Giraffe Audio News

Moog have announced that one of their best-sounding affordable semi modular analogue synthesisers ever made - the Moog Werkstatt-01 - is returning for a limited run, just in time for Christmas 2020! This new run includes the optional 3.5mm expander add-on in every box - making it perfect as a eurorack-and-semi-modular-synth compatible expander. Provided as a kit, the user follows the included...

Vicoustic are continuing to widen both the depth and breadth of their catalogue with the new lightweight, affordable and environmentally friendly Penray Tiles and Clouds. These products are perfectly designed for home and studios, commercial offices, restaurants and public spaces and aim to help reduce sound reflections and increase speech intelligibility at the same time.  The Penray Tiles and Clouds are...

Based in Chicago, IL, EarMen's mission is to develop new solutions for mobile audio users who crave musical enjoyment, high resolution and real detail from their portable audio devices on-the-go or wherever they choose to listen. Currently in the EarMen product family are the Eagle, Sparrow and TR-Amp. EarMen Eagle The Eagle is a pocket-friendly USB headphone amplifier and DAC...

Following the launch of the Subharmonicon, DFAM and Mother-32, Moog have announced a new larger 4-tier rack kit for customers to combine any four Mother-series synthesisers. The new 4-tier rack kit comes in to expand the capabilities previously offered by the 2-tier and 3-tier rack kit alternatives. With the new 4-tier rack kit from Moog, you can mount any combination...

In late September 2020, Moog Music will announce two permanent colour additions to their product line as well as two accompanying travel cases. The Grandmother and Matriarch synths will now be available in a dark finish and will be joined by the new SR series cases. Grandmother Dark Series The two incredibly powerful analogue synths contain all the classic functionality...

Promoting the idea of peaceful meditation, the zaZen stable isolation platform from IsoAcoustics is designed for turntables, tube amps and other sensitive audio equipment. Allowing consumers to reveal greater acoustic clarity and detail from their audio gear. The zaZen isolation platforms are the latest addition to the award-winning range of isolation products from IsoAcoustics, joining the already well-established ISO Stands...

In September 2020, Arturia are to announce their most requested and anticipated synthesisers in their history. The analogue polyphonic PolyBrute is 61-key 6-voice polysynth with stereo dual-filter architecture, near-infinite tactile modulation capabilities, seamless sound-morphing and never-before-seen expressive controls. With seemingly familiar links to the previous MiniBrute and MatrixBrutes, the PolyBrute synth is its own beast, with a unique voice and...

A new addition to the compact pedal pedal range from Eventide, based on their best-selling plug-in: the Blackhole Reverb pedal. The new pedal allows users to choose from five ready-made presets or get creative and create presets of their own. Blackhole can load as many as 127 presets via MIDI and are also accessible in the preset list on the...

As the latest member of the KeyStep family, the new Keystep 37 is a 37-note controller packed full of creative musical ideas, featuring intuitive sequencing, chord, scale and all-new strum functionality, as well as tactile MIDI controls for tweaking software and hardware instruments. What Arturia say about the KeyStep 37: "KeyStep 37 goes beyond an easy-to-use 64-step sequencer, arpeggiator and MIDI...

Austrian Audio announce the new Hi-X50 professional closed-back on-ear headphones. Designed for professional use, the supra-aural closed-back Hi-X50 headphones provide incredible on-the-ear comfort. At the same time, the double acoustic wall is designed to achieve the best dampening results, with the form factor or the earpads completely rethought, to provide dealing as well as comfort. The Hi-X50s also incorporate completely-from-scratch...