ABOUT
We are a network of engineers and contractors from the UK, building a novel technology for music performance. Orbiton One is our first creation, and the first of several.
Founded by musician and composer Mihai Traista, Orbiton was born after many research and prototyping projects exploring music instruments, sound design and synthesizers.
01. Team
Who we are
Mihai
Founder
Company leadership and product direction, managing development from concept to prototype, through finance and outreach. Ensuring Orbiton becomes an instrument that will make a genuine difference in music technology.
Erik
Electronics and embedded software engineer
Leads electronics R&D, taking the hardware from first concepts through schematics, board bring-up and test rigs. Writes the embedded software that ensures near-zero latency and excellent DSP performance.
Tom
Principal Mechanical Engineering Design Consultant
Provides retained principal-level mechanical engineering design advice and direction. Led the optimisation and manufacturing development of Orbiton’s lamella system and supports mechanical architecture, tooling and production decisions as the product develops.
Laurence
High-performance audio specialist
Adding to our team decades of audio systems engineering for a musical experience of world class performance, reliability and consistency of manufacture. Assisting us with DSP expansion to maximise long term musical enjoyment through our synthesizers evolution.
Kacper
DSP and synth engine designer
Leads DSP and synth design, building the sound synthesis engines that run on our embedded device. Prototypes novel synthesis models, ensuring the sounds Orbiton generates feel organic to the performance and follow the lamella signals.
Max
Founding product and brand designer
Defines how Orbiton looks, feels and is perceived — form, materials, interface and identity — ensuring a coherent and appealing look from the instrument itself to the website, brand and packaging.
Chaitra
Founding design-for-manufacture engineer
Leads industrial design and DFM. Develops the production CAD and works with our suppliers to ensure every part is manufacturable at scale, at low cost, without compromising quality.
02. Where we are
Development stage
- Proof of conceptNov 2025 · The key drives the lamella
- First soundsDec 2025 · Engines built for lamellas
- Custom electronicsJan 2026 · Our own board
- Mechanical engineeringFeb 2026 · Key-bed mechanism
- Industrial designFeb 2026 · Form, materials, feel
- Patent filedMay 2026 · Lamella array and actuation
- First working prototypeJun 2026 · Thirty-two channels, playable
- Second-generation board (current stage)Aug 2026 · Ten times the compute
- Synth Fest UK24 Oct 2026 · Play one yourself
- KickstarterDate to come · Pre-orders open
03. Contact