 charging cycles

Capactitive Touch Sensitive Pads

8 pads can be used with different gestures

Sound Engine

Four-part polyphonic synthesizer with subtractive and physical modeling synth

Compatibility

iOS, Android, Mac, Windows

Accessories

Travel Case

Silicone Sleeve


Orba

$99.99

Orba Silicone Sleeve

$9.99

Orba Travel Case

$14.99

AVAILABLE AT:


PRESS ASSET DOWNLOADS

Press inquiries: press@artiphon.com
Investment and business development: growth@artiphon.com
General inquiries: contact@artiphon.com

PRESS RELEASES

PHOTOS

VIDEOS

BRAND ASSETS


ORBA IS FOR:

CASUAL PLAYING

Use Orba standalone to create songs using the onboard synth and looper, or connect to the app (iOS, Android, Mac, Windows) to adjust presets and save songs.

PROS

Orba is an expressive gestural MPE MIDI controller which offers new playing possibilities for your favorite synths, samples, and even analog synthesizers.

WHAT IS ORBA?

Orba is a handheld digital instrument that lets anyone build loops and songs using a range of intuitive gestures. It features a unique onboard synthesizer, built-in looper, speaker, and wireless connectivity. Easily build a song by layering Drum, Bass, Chord, and Lead parts. And use Bluetooth MIDI or USB to connect to your favorite music-making apps.

FEATURES

  • Eight capacitive-sensing pads for feather-touch control
  • Accelerometer and gyroscope capture a range of gestures
  • Onboard synthesizer
  • 2" Speaker
  • Cross-platform Orba app for more sounds, songs, and settings
  • MIDI over Bluetooth or USB
  • Use the ⅛” (3.5mm) output to listen on headphones, speakers, and amps
  • Multicolor LEDs respond to the way you play
  • Embedded haptics offer vibration feedback
  • Rechargeable LiPo battery (4 hour charge)
  • MPE MIDI

Additional specs

I/O

USB-C (USB 2.0 Class Compliant Audio/MIDI)

3.5mm (1/8") TRS Analog Headphone Stereo Out

Bluetooth

Bluetooth LE MIDI

Speaker System

3W built-in active speaker system

Battery

Lithium Polymer Battery

1250mAH

4h average operating time

80% capacity after 300 charging cycles

Capactitive Touch Sensitive Pads

8 pads can be used with different gestures

Sound Engine

4 part polyphonic synthesizer with subtractive and physical modeling synth

Compatibility

iOS, Android, Mac, Windows

Accessories

Travel Case

Silicone Sleeve


Orba

$99.99

Orba Silicone Sleeve

$9.99

Orba Travel Case

$14.99

AVAILABLE VIA:


PRESS DOWNLOADS

Contact us:
Press inquiries:
press@artiphon.com
Investment and business development: growth@artiphon.com
General inquiries: contact@artiphon.com

 

PRESS RELEASES

PHOTOS

VIDEOS

BRAND ASSETS


ORBA IS FOR:

CASUAL PLAYING

Use Orba standalone to create songs using the onboard synth and looper, or connect to the app (iOS, Android, Mac, Windows) to adjust presets and save songs.

PROS

Orba is an expressive gestural MPE MIDI controller which offers new playing possibilities for your favorite synths, samples, and even analog synthesizers. It can be connected using MIDI over Bluetooth or USB-C.


ABOUT ARTIPHON

Dr. Mike Butera

Artiphon designs connected devices and apps to empower the next billion musicians. Artiphon’s first two products, the INSTRUMENT 1 and Orba, launched to record-setting success and each raised over $1M on Kickstarter.

Dr. Mike Butera founded Artiphon in Nashville, Tennessee in 2011. He holds a Ph.D. in Sound Studies from Virginia Tech, has toured the country as a multi-instrumentalist, taught as a professor of sociology, and consulted globally as a consumer electronics designer. Mike’s doctoral work in the phenomenology of listening laid the groundwork for Artiphon’s design principles, and he frequently speaks on topics of music technology and augmented creativity.

The Artiphon team is composed of designers, musicians, and engineers from groundbreaking companies including Space X, Blue Origin, Line 6, and Yamaha. Investors include Warner Music Group, Steve Case, TechNexus in partnership with Shure, as well as other industry leaders.

Please get in touch:

Press inquiries: press@artiphon.com
Investment and business development: growth@artiphon.com
General inquiries: contact@artiphon.com