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ORBA
Proper instruments are hard work when you’ve a banger in your head that just has to come out - so the tiny Orba is a good bet for instant gratification of the musical kind. Looking like half a grapefruit spliced with a drum machine from the future, it allows you to prod, stroke, shake and spin it to smash out beats, lay down head-nodding basslines and silky chords, and then craft riffs that will stick in your head for months. Its strange but deeply portable form works wonders when you want to take your next step to superstardom too: the Orba can connect to music apps via Bluetooth or USB, and has a 3.5mm output as well as an onboard speaker.