Focusrite

Verdict

For Compact with small footprint

Solid sonics

Extensive and useful software bundle

Against USB hub only suitable for low

usage devices

Plenty of features, incredibly intuitive to use

and with a good software bundle, plus it

looks and sounds great

9 / 1 0

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November 2022 / COMPUTER MUSIC / 83

MiniFuse is French company Arturia’s

compact interface range and we have

the mid-sized MiniFuse 2 on test here. It

has its own Control Centre software and

also has one of the best bundles of

software of all the interface here. You

get access to Arturia titles (naturally)

alongside Ableton Live Lite and Auto-

Tune Unlimited.

The MiniFuse 2 sounds pretty good,

with nice clean main outputs and plenty

of volume from the headphones. The

instrument inputs also sound great and

it’s good to see two identical mic/line/

instrument inputs. But it’s the overall

functionality that wins through, with

plenty of backlit buttons and illuminated

controls so it’s obvious what’s going on.

MiniFuse 2 is a feature-rich device

with extras that you don’t always get at

this price. Factor in the impressive

software bundle, generous ive-year

warranty and a choice of colours and

you have a pretty decent package for

the money.

arturia.com

Arturia

MiniFuse 2 £119

SOFTWARE BUNDLE HIGHLIGHTS: Great list of titles including Arturia FX, Ableton Live Lite, Auto-Tune Unlimited and Native Instruments Guitar Rig 6 LE

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