Wondering how Orchid helps you Find What's On Your Mind?
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What the hell is that?
Orchid looks like a synth, with a keyboard and some buttons. And yes, admittedly, it sounds like one too, with 3 custom synth engines driving 70 onboard sounds. Oh, and an arpeggiator. Obviously. But that’s where the similarity ends. Orchid is more like an “Ideas Machine.”
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"Officially my new favourite writing tool."
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Writing more songs isn’t as good as writing better songs, but writing more songs makes you better at writing songs. Orchid helps.
Sounds
Beats
Bass
Voicing
Performance Settings
Overdub
Every feature hits.
Most MIDI keyboards are kinda... mid.
Just plug your Orchid in to your DAW and you can use our OrChord Technology™ (PATENT PENDING) to drive your favourite sounds. Or download Pistil™, Telepathic’s very own VST, and get Orchid’s proprietary sound library right there in your session. It’s digital magic.
There are many ways to write songs. Orchid is some of them.
Orchid is used by songwriters and producers in studios all over the world.
Ethan French
ASHWARYA & Ben Oldland
OMA
Joshua Chan & MALI JO$E
Frequently Asked Questions
Orchid may look like a synth, with a keyboard and some buttons — but it’s not just a synth. Orchid is an ideas machine, designed to help musicians get out of their head and into the music.
It’s the only instrument built from the ground up for songwriting. Portable enough to play at the park, and practical enough to plug into your DAW, it works wherever inspiration hits. Find ideas fast, and see them through. Or don’t. In the end that’s still up to you.
Great question. The answer is yes. Orchid offers valuable utility for songwriters, who are driven by exploration and experimentation; producers, who can benefit from the ability to quickly pivot to different genres, sounds and styles; and gear heads, who revel in the unconventional approaches enabled by this kind of cutting-edge technology.
But Orchid is for everyone—from seasoned professionals to those discovering music for the first time. It frees musicians of all skill levels from muscle memory, chord maths and technical constraints, helping them find inspiration without getting bogged down by music theory or needing the dexterity of a trained jazzy pianist.
Yes, you can. Perhaps you already have. Music theory is a deep and wonderful rabbit hole, and we respect anyone who dedicates time and energy understanding how something works.
But what’s the Right Level of music theory? How much technique do you need to practice before you can really play? And if you know enough about music, do you automatically write great songs?
We’ve all been listening to arguments about the Goldilocks zone of music mastery for about as long as we’ve been listening to music. We’ve valorised and vilified the maestros and misfits alike. Some argue that deep musical knowledge gives artists a richer vocabulary, and more tools for nuanced expression. The other believes that too much theory can trap musicians in predictable patterns, self-indulgent showboating, and playing too perfectly. Technically correct, and totally wrong. All brain, no soul.
Telepathic understands this question a little differently. There’s no “right” way or “wrong” way. There’s just whether or not you’re creating something that feels new and relevant to you and your audience. There’s a time for a sitting down and learning your craft. And there’s a time for trying something totally different. It’s not just how much a songwriter or performer does or doesn’t know, it’s the patterns we all get stuck in that inhibits exploration, expression, and ultimately, creativity.
So Orchid isn’t about avoiding theory or getting around practicing your craft. It’s not about creating a “better” system, or replacing practice or knowledge. It’s about shaking up your creative process by learning something entirely new.
It’s a tool for anyone who wants to step outside their musical comfort zone, to experiment, and to find what’s on their mind.
The first Orchid launch sold out in 3 minutes. It’s a new type of instrument, so we’ve limited the initial supply of them so we can continue to test, learn and iterate based on user feedback. This model is built directly on that feedback, and it’s our largest release yet.
Still, we’re just getting started. So while releases may become more frequent over time, for now they'll continue to be extra special, exclusively available here in limited quantities.
