Review: Fusebox X
With the Fusebox X, Tom Carpenter once again focuses on uncompromising vintage analog sound, garnished with unusual new features. The successor to the Fusebox, released a good five years ago, comes up with some improvements. Fusebox X is now three-voice paraphonically playable and additional patch jacks expand the possibilities of this semi-modular synthesizer. The three oscillators with their raw, punchy sound and the SEM-style multimode filter have remained. The combination of Patternator and Interval Generator is a guarantee for independent and unusual sequences and has also been refined in every detail; the arpeggiator has been replaced by a step sequencer.
A real eye-catcher!
Once set up, the Fusebox is hard to miss, whether in the studio or on stage. This is due not only to the eye-catching orange paint, but also due to the size of this solid and well-made metal housing featuring wooden side panels that measures 45 x 14 x 30 cm and weighs just under 10 kilograms. When delivered, the Fusebox X can be set up almost vertically, similar to a table rack, which makes the synthesizer look even more impressive; however, the stands can also be mounted in such a way that an only slightly angled set-up is possible, although the Fusebox then also requires some depth on your studio table. When using the optionally available rack brackets, the Fusebox X can also be installed in a
