8 Unexpectedly Interesting Things About the Arturia AudioFuse 8Pre

If you’re at all familiar with audio interfaces, you’ve probably encountered an interface that looks at least vaguely similar to this one. That is, a single rack unit, with 8 microphone preamps. Extremely convenient if you’re recording live bands, especially those with acoustic drum kits that require a lot of microphones.  

But does the world need another 8 mic input recording interface? Is there any room for innovation in this space? We asked ourselves these questions and were pleasantly surprised by Arturia’s latest offering, so here are 8 unexpectedly interesting things about the AudioFuse 8Pre.

 ** Correction on specs in the video: AD/DA converters are spec’d to 96kHz sampling rate, not 192kHz