LANDR Acquires Orb Plugins and Launches AI-Powered LANDR Composer

LANDR, the industry leader in AI-powered music creation and production tools, announced the acquisition of Orb Plugins, the acclaimed music composition software known for its innovative assistive capabilities. As part of this strategic acquisition, LANDR is proud to unveil an enhanced version of the Orb Producer Pro plugin under its new name: LANDR Composer. The acquisition of Orb Plugins also marks a significant milestone in LANDR’s commitment to empowering musicians and producers with cutting-edge technology. Under the LANDR Composer name, the plugin integrates the best of Orb’s powerful assistive intelligence algorithms into LANDR’s ecosystem, offering an intuitive, efficient, and refreshing experience for creators at every level. With advanced features that enable artists to generate chord progressions, basslines, melodies, and harmonies, LANDR Composer is designed to enrich the creative process and inspire musical innovation.
LANDR Composer brings new enhancements, including:
  • Assistive Chord Generation: Automatically create and tweak complex chord progressions and individual chords.
  • Assistive MIDI Generation: Generate unique chord, bassline, melody, and arpeggio performances.
  • Scenes and Song Mode: Organize and arrange multiple musical ideas into a full composition.
  • Chord Progression Guide: Edit, move, and refine chords to perfect your harmonic sequences.
  • Preset Sounds and MIDI Editing: Use the built-in synthesizer to generate sounds and edit MIDI with a piano roll for precise control.
  • Performance Modifiers: Using simple controls, you can easily modify musical elements of MIDI-generated patterns, such as polyphony and humanization.
  • Drag-and-Drop Integration: Easily drag MIDI patterns into your DAW.

“We are thrilled to welcome Orb Plugins products to LANDR and to introduce LANDR Composer as a key part of our suite of creative tools,” said Pascal Pilon, Founder and CEO of LANDR. “Our mission has always been to make music creation accessible to all by providing high-quality, cutting-edge tools. This recent acquisition has allowed us to enhance the unique technology developed and refined by the Orb team over the past decade and add new features that bring even more fun and excitement to the music creation process, all while maintaining complete creative control for artists,” says Pascal Pilon, Founder and CEO of LANDR.

“As the CEO of Hexachords, I’m excited about the synergy between Orb’s innovative technology and LANDR’s cutting-edge products. This integration combines our strengths, offering music makers a more seamless and enriched creative experience. With this acquisition, LANDR will be able to push the boundaries of what’s possible, bringing enhanced features and fresh inspiration to artists everywhere.” said Richard Portelli, CEO of Hexachords.

LANDR Composer is available now as part of selected LANDR Studio subscription plans. New and existing subscribers can access the software immediately. Users also have the option to buy the plugin directly from LANDR’s website at landr.com for $149.
For more information, visit landr.com/plugins/landr-composer/