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I got my Orba 1 the other day and I can’t put it down. It’s fun to play with. The app don’t have a lot of presets but the ones they have are cool. Just Bluetooth to the app and download sounds straight to the Orba. You Might have to watch some youtube videos to learn how to use it, for instance my lead button would only vibrate when pressed but I found out you can turn down any preset sound by holding the A button and the sound you want to turn down at the same time and turn up or down the volume. I’m excited to learn this complex studio in my hand that I can take anywhere I go. Now I want to get the Orba 2 and the Instrument device they have. Thank you Orba don’t listen to all the negative comments because it’s definitely a product that once you pick up you can’t put down. And my Bluetooth works on mine so maybe these comments by other people had a faulty phone. Show more

So.its been a couple.of years and we have under 20 presets... Are they so hard to make??? Why are there not hundreds???

The app will not connect properly. It says connected under the Bluetooth but on top it still says not connected so I can’t use the app at all. Very disappointing. The orba is fun and has potential to make some fun stuff but the app not working prevents any actual song making and saving. Show more

Artiphon appears to have dropped support for the Orba app along with apparently giving up on fulfilling its promises to update features on the Orba device. It’s a shame because the Orba really had potential. Count me out on the Orba 2. I foresee a similar level of support for it as well. Show more

Wow just wow!!! So Antiphon has just abandoned this orba and Just announced a new orba 2 that has the basic features they PROMISED with This Orba!!! Except sampling. But the other features they’ve added are all features they promised us for this ver 1 orba. Shame on them. I backed orba on Kickstarter and it took forever to get them a little more than a year later they still haven’t delivered the updates they promised me and apparently others, like quantizing, a simple software fix, but now you have to buy a new orba to get what they were supposed to deliver in the first place!! I have emails from Antiphon promising quantizing for example. Now it’s a selling point on their new orba?!!! Wow. I will NEVER buy not support Antiphon again. I’m selling my other Instrument 1 and giving this orba Away and ordering the OddBall today. Shame on you Antiphon. Corporate greed at its best I mean it’s worst. Btw I have the Oddball got from Amazon. So much fun. The orba dreams of growing up and being this good an instrument. Never again Antiphon. Shame shame shame. I’m disgusted with this company and it’s mediocre products. Show more

No quantization :(

Phone shows Bluetooth connected to the device but app doesn’t. Sadly app is effectively pointless iOS 15.4.1 iPhone 12 Pro

Love the app/device pairing. Easy to save/store loops on the app as well!

So I was on the iOS app and I start to get a song but I decide to stop and so I exit out of the app when I was setting up the bass now my Orba is unresponsive PLEASE HELP Show more

Wish upgrades could install via ios app.

I have tried everything to connect my Orba to my phone. FireWire has been updated via desktop app. Device shows up in Bluetooth connection, but app continues to show no “no device connected”. Desktop app work just fine. Show more

Love the Orba but the App is useless until they figure out the Bluetooth connectivity issues. On an iPhone12 with latest OS15.3 and it’ll say it is connected under the app bluetooth menu, but then on the main app screen says no device connected. I can’t change the sounds or anything else without it. Update: Had to update the firmware on the Orba itself by plugging it into a computer and downloading. Would’ve been nice if it had come updated, but it works great now that it has been updated! Show more

Everything is going really good I don’t know what y’all are talking about. 5 stars Thank you for this amazing music maker Merry Christmas and happy new year! ! ! ! ! ! ! Show more

Good for maybe a child.

The Orba won’t connect to anything until I download the app on a desktop computer and runs firmware update. Okay, did that. 3 seconds in to the update download the app says it can’t find any such update and then greys out (removes from accessibility) the update option. I still can’t connect my Orba to anything and I am not given an update option that it keeps telling me I need. This means I cannot save songs. So what’s the point? This thing is an expensive paper weight. Do not buy this device Show more

Given the quality of the orba itself, I’m a bit surprised by the app. The interface is a bit clunky, but even beyond that I can’t get my orba to connect to it at all. It says it’s connected in the Bluetooth menu but the app itself doesn’t say it’s connected, and won’t control the Orba. New issue? Show more

I have yet to get this app to connect to my Orba. It finds the orba and im able to select it from the menu and it reads connected. However, nothing responds and the app continues as if nothing is connected. Has anyone been able to get this app working? IOS version 14.7 and still does not work. Awesom toy and would love to save some songs and get new sounds but the option just doesn’t exist at this point Show more

The ios app version of this is a bit buggy. It said update firmware of orba on pc and when I opened the pc app it told me to download the pc app to update lol. I was able to close the message and go to settings and find a firmware update there, but it should have been possible through the phone app. The software allows me to change sounds per instrument on the pc version but on ios it changes all of them at once. As others have said I would love an option for on the fly quantization. Some more instrument sounds would be great too. I love the hardware and think if the software can be updated I would like it even more. Show more

The app lags and the device itself just doesn’t work with any DAW other than iOS versions of GarageBand. Buttons randomly start playing or get jammed. Not the best quality either. Show more

App is going well, in an iPad Pro 2017 runs excellent, but I wish I could editing or put more sounds in the repository. Orba has a lot of potential for vocalists who wants to experiment with a synth without sacrifice the stage performance. Works good with other apps like moog’s model D, making a really interesting combo with a lot of possibilities. I hope the company open more to the custom option in the future. Show more