Features

• Touch Screen Interface
  Fusion’s full color touch screen interface is the key to ultimate functionality.  It provides instant control of over 300 mixer cross points and over 200 user parameters.  It’s easy to read in direct sunlight and offers a lock feature to prevent accidental operation.
   
• Analog Inputs
  Fusion incorporates eight very low noise, low distortion microphone preamps with 48V phantom power.  Many Emmy® and Oscar® winning productions have been recorded with the Zaxcom preamp.  The transformer-less design enhances audio quality by eliminating low frequency distortion common in transformer-based microphone preamps.  Each of the eight inputs can be switched between mic and line-level operation and feature a powerful 48V phantom power supply.
   
• Analog Input Limiter
  The Fusion's analog input limiter prevents high-level audio from over-driving the A-D converter in the analog domain.
   
• Digital Inputs
  The Fusion has four AES input pairs with sample rate conversion, allowing each input to have a different sample rate.  This is key on location where it’s not always possible to lock external AES sources.
   
• Mixing
  Fusion can mix 16 inputs to eight output busses and record up to ten tracks on the internal Compact Flash card.   The mixer has extensive routing capability: any input can be routed to any output pre- or post-fader, with or with phase inversion.  The Mix-8 and Mix-12 control surfaces can also be utilized to form an all digital location recording and mixing package.
   
• Recording
  The Fusion records 12 tracks simultaneously to two Compact Flash cards creating a 100% solid-state recording with backup.  CF cards were chosen because of their immunity to extreme temperature and vibration.
  
  Audio is recorded in two separate file formats, MARF and FAT32.  The main CF card records in Mobile Audio Recording Format (MARF), which is designed to be fault tolerant, ensuring that if power is lost during recording all audio up to that point is recoverable.  The MARF system and its audio-centric operation has eliminated several of the reliability issues associated with FAT32 recordings.
  The backup card records using the common FAT32 file system, so cards can be given away to post or copied to any computer.
   
• Camera / Stereo RF Link Connection
  Fusion connects directly to the 10-pin Hirose connector located on most cameras, providing a two channel camera feed with audio return.  It can also connect to a TRX900AA transmitter with an STA100 Stereo Adaptor for a two-channel camera RF link with return audio and timecode transmission.  All audio connections are balanced line-level, which eliminates the mic-level ground loop noise common in FM wireless systems.  The Fusion’s camera output level is 0 dBu and is directly compatible with most cameras without the use of external amplification.
   
• Metering
  The Fusion provides metering of all input channels and output busses in four different formats, based on user preference.  Channel metadata is superimposed on meters to aid in meter identification.  Signal levels are color coded to aid in rapid identification of overload conditions and touching a meter selects individual channels for PFL solo monitoring.
   
• FireWire Port
  Fusion acts as a master to power and control external FireWire hard drives and DVD-RAM drives.
   
• RF Interference Protection
  The Fusion was designed from the ground up to operate in close proximity to sensitive receivers.  Wireless devices can coexist in the sound bag with the Fusion running from the same power source.
   
• Timecode
  A full-featured SMPTE timecode interface is standard.  All common frame rates and timecode modes are supported, including auto-load.  The Fusion can automatically enter Record and Stop modes based on incoming timecode.  The Fusion's timecode clock continues to run even when the power is off.
   
• Input Sample Rate Conversion
  Fusion will accept any unlocked AES signal with a sample rate of 32 to 192 kHz.  The dynamic range of the sample rate conversion is 124 dB offering completely transparent conversion of digital audio from one sample rate to another.