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 ...

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 — ...

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Orba 2 finally makes that possible." Artiphon is not heading to Kickstarter to fund production of this new model, and the Orba 2 is on sale now for US$149.99. The original Orba is still available too, ...

"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 ...

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 ...

ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With more than 13,000 pre-orders and over $1.4 million raised, Orba by Artiphon sets a new global crowdfunding record for the most musical instrument pre-orders. The ...

In the same way that digital cameras democratized photography, laptops and desktops getting more powerful and cheaper, internet ubiquity, free-to-download software, and the rise of MIDI, have made ...

Niche music gadget manufacturer Artiphon is back with a new instrument called the Chorda. This unique bit of gear is a combo meal of sorts, bundling together the form factor of the Instrument 1 with ...