Between Instrument 1 and Orba, Artiphon has established itself as the maker of innovative — and delightful — music instruments. Today the Nashville-based hardware startup returns to the crowdfunding ...

When Artiphon launched its $99 Orba musical instrument, we found it to be an "idiotproof" device that lets you create in your spare time, while offering more depth for those willing to explore. The ...

I am simultaneously deeply fascinated by and deeply skeptical of strange niche instruments. As fun as a classic Stylophone is, for instance, it's pretty tricky to make decent-sounding music with. Even ...

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The original Orba was a curious little baseball-sized device that invited people who couldn’t play a triangle if they tried to somehow create beats, bops and bass lines. The success of the original — ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Nashville-based tech company Artiphon has a new music-making gadget up for backing on Kickstarter called Orba.

Orbacam syncs visual effects to the beat of whatever music you’re playing on the Orba, making it easy to create shareable music videos. Artiphon has announced a new companion app for its Orba ...

"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 ...

Chorda puts powerful music creativity at your fingertips By Paul Ridden July 18, 2023 The Chorda portable groove machine combines aspects of Artiphon's innovative Instrument 1 and Orba music creation ...

The Orba is mostly a musical curiosity, but a compelling one especially at the reasonable price of $100. But for its next version Artiphon is hoping to go beyond fidget toy and turn its little MPE ...