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Artiphon’s new Orba instrument can sample sounds live

Artiphon’s new Orba instrument can sample sounds live

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Artiphon’s new Orba instrument can sample sounds live


Almost exactly two years after releasing the Orba 2, Artiphon is completing the trilogy. The newly announced Orba 3 finds the Nashville-based startup baking live sampling into its clever handheld instrument. The feature arrives by way of a built-in microphone, which lets users record their voice, instruments, and other sounds.

All of that can be accomplished on-device, meaning there’s no need for an external system to load sounds onto the instrument. Instead, you click the big, red Sample button on the side, record a sound, and that’s pretty much it.

Switching the Orba into one of the four different modes — bass, chord, drum, lead — assigns different properties to the sound. It’s a clever addition to what was already an extremely fun little gadget.

“In Drum mode, each pad can hold a unique sample, while in Chord mode, samples are automatically tuned to fit musical chords,” the company explains. “This is made possible by a sophisticated sound engine that automatically crops, tunes, and perfects the audio.”

Orba 3 Instrument shot
Image Credits:Artiphon

As with its predecessors, the Orba 3 can be used as a MIDI controller when connected to an external device via USB-C.

The instrument is available for $160 on Artiphon’s website. The Orba 2 is sticking around, meanwhile, now priced at $120. Artiphon announced the Chorda last year, which TechCrunch described as a mashup between Orba and the company’s first offering, Instrument 1.



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