Safari Audio SuperKeys Cubby: “Bright, Simple and Unapologetically Fun”
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Superkeys Cubby is the first instrument plugin from Safari Pedals, now rebranded as Safari Audio. It’s only February but this has got to be the cutest plugin of the year.
Safari Audio SuperKeys Cubby
Safari Pedals is one of my favorite plugin companies. The outfit does cool, animal-themed guitar pedal-style effects that are vibe-forward but always sound great. Throw one on a track and it’s instant mojo. Recently, however, Safari has been expanding beyond the usual pedal-style plugs, with items like the Noam’s Mastering Console pushing the limits of what the “Pedals” in the name can allow.
Going forward, Safari Pedals will now be known as Safari Audio. And, with the wider scope that this new moniker allows, it has announced two new plugin lines to go along with effects: MEAW, an AI-powered line (more info hopefully coming soon) and SuperKeys. Which brings us to today’s announcement.
Safari Audio SuperKeys Cubby: “Simple sounds. Big feelings. Zero pressure.”
SuperKeys Cubby is the first instrument from Safari. A 1980s Casio-style mini home keyboard, it’s the cutest darned thing and will bring the feels to anyone of a certain age who remembers playing with these kinds of digital devices in their youth.
“Bright, simple, and unapologetically fun, it captures that early digital magic where every sound felt new and every keypress felt like a small surprise,” says Safari Audio. “Simple sounds. Big feelings. Zero pressure. Cubby is the first release in SuperKeys, a growing line of playful instruments inspired by the sounds that made us fall in love with keyboards in the first place.”
Safari Audio SuperKeys Cubby: Vibe-Forward
Like most Safari Audio products, SuperKeys Cubby is very vibey, with simple controls and a focus on sound.
There are four old-school-style sounds to play with, including piano, flute, violin and fantasy, everyone’s favorite dreamy Casio preset. These are not PCM samples but digital approximations of the acoustic originals.
You also get a few sound-shaping parameters that are very “of the time,” including a Tone slider, Sustain for longer notes, and a De-Tune, which adds drift and wobble. In terms of effects, there are two: Spring for a “springy room space” and Width, a stereo spread. Lastly, you can select between direct and speaker emulation for the output.
There’s also an arpeggiator with three modes, an octave range selector and sync.
Safari Audio SuperKeys Cubby: Pricing and Information
SuperKeys Cubby from Safari Audio looks like a lot of fun and a real trip down melody memory lane for older musicians.
Cubby is currently at a discounted price of €33 and is available now from Thomann*.
More Information
- Safari Audio SuperKeys Cubby homepage
- More about Safari Audio/Safari Pedals
- More about synthesizers
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One response to “Safari Audio SuperKeys Cubby: “Bright, Simple and Unapologetically Fun””
I checked my calendar: is it April 1st? No… it’s not. Then why is anyone still making stuff like this in 2026? Seriously. We’re already buried in great emulations of old-school, lo-fi gear. You’ve got the Casio VL-Tone as a VST, or the UVI Toy Suite, for example. But honestly, you can downgrade almost any VSTI with a few tweaks to get this exact sound. I love new gear and I love VSTs, but this is just disappointing. Wasting time on this and then actually charging money for it… something is seriously wrong. Especially since I usually find info on brilliant free plugins on this same site, and then there’s this. Sorry if I offended anyone, but as an average consumer, this is how I see it.
P.S. I recently bought a real Casio SA-1 for about €40, by the way.