Orbita is an 8-track Euclidean sample drum machine with per-track circles, 36 banks, and per-sample filters. $39 intro, $69 regular.
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AudioThing Orbita vs VRAC+
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which drums to buy.
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VRAC+ by Beatsurfing is a drum instrument that auto-slices any audio and morphs it into kicks, snares, hats and claps across 16 pads with per-pad sound design.
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Specs compared
| Signal | AudioThing Orbita | VRAC+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $39 intro / $69 | Paid — public list price not yet published; free VRAC available |
| Dubspot Score | — | 8.1 |
| Formats | VST2, VST3, AU, AAX, CLAP | VST, VST3, AU, AAX |
| Type | — | Sample-based drum instrument with drumification engine |
| Pads | — | 16 (free VRAC: 8) |
| Per-pad tools | — | Warp, Impact, Instability, Tone Shift, Super, 3-band EQ |
| Global controls | — | Tone Shift, low-pass/high-pass Filter, Transpose, Volume |
| Slicing | — | Auto Slicer with sensitivity; add, move, delete and jump to random slice |
| Recording | — | Direct from DAW or live input, up to 2 minutes |
| Max sample length | — | Up to 60 minutes (free VRAC: 60 seconds) |
| Velocity targets | — | Volume, Length and Tone Shift |
| Outputs | — | 8 stereo pairs (free VRAC: 1) |
| Export | — | Drag out a single pad or the whole 16-pad kit as audio |
| Sound library | — | Curated library recorded with a professional foley artist |
| macOS requirement | — | macOS 10.13 or later, Intel or Apple Silicon, 1.16GB free disk |
| Windows requirement | — | Windows 10 or later, 2GHz processor, 1.03GB free disk |
| Licence | — | Activates on 3 devices; 14-day refund policy |
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