Orba - A musical instrument designed for your hands

A project in Nashville, TN by Artiphon
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A portable synth, looper, and MIDI controller that lets you create songs in seconds.
Backers: 12375
Average Pledge Per Backer: $117

Funded: $1,441,968 of $50,000
Dates: Nov 25th -> Jan 13th (49 days)
Project By: Artiphon
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Latest News

The Artiphon Orba is a Band in Your Hand that Just Raised $1.4M on Kickstarter

January 16th - via: globalbankingandfinance.com
Orba is a $99 portable synthesizer, looper, and MIDI controller that fits in the palm of your hand. Its minimalist design looks like the hybrid between a gaming controller and a bowl of miso soup, and its feather-touch sensitivity translates gestures from fingers and hand movements directly into music. (Read More)

Crowdfunded hardware startups are breathing fresh life into music making

January 15th - via: techcrunch.com
Last week at CES, the fine folks at Kickstarter introduced me to the founders of a trio of crowdfunding companies that fit the bill to some degree. (Read More)

Our new “Orba: First Impressions” series goes live, and we’re headed to CES and NAMM

January 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, and welcome to the year of the Orba! As the Kickstarter enters the home stretch we have a bunch of new videos, as well as some announcements about CES and NAMM trade shows. If you’re new here, welcome to the party! 🥳 There’s a lot... (Read More)

Introducing Orba: First Impressions – The Phronetic

December 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Backers, We’re pleased to introduce Orba: First Impressions – a series of unrehearsed, candid reactions of people encountering Orba for the first time. Our first episode features The Phronetic. He’s a talented producer, beatmaker, and... (Read More)

Engadget’s Early Review, A New Reward Tier, and Orbacam

December 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello to all 5,000+ backers! For those of you just joining us, welcome to the Orbaverse! In this update we have fresh tech press, a new reward tier, artist videos, and more. The tech news site Engadget invited us to their New York offices for a... (Read More)

Orba is a tiny, fun and surprisingly expressive instrument

December 19th - via: au.finance.yahoo.com
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 quirky controllers like Roli Blocks have a hard time finding a foothold in my life. But I still can't resist their allure. So of course when I heard about Orba, the new instrument from Artiphon, I had to check it out (Read More)

A new demo video, a two-Orba duo, a referral program, and Grammy-winner !llmind

December 10th - via: kickstarter.com
 Greetings, backers! Thanks for all the amazing support and for sharing Orba with your friends and family. We have some updates for you as the campaign rolls ahead. Here goes... We made a new video that gives a closer look at Orba’s gestures,... (Read More)

You’re amazing!

November 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all of you, the Orba campaign is off to an incredible start! It’s simply awesome to see such a warm reaction from backers all over the world, and special thanks to the many INSTRUMENT 1 backers who also pledged. There’s so much we want... (Read More)

WMG-backed Artiphon launches Kickstarter for Orba instrument

November 26th - via: musically.com
Orba is described as “a musical instrument designed for your hands”. (Read More)

Artiphon launches a Kickstarter campaign for its new musical device Orba

November 25th - via: techcrunch.com
Artiphon, the startup that previously raised more than $1 million on Kickstarter for a device called the Instrument 1, has launched a new campaign for its latest invention, Orba. (Read More)

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