That does sum it up pretty much. I have found that there are quite a few different sound apps you can do this from as long as it either has Bluetooth capability or can connect to the pc. I've found a blue tooth dongle that doesn't have lag and allows me to connect the Orba although the orba PC app itself does not work that way since it doesn't have a blue tooth option, anything that does have a bluetooth option works pretty well. Also, on some of the apps, the Orbas modulation does still work through the monitor speakers on apps like the ODDball app while using the ODDballs sounds.
So basically, I'm using the Orba as a controller while setting up the modulation pc side unless its magically supported already. Garage band is used through a borrowed ipad and then send through to the monitor speakers that way and while modulation does work on those sounds as well in a lot of cases, you're able to futhur modulate the sound through garage band specifically.
Evan
Thanks so much for your patience and feedback provided on Orba. Today, we have some exciting news regarding something a lot of you have been asking for. If it seems like we’ve been quiet here recently, it’s because we’ve been working behind the scenes on a couple of bigger things. One of these things is Orbasynth, our new gesture-mappable synth that allows for extensive customization of Orba sounds.
Here are a couple of key features
Morphing oscillators that mix saw, triangle, and novel harmonic-rich waveforms, with variable-width pulse waveforms that change dynamically with dedicated envelopes.
Three ADSR dynamic envelopes allow the synth tones to be sculpted by the player’s continuous playing on Orba’s capacitive-sensitive playing surface and respond to note-on and note-off velocities. Two different envelopes can control the two oscillators, noise, and the ring modulator while the third one controls a resonant filter.
A waveguide allows for physical modeling, creating unique instruments that have an acoustic-like familiarity. Orbasynth has two modes that emulate string and pipe harmonic structures.
Reverb and Delay effects provide sounds that range from subtle ambient air to dense sonic textures.
Map Orba’s different playing gestures to synth destinations like filter cutoff and resonance, oscillator level, vibrato, harmonic, saw/triangle mix, harmonic mix. noise level, and LFO rate.
Here's the link where you can download it (available on both Mac and Windows): https://artiphon.com/pages/downloads
Here's the first tutorial video for Orbasynth (more to come!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lvXA3oz1to
Here's the user manual for Orbasynth: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0229/7157/files/Orbasynth-manual-v1.1.pdf?v=1649731694
Give it a try and let us know what you think!
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