Get you own FireWire-based Pro Tools mini studio, plus more features and performance than ever!
The complete package of the Digidesign Digi 003 Rack Factory includes the Digidesign Digi 003 Rack Pro Tools LE System and the Digidesign Complete Production Toolkit. This music production system offers you more great features and performance, along with more instruments and essential plugins, at a price that you can't afford to pass up.
Digi 003 Rack Pro Tools LE System
The Digidesign 003 Rack empowers you to achieve the same professional audio results as commercial facilities in your own personal recording studio. And Pro Tools LE provides everything you need (and then some) to compose, record, edit, mix, and master audio for music and desktop post production projects—with truly professional results. You get an extensive range of audio and MIDI I/O, high-definition audio resolution, the creativity and speed of industry-standard Pro Tools software, high-speed FireWire connectivity, and a big, comprehensive bundle of powerful software included for free.
003 Rack—All the I/O, Streamlined
Digi 003 Rack mirrors all of the same audio and MIDI I/O, monitoring options, high-definition audio capabilities, and high-speed connectivity as its controlling 003 Factory sibling, but flaunts it all in a streamlined, space-saving 2U rack. Though it doesn't offer an integrated control surface, 003 Rack with Pro Tools LE software supports Digidesign's Command 8 and Control 24 control surfaces, giving you optional flexibility of choosing a console companion for hands-on mixing if you don't want to do it by mouse alone. It also provides individual gain and high-pass filter controls for all of its mic preamps as well as monitoring controls on its front faceplate for easy access.
Fuel Your Creativity with Pro Tools
Digi 003 Rack comes with award-winning Pro Tools LE software, which offers the ultimate in recording, editing, and mixing power and flexibility. It also provides many of the same professional Pro Tools features that commercial studios rely on to produce chart-topping albums and sound for major motion pictures.
You can perform just about every facet of music and audio production with Pro Tools LE. Compose music and loops quickly and easily. Generate sounds and ideas through virtual instrument performances. Sequence MIDI tracks to perfection with impeccable timing. Edit MIDI and audio waveforms nondestructively with complete precision. Punch in and out of parts effortlessly to fix recorded passages. Take advantage of the most powerful automation in the industry to add motion to your music. Create high-quality mixes with access to a wide range of professional effects and signal processing plug-ins. Even work with HD video projects right in Pro Tools LE for audio post production.
Not only does Pro Tools LE software offer an unparalleled breadth of creative options to help you develop ideas and bring them to fruition, it offers plenty of speed-enhancing and customizing features that enable you to work the way you want with the utmost efficiency. Make multiple changes to your mix configuration on the fly without having to stop and restart playback. Drag and drop plug-in settings for instant plug-in opening and settings recall. Set memory locations to instantly go to any point in your session. Save your favorite window views to always have the right tools ready for the task at hand. And grab track boundaries to resize tracks at your whim.
Plus, when you work with Pro Tools software, you're working with the industry standard for professional audio production. That means you can enjoy full session compatibility with every Pro Tools equipped professional and personal studio around the world. Exchange entire sessions, individual session elements, or stereo mixes for easy collaboration with your friends, colleagues, and clients.
Everything You Need—Now
The Digi 003 Rack comes with a powerful and comprehensive music production software bundle, providing everything you need to create music, perform a composition, record audio, sequence MIDI, edit sounds, fix problems, mix tracks, enhance audio, master projects, and promote your creations. To help you get started, You also get the indispensable Pro Tools Method One instructional DVD, a valuable training resource that teaches you Pro Tools system essentials—from setting up sessions and recording audio to editing MIDI, working with loops and plug-ins, automating mixes, and more.
In addition, the Digidesign Digi 003 Rack comes with over 60 signal-processing and effects plug-ins, amazing virtual instruments, professional sound samples, creativity-inspiring compatible applications, and special artist promotion services.
No Instrument—No Problem
To help kick-start your creativity, you can choose from a range of versatile audio applications and virtual instruments that work with Pro Tools to compose music or to simply play—no real instrument (or musical knowledge) required. Compose and perform musical ideas with Live Lite 6, an intuitive sampler/sequencer, or break out a rack of virtual synths, samplers, and drum modules with Reason Adapted 3. Then stream the output from either application right into Pro Tools via ReWire.
Craft your own sounds—anything from simple acoustic instruments to complex soundscapes—with Xpand!. Drum up a beat with BFD Lite, or groove along to the retro synth sounds of TimewARP 2600 Lite or Analog Factory SE. You can also build up mixes quickly by checking out samples from the M-Audio sound library
Enhance Sounds, Perfect Mixes
Whether you're looking for that perfect guitar tone, need to correct a sloppy performance, or want to achieve professional mixes that are sonically on par with what you hear on award-winning albums, a treasure trove of effects and signal-processing plug-ins await your beck and call. Plug in your guitar directly—no amp needed—and get everything from warm, vintage tones to modern-day edginess with iZotope Trash Lite. Fix the timing and intonation of your melodies and grooves with Melodyne essential. And enhance and achieve mixing nirvana using any variety of effects and signal-processing plug-ins.
Digidesign Complete Production Toolkit
The Digidesign Complete Production Toolkit is the most powerful expansion option for Pro Tools LE providing full 7.1 surround mixing power with up to 128 audio tracks*. The toolkit also provides a full range of ground-breaking virtual instruments and essential plug-ins (worth over $2,650!), support for up to 64 simultaneous Instrument tracks, and dedicated post and music creation tools that make the entire audio production process extremely efficient.
Requires a Pro Tools LE system running Pro Tools LE 8 software. Lets you achieve up to 128 mono (or 64 stereo) simultaneous audio tracks at 48 kHz, or up to 96 mono (or 48 stereo) audio tracks at 96 kHz with a 96 kHz-capable Pro Tools LE interface.
