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Orba is a neat, simple way to make music

Idea/concept is really great, but quality of build isn't. Stopped working properly after a few days. Wasnt possible to switch through programs or clear recorded tracks. For this reason novelty wore off fast.

a lot of fun but rather limited in its sounds. could use more samples to pick from.

Positive: Great device, lots of fun, impressed by the sensitivity of the buttons, the gestures and all the features and functions in this small device, feels good in the hands, very inspirative. It's a real Instrument. Negative: sudden resets out of nothing. Sometimes, sound gets interrupted when changing the instrument while recording a loop. Wishlist: 1. more presets 2. possibility to chose between pentatonic and diatonic scale for each preset (e.g. by pressing A-4 for 5 seconds or so). 3. Possibility to chose between major and minor key without the app (e.g. by pressing A-3 for 5 seconds or so)

I've waited a long time for a product which still isn't finished. Still after month's, can't save songs and sounds a bit off. And about the whole Kickstarter blamage, that is just terrible. The lies and misinformation, and still no full delivery (like the shirt). And when most of the KS Backers where waiting for their (unfinished) Orba, Artiphon thought it was a "great" idea to update with an sleeve for your (still not recieved) orba. By the way, with an sleeve it doesn't fit in the travel case. The whole point of the orba was that you could make some music and save it for use. Which is 50% of what it can do now. I will never back Artiphon on KS or anywhere else, but just wait until it is in the shops (way faster in EU, and cheaper) and then I have also some warrenty. For people considering the Orba, wait just a few years, maybe it is then finished.

I really like the Orba, but the app lets it down so badly and the customer support from Artiphon is abysmal. It seems that the app is constantly in beta phase and we’ve been waiting months for the save feature to be reintroduced. Without being able to save songs, the Orba is nothing better than an over-priced toy. We’ve had promises that this feature is ‘a priority’, but it’s been months now. Is the developer that bad? Heads really should be rolling, but it seems that the customer experience is not important to Artiphon. I’m afraid I am not impressed and regret buying the Orba because of the software. ☹️

Product is awesome! It's super fun and I can't wait for updates. My reason for 3 stars is due to the lag in shipping times. I feel that Artiphon was dishonest about what they could achieve and how long. I understand COVID issues but they need to be more transparent about how long things will take

Nice experience to play with, but: More samples :)! Or maybe possible to import Our own samples.