ORB - Original Rompler Box
Built in collaboration with François Menes at Triple Sine, we've developed this small but powerful prototype with one job in mind: to house our multi-sampled virtual instruments so that you can plug in a MIDI keyboard and perform with them, without using a computer. This could be great for live scenarios, integrating into other hardware setups or just for general practise and amusement.
The ORB utilises Yellow Noise Audio's open-source 'SampleBox', which allows for multisamples to be loaded onto a Raspberry Pi and performed. In this prototype, we've adapted our samples from Friends - a variety of core studio instruments - and housed them in a neat and desirable box.
It's a small device that sits perfectly atop your MIDI keyboard of choice.
We're currently conducting more experiments with hardware companions and will publish videos as we go.
We're interested in what creating more of these would look like, for general consumption, and so if you'd like one, let us know or register your interest by emailing:
hello@songathletics.com
Subject: ORB
Some technical notes:
- Input 1: USB-C (power)
- Input 2: USB 2.0 (MIDI in)
- Output: Stereo Mini-Jack (audio out)
- We've found the power supplied to the ORB is enough to power the MIDI keyboards that we've tried
