Introduction
The Arturia AudioFuse 8Pre is a powerful audio interface designed for professional-grade recording. It packs a range of features to enhance your audio production experience.
Design and Build
- Robust and sleek design.
- Compact size ideal for small studio spaces.
- Aluminum chassis for durability.
Connectivity
- Eight high-quality DiscretePro® preamps.
- USB-C and ADAT connectivity for versatility.
- Multiple analog and digital I/O options.
Performance
- Crystal-clear audio quality with up to 192kHz sampling rate.
- Low latency for real-time monitoring.
- Flexible control panel for easy adjustments.
User Experience
- Intuitive interface for easy operation.
- Versatile software bundle included.
- Compatible with major DAWs for seamless integration.
Pros
- Outstanding audio quality.
- Solid build and compact design.
- Versatile connectivity options.
- User-friendly interface and software.
Cons
- Relatively high price point.
- Limited to 8 preamps.
Conclusion
The Arturia AudioFuse 8Pre is really good at giving top sound and great features. It’s perfect for pros who want a dependable and flexible recording setup.
Lance –
A great product. The specs are legit and this is a key piece of my set up that is also portable. Well done Arturia!
peederj –
Lots of pros and cons here but I’m keeping it.
Pros:
* Terrific 72dB gain range clear preamps. 8 of them.
* Awesome build, design, metering
* Pro +24dBu operating level lets you crank the analog
* Auto-switching back-to-front jacks 1 and 2, with balanced inserts on those channels.
* DSP with nicely designed low latency mixer
* Terrific bundled plugins
* Works great as ADAT expander for another interface, even at 96Khz. Clocking solid.
* DSP mixer keeps working even if not used as an interface, USB control still works and you can make a submix into the speaker output pair at low latency.
Cons:
– Line inputs are on combi jacks and they don’t skip preamps, which you must activate the pad on and level match. Pres are totally clean though until…
– Horrifying clipping response. Clip the ADC and it is the worst sound ever, worse than most ADCs this century. So don’t.
– Interface latency shifts constantly, even pings just seconds apart, no idea what’s going on that lets the thing still sound OK with the latency shifting around like that. And overall latency is slow, try Presonus Quantum for vastly better.
– DSP mixer has odd limitations currently, only first 8 sends from computer can be included in Cue mix when used as interface. Ten more sends could have been included.
– Just one headphone jack and no independent stream to it. Quantum has two of each
– No upgrade to bundles for compressor or delay plugins, just the synth stuff
So I keep it as an ADAT expander and maybe they’ll be able to make it into a faster and solider interface someday via firmware. I use the Quantum 26×32 as the interface instead. But I leave this hooked to USB as a low latency digital submixer for its inputs. Good product overall, better than the Focusrite Clarett Octopre that I returned.
Timothy Lafontaine –
I have been creating a base sound system for use with my own, and other churches. This unit has given unbelievably clear sound through the preamps. The two instrument inputs are also going to be really helpful in showing how bad some of the band’s instrument boxes are. I love that I have individual 48v power switches for each input.
If you are looking for a great & expandable sound capture device with wonderful preamps, this is your device.
BIG INFO SECTION: I personally use Linux and have tested, used, and enjoyed this box with Ubuntu (using the real-time kernel) and Ardour. On a laptop with 1.8GHz & 4GB ram, I have gotten the latency down to approximately 11.5ms full round trip with 256 frames and 3 periods at 48KHz sample rate. With a slightly better computer (2.8GHz and more ram) I have gotten it down to around 8ms complete loopback.
NOTE: The software control center has only 5 registrations/computers. Be stingy with the computers you register it on. Linux doesn’t require any registration to get it working perfectly, but Windows or Mac are needed to get the firmware updated.