#Arturia Acid V instal the new for apple software#

It looks as though they’ve implemented the ‘dimmed’ setting by strobing the LEDs, which then flicker in a mildly distracting fashion. The AudioFuse’s aluminium case seems to do duty as a heat sink, and gets uncomfortably warm after extended use.Īrturia have followed UA’s lead in operating their LEDs in three modes: off to tell you that a function is unavailable, dimmed to indicate that it is available but inactive, and bright white to show that something is both available and switched on. It’s solidly built, but although Arturia describe it as having “a great-looking exterior”, I thought it a bit too dumpy and crowded to be considered beautiful. Unlike a half brick, it’s festooned with buttons, white LEDs and dials, and has a snug fitting lid to protect it from damage in transit. Like a half brick, the AudioFuse is squarish, rather heavy for its size, and comes in several different colours. Yet all this functionality has been packed into something about half the size of your average house brick. Oh, and the AudioFuse also acts as a three-port USB hub.

Monitor control likewise goes well beyond the ordinary, with speaker switching, talkback, mono and dim functions all accessible at the press of a button.

So, for example, not only does it incorporate conventional mic, line and instrument inputs, but you can also connect a turntable, while one of the line outputs also does duty as a re-amp out for guitar recording. It’s as though Arturia’s designers asked everyone they knew to submit feature requests, then decided to implement all of them. Over the years, they’ve made numerous products that are designed to integrate with Macs and PCs, but the AudioFuse is the first fully fledged audio interface to emerge from their Grenoble HQ.Īlthough it’s a desktop interface, and a relatively compact one at that, the AudioFuse is incredibly feature-rich.

#Arturia Acid V instal the new for apple software#

Arturia’s first foray into the world of audio interfaces squeezes a huge amount of connectivity into a compact desktop box.įrench manufacturers Arturia are probably best known for their synths and drum machines, but they have plenty of expertise in developing computer software and hardware.