Alesis Fusion

{{Short description|Music production workstation}}

{{Primary sources|date=June 2011}}

{{Infobox synthesizer

| image = Alesis Fusion 6HD.JPG

| image_caption = Alesis Fusion 6HD

| synth_name = Alesis Fusion 6HD/8HD

| synth_manufacturer = Alesis

| synthesis_type = Sample Playback, Virtual Analog,
FM and Physical Modeling

| polyphony = Dynamic processor allocation
varies depending on the
complexity of the program.

| timbrality = 16 parts in Mix mode;
32 Parts in Song mode

| keyboard = 6HD - 61 note semi weighted;
8HD - 88 note fully weighted

| filter = 26 filter types in most synthesis types provided

| attenuator =

| lfo = 8 per voice

| ext_control = USB for file exchange only.
MIDI in, out, thru

| fx = 80 + 3-band parametric EQ

| dates = 2005 - 2008

| price =

| memory = 64MB×2 - Expandable up to 192MB×2,
for a total of 384MB via the E3 Memory Upgrade

| keys = 61/88

| velocity = Yes

| aftertouch = Yes

| split = Yes

}}

Alesis Fusion is a music production workstation produced by Alesis introduced in early 2005. It uses four different types of synthesis: sample and synthesis, virtual analog, FM and physical modeling. It includes sampling capability through analog inputs and importing audio samples from a computer or memory card.{{Cite web|url=https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/alesis-fusion|title=Alesis Fusion {{!}}|website=www.soundonsound.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-09-24}}

Models

The workstation is available in two models. The Fusion 6HD is a sixty-one note semi-weighted keyboard workstation.{{cite magazine|title=Alesis Fusion 8HD Workstation|page=63|magazine=Future Music|issue=175|date=June 2006|publisher=Future Publishing|issn=09670378|oclc=1032779031}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.alesis.com/fusion6hd |title=Fusion 6HD |access-date=2008-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408044050/http://www.alesis.com/fusion6hd |archive-date=2008-04-08 |url-status=dead }} The Fusion 8HD is an eighty-eight note weighted keyboard workstation.{{Cite web |url=http://www.alesis.com/fusion8hd |title=Fusion 8HD |access-date=2008-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414211033/http://www.alesis.com/fusion8hd |archive-date=2008-04-14 |url-status=dead }} The two models are identical aside from the keyboard type.{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may06/articles/alesisfusion.htm|title=Alesis Fusion|work=Sound On Sound|date=May 2006|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906153832/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may06/articles/alesisfusion.htm|archivedate=6 September 2015}} It competes with the Korg Triton, the Yamaha Motif and the Roland Fantom-X.

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