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	2.11.07 New Neo Fuzz Sample - The amazing Ed DeGenaro has done it again! Check out the new sample he did for the Neo Fuzz! The demo was recorded with a Suhr Tele with into the Neo Fuzz into a fairly clean THD Flexi into a Demeter iso cab loaded with a V30. Here it is! 23.08.07 New Product! - Well, if that teaser we had up on the home page wasn't a bit enough hint, here's something a bit more explicit: We're excited to announce that we'll be releasing our first vacuum tube guitar amplifier in the very near future. There you have it! Stay tuned for details over the next few weeks. 22.08.07 Michael's new Creation - On the 2nd of July, my baby girl was born. Anastasia Sophia Mary Ibrahim. Given how long it's taken me to update the site with this news gives you an indication of how crazy things have been. My world is now joyously upside down, but I wouldn't have it any other way. 14.05.07 MI Audio Robbery - Last night we were broken into. Approximately $11,000 worth of guitars, amps, effects and computer equipment was taken, including my favourite guitar, my Carvin HF2 ("Holdsworth fatboy"). There are very few of these instruments in Australia, so if you see something resembling this guitar, it's probably it. Contact me! I want my baby back!We do not have internet connection at the moment, so please be patient with us as we try to get things back to normal. 30.04.07 Mailing List - We have had requests lately for a mailing list to be created so that guitarist can be informed of new developments here at MI Audio. Therefore as a result of the number of products we are releasing in 2007 we have decided to compile a mailing list so that those interested can be kept up to date and well informed of new releases. If you wish to join the MI Audio mailing list just send a quick email with your name and country to: 30.04.07 Blues Pro - The Blue Pro now has a new look with white knobs replacing the old black knobs.The Blues Pro is one of our favourite pedals and we have always seen it as the perfect partner for the Crunch Box. While the Crunch Box as many of you are aware excels at high gain, the Blues Pro is the king of overdrive when it comes to low gain. 30.04.07 New Products - Like we have stressed already to many, 2007 is going to be a big year for MI Audio with a number of products to be released. The delay pedal is back on schedule again but while we have no date for release yet we will soon have a working prototype. We also have a number of exciting ideas for other pedals, which we plan on releasing in the second half of the year. We have a lot to reveal this year but our biggest surprise is yet to come. In a couple of months we will have images, specs and demos (both audio and visual) of this big surprise, so stay tuned. 30.04.07 New Dealers - Check out many new European dealers plus many more international dealers in South Africa, New Zealand, Brazil, USA. MI Audio are more acessible than ever before for every aspiring and professional guitarist. 18.12.2006 Classic Distortion is here! MI Audio is supporting the Australian Red Cross this Christmas to raise awareness and funds for those more in need during times of crisis. Limited to just 90 pedals, all proceeds of the Classic Distortion sales go to the Red Cross. 11.12.2006 MI Audio in Europe! January will see MI Audio heading back to the EU now that pedals are nearly RoHS compliant. Our current dealers in the Netherlands, Greece, Italy and Finland will be restocked with MI Audio pedals. We also have new dealers for Germany, France, UK, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Sweden and Norway some of which are to be announced in the coming weeks 15.11.2006 Boost 'n' Buff Now shipping: We've just finished off our first batch of the amazing new Boost 'n' Buff pedals, and they are now available through our retailers and online. 9.11.2006 First Dealer For Tasmania: Welcome onboard Glenn Warland, our new Tasmanian dealer. Glenn is well known to musos for his work with amp building and modification. For all your Tasmanian MI Audio needs check our dealers page for Glenn's contact details. 9.11.2006 New International Retailers: Welcome to out new international retailers who have just joined us in the last fortnight. USA, Mesa Boogie Hollywood, 30th Street Guitars, Rocker Guitars, Guitar Gallery, South Austin Music, Guitar Resurrection Please check the dealers page for more details. All our new stores will soon be receiving their first order in the coming days. 9.11.2006 myspace: MI Audio has joined the myspace revolution! Check it out at www.myspace.com/miaudioaustralia. We hope to use this page as a laid back meeting point for our MI Audio friends and family. Add us today and subscribe to our blog to stay updated with all things MI Audio. 31.10.2006 Competition: One of our favourite Aussie bands, Something for Kate are giving away an autographed Blue Boy Deluxe on their web site. If you're a SFK fan, don't miss this opportunity. Heck, we might even enter! 26.10.2006 New Endorser Added: We are delighted to announce that Jonny Wilson from Aussie band Starky is using some of our pedals. Starky is currently signed to Universal and they have a self titled album out now. Check it out in your local music store. The guys have been nominated for best breakthrough single at this years ARIA’s. We wish them the best of luck on Sunday. For all our UK customers you would be interested to know that Starky will have their debut UK single released on November 6^th on Loog Records. No doubt their success in the OZ will be mirrored in the UK. Good luck guys. Visit Starky at myspace today. 26.10.2006 Compressor & Analog Delay Pedals - Update: Xmas stocking fillers is what we wanted. But at this stage these two pedals are likely to join the MI Audio stable at the start of 2007. (those pesky component suppliers – upsetting ones best laid plans again) We will keep you posted. 24.10.2006 Boost 'n' Buff - There has been a limited release on Boost 'n' Buff pedals in a limited number of retail stores locally and internationally. We will soon have Boost 'n' Buff pedals in all stores and the MI Audio website with expected availability by the end of November. We apologise for the delay this is due to our move towards RoHS compliance. Keep an eye on the 'What's New' section for updates. 24.10.2006 New international retailers: Welcome to our new international dealers who have come on board in the past fortnight. Germany: Guitar Toys, Korea: Freebud USA: Bananas At Large, Guitar X, Tonetronix Germany will be receiving our first shipment of RoHS compliant products in approx. four to five weeks All our dealers have either already received their first order or they are about to receive their first order (With the exception of Germany). For contact details please check out our dealers page. 24.10.2006 New Domestic retailers: Welcome to our new local dealers who have just come on board. Check out our dealer page for details on Tonefreaks (Warriewood, NSW), Better Music (Phillip, ACT), Dream Music (Belmore, NSW). Our new local dealers are receiving their first orders this week. We wish them every success. 25.09.2006 MI Audio Pedals reviewed in Guitarist Australia: The full range of MI Audio pedals has been reviewed in the latest edition of Guitarist Australia. 19.09.2006 New International retailers: Welcome our new international dealers who have joined us in recent weeks – New Zealand: Trueman Guitar Pedals, USA: Tone Merchant, Pedals Plus Effects Warehouse, Pedal Geek, Tommy’s Guitar Shop, Stompbox Music Singapore: Guitar 77, Canada: Drummond Musique, China: Guitar Cube Thailand: Guitar Toyz All dealers have either already received their first order from Mi Audio or they are about to receive their first order, so check out their stock!! All contact detailers are in the dealers page. 19.09.2006 New Australian Retailers: welcome to our new local dealers who have joined us in recent weeks – Concept Music (WA), Ellaways (QLD), Sound Centre (WA) Drum City Music City (Willoughby, NSW), Billy Hydes Adelaide (SA). 14.09.2006 Blues Pro Fuzz Mod samples added. We've received quite a few requests to demonstrate the new Fuzz Mod on the Blues Pro, so we've uploaded 4 new samples. Check them out! 09.09.2006 New Pedal: Boost 'n' Buff. Our newest creation will be available by the end of September. Check out the Boost 'n' Buff 03.09.2006 Custom Paintjobs available! Over the last few months, we've been working with renowned Australian artist Dion Hamill to colaborate on some custom painted pedals. Please contact us if you'd like a quote on a custom paintjob. 14.08.2006 Move Complete: Finally done,... thanks for your patience. Please also note our updated contact information 28.07.2006 MI Audio on the Move!: For the next week, we are moving workshop. For this period, we won't have internet or telephone access. I'll try to check mail off-site, but I don't expect to be able to respond to all emails. Thank you for your patience! 07.06.2006 All pedals in stock: We currently have all pedals in stock, although demand is extremely high from our retailers, so it's difficult to predict how long we'll have the pedals in stock. If you're interested in something, pick it up while we have it! 07.06.2006 New Endorsers added: We're very excited to announce that the amazing Paul Dempsey from Aussie band Something for Kate, and blues master Dave Hole are now using our pedals. I've been a huge fan of Something for Kate for a long time. They're undoubtedly one of the most prominent bands on the Australian music scene. I was, like most people, drawn into SFK's music by Paul's amazing voice, but dig a bit deeper, and you'll find amazing song writing and poetic lyrics, performed by one of the best live bands I've had the pleasure of seeing. I know that many of our international customers probably haven't come across Something For Kate before. I'd seriously recommend that you check these guys out. Seminal modern Australian music. Dave Hole,... well if you're into blues and you haven't heard of this guys, you're missing out on one of the most energetic, powerful blues guitarists,... oh yeah, and you should check out his slide technique! Wow,... 05.05.2006 Pedal Delay: There's been a slight delay on the release of the out-of-stock pedals. We expect them to be available by the end of May. Sorry guys! 16.04.2006 Happy Easter! 16.04.2006 Crunch Box Update Service Available: For a limited time only, you can have your original Crunch Box pedals updated. More info here 04.04.2006 Blue Boy Deluxe Now Shipping!: The Blue Boy Deluxe is finally here! we only have a small number available so if you're interested, I'd hurry! 02.04.2006 Limited number of original Blue Boys available: We're blowing out our very last Blue Boys. We only have a few, so they will sell very quickly (go to the 'buy' page). 02.04.2006 New Contact Details: As a result of ever increasing spam, I have been forced to change email addresses. Please check the Contact Us section for updated email addresses, as well as new phone and fax numbers 02.04.2006 New Website: I managed to find a few hours to redo the website. I hope you like the new one! I've tried to improve the information layout for easier navigation. 08.02.2006 Pedals out of Stock: As of today, we have no Blues Pros or Tube Zones in stock. I expect these to be available again in late March/early April. 05.03.2006 First Crunch Boxes nearly sold out: You were warned that these little gems were going to sell quickly! But not even I could foresee just how popular this pedal was going to be. My first batch of 500 has nearly sold out in 3 weeks. I expect the last few to be finished within the next week or so, so if you are contemplating getting your hands on a Crunch Box, I'd suggest you take the plunge soon. They won't be available again till mid April. 08.02.2006 Blues Pros out of stock!!!!: I went out on a limb with the Blues Pro, and purchased parts for a 1000 pedals, thinking that this would last me at least 2 years. They sold out in 5 months. I expect more parts in April. Sorry guys! 08.02.2006 Crunch Box now shipping: Finally! Crunch Boxes are ready. Thanks to all for your patience. Check out the products section. If you're interested in getting one, I'd hurry if I were you. I expect my stock to sell out in about 3 months. You've been warned! 20.12.2005 Tube Zone out of stock!!!!: Ahhhhh!!!! I've just finished the last of the Tube Zone cases. Orders have increased dramatically, and I was caught out. I have placed an order with the manufacturer for more, but unfortunately, they're quite busy and won't be able to supply me with more for a while. 06.12.2005 MI Audio News: Well, things have been crazy around here. I've finally made the move to my new workshop, which is considerably bigger than the space I was using previously. I am also very excited to now be working with my first employee. Thanks to all for your support, which has given me the opportunity to take this next leap. I am hoping that turn around times will halve after the new year, so hopefully I will be able to get the pedals out to you quicker. Next year is going to be an exciting year for MI Audio with the launch of a whole bunch of new products. With the release of the Crunch Box, this will be the end (for the time being) of OD/Fuzz/Distortion pedal releases. I'm really excited by this line up, which include a simple low gain pedal (Blues Pro), a complex low gain pedal (Blue Boy), as well as simple and complex high gain pedals (Crunch Box and Tube Zone respectively). Of course, there are also 2 flavours of Fuzz pedals as well, silicon (GI Fuzz) and Germanium (Neo Fuzz). I am currently working on a very interesting phaser/vibe pedal, as well as 2 different booster designs, an analog delay, compressor, tremolo/modulator, chorus/flanger. 06.12.2005 Update on New Pedals: The cases for the new pedals have arrived. I am still waiting on knobs for the Crunch Box, which should be here by late December. The Classic Distortion and the Blue Boy Deluxe are awaiting PCBs which should be here by mid January. Stay posted for any more updates! 05.09.2005 Red Cross fundraising pedal - "Classic Distortion": One of my greatest fears is the possibility that MI Audio might one day stop being a passion, and become instead a "business" in the 'pure' sense of the word,... in other words, a way for me to make money regardless of ethics or social and global responsibility. I'd hate to get to the end of my life to realise that all I did was 'make money'. So given the overwhelming things that have happened in last year, the two most prominent being the Boxing Day Tsunami, and now, the destruction of New Orleans, and I feel more impassioned than ever to try to do something about it. So I am releasing a limited edition pedal, the Classic Distortion with 100% of the profit going to the Red Cross. It's the most feature packed and comprehensive pedal I've ever made, and features same amazing clipping design as the Crunch Box Distortion (see below). However, I've added so many other features, it could possibly be the most flexible dirt box ever made. It has the standard Drive and Volume, as well as my unique Character control, as found on the Tube Zone and Blue Boy, a clipping Symmetry control for going from symmetrical to asymmetrical clipping, a 3 band EQ featuring a passive tone stack with Low, Mid, and High, and finally a Presence control for overall top end content. Yep, 8 controls! This thing will get you basically any tone you want. And the whole thing is housed in an MXR sized enclosure! It should start shipping in December, and will only be available from the MI Audio website. US$199.95. 05.09.2005 New Crunch Box Distortion coming soon: If the 'Blues Pro' is a baby Blue Boy, then my new Crunch Box Distortion can be likened to a baby Tube Zone. Bucket loads of gain, and has a frequency response similar to an old plexi driven with a treble booster. You have to hear this thing to believe it! I've sent out about a few prototypes to friends, and their response has been overwhelming. I've never had a response this positive before, and I have a sneaking suspicion that the CB is going to be my most popular overdrive/distortion pedal! All the same high quality features of my other pedals, and the great news is that it's only going to cost US$99.95! Drive, Tone and Volume. It's a wonderful high gain mate for the Blues Pro. Starts shipping in December 05.09.2005 New Blues Boy Deluxe coming soon: I finally made a decision about the Blue Boy,... and it's coming back bigger and better than ever. It still retains the same great tone, the major difference being that I'm going to make all the internal controls external, and it will look similar to my fuzz pedals with two large controls ('Gain' and 'Volume'), and 4 small controls ('Character', 'Tone', 'Mids', and 'Brightness'). In terms of changes, I improved the old 'voicing' control to make it operate on the mids exclusively (instead of mids and highs,... I felt that there was too much overlap with the tone control in this respect), and hence I renamed it 'mids'. I've also bumped up the output volume by a factor of two for even more punch. Finally, I found the ultimate IC for the Blue Boy,... the LM1458 IC, which is sooooo smooth. That's going to become the stock IC in the Blue Boy Deluxe. I expect the BBD to start shipping in December. The price should stay the same, hopefully! Here's a picture of my prototype. Note that the finish and printing will be different. 22.07.2005 New pedal - Blues Pro Overdrive: Well, inspired by the Star Wars prequel thing, I've released my own prequel to the Blue Boy, the Blues Pro. This was the original limited edition prototype pedal that I released about 18 months ago. You know you're onto a winner when the pedal is selling on the second hand market for considerably more than the original retail price. Now you can have the sound of the original Blues Prototype,... for US$89.95. This is neither a joke, nor a printing mistake. A hand-made Australian boutique overdrive pedal for the price of a mass produced overdrive. More info can be found in the products section. 22.07.2005 Endorsers and Retailers updated: Once again, I've been really slack keeping the website up to date. Finally got some time to update the endorsers and retailers page. Welcome to Doug Rappoport, Marco Sfogli and Shawn Christie! Also, you can get MI Audio pedals in more places now,... including the Netherland, and Greece, as well as more US and Australian retailers. 15.05.2005 Blue Boy Out of Stock: I've run out of Blue Boy enclosures, and it will be for another few months before I get more cases in, so for the time being, the Blue Boy will be unavailable. But,... Keep your eyes open for a new blues overdrive which will hopefully be out soon, the Blues Pro. The Blues Pro is in fact one of the original Blue Boy designs, which I release about a year ago in limited numbers, as the Blues Prototype and it was a huge success. It has a slightly different character to the Blue Boy, a bit more grit to the tone. I still get a few questions a week asking me to make one,... so watch out, it's coming back, but this time with full production features! 09.05.2005 New GI Fuzz and Neo Fuzz Samples added,... Well, as always, let me preface this by apologising for my playing. I'm not trying to impress you with my chops (because I have none), but rather to demonstrate the features of these pedals. Right. Ready for it,... well head over to the products section dog-gone-it,... 26.04.2005 The GI Fuzz and the Neo Fuzz are finally here!: I've finally ironed out the last of my sourcing issues, and the GI and Neo fuzz pedals are in production, 4 months behind schedule, but here at least! You can find info about them in the products section of the website. 26.04.2005 Endorsers updated: Lots of great musicians have picked up my pedals, and I've got a huge list of people who've allowed me to use their names on my website. I've update some of the information on the users page, but there's still more to go. Thank you to all the musicians who've kindly allowed me to list them. Thank you for your patience. Running a one man show means that there are a lot of balls to juggle, and it can get a bit trick sometimes! 30.11.2004 Tube Zone Demo by the Amazing Brett Garsed!!!: Mr. Brett Garsed, who is undoubtedly one of the greatest guitarists in the world today has been using the Tube Zone overdrive for the last few months. I spoke to Brett about the possibility of recording a short demo of the pedal, thinking that he'd record a few seconds of guitar noodling. In a few days later, he sent me a 5 minute jam song that he 'whipped up' at home!!! Mon Dieu!!! I was walking around in a daze for the next few week, not only at the monstrous guitar playing, but at the amazing generosity of this guy. What a gentleman! You can check out the Tube Zone Demo here. Please visit Brett's site for more information about this amazing musician. I promise you, you won't be disappointed!