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Digidesign 003 Rack+ Factory

FireWire Audio Interface with 8 Mic Preamps, Pro Tools LE Software, and Bundled Plug-ins
Item ID: 003RPlus

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An 003 with eight built-in mic pres!

With the Digidesign 003 Rack+, the latest generation of Pro Tools LE interfaces has arrived! Building on the success of the hugely successful 002 and 003, the 003 Rack+ takes all the built-in functionality of its predecessor and ups the ante with eight preamps and superior A/D conversion. The 003 Rack+ preamps are the latest generation mic pre for Pro Tools LE interfaces, and use discrete, bi-polar, low-noise transistors coupled with a cleaner signal flow and improved pots. The 003 Rack+ is also equipped with word clock I/O making it super-easy to sync Pro Tools LE with external digital devices. The 003 revolutionized the home studio, and the 003 Rack+ continues that with additional "wow"-factor features.

Digidesign 003 Rack+ Factory at a Glance:
  • 003 Rack+ hardware features eight mic pres and a TON of I/O
  • Exclusive 24/7 Sweetwater Support
  • Industry standard Pro Tools software included
  • FREE Bomb Factory plug-ins plus other Digidesign software included!

003 Rack+- Racked Up Success!
Complementing the intuitive, comprehensive software components of the 003 Rack+ is a unique and innovative hardware configuration that provides convenient access to a ton of inputs and outputs! In fact, the 003 Rack+ delivers four more mic pres than its cousin, the 003 Rack! This 2U rack mount marvel features eight microphone preamps (with front panel gain control), eight line/DI inputs, Word Clock, MIDI I/O and digital I/O via S/PDIF and ADAT light pipe connection! Again, the 003 Rack+ connects to your laptop or desktop computer via plug-and-play FireWire!

Exclusive 24/7 Sweetwater Support
When you buy your Pro Tools system from Sweetwater, you have a team of Pro Tools experts standing behind you. We have helped literally thousands of our customers get started with their Pro Tools|HD, Pro Tools LE, and Pro Tools M-Powered systems, and we've even created a Sweetwater-exclusive online Pro Tools Resource Center that answers many of the most common Pro Tools questions - everything from how to set up your first session, to the latest compatibility details. All of these resources - including our award-winning tech support team - are absolutely free to Sweetwater customers, and you'll have immediate access to them from the moment you open the box!

Includes Dozens of Plug-in Effects and Instruments
Powered by award-winning, easy-to-use Pro Tools LE software, 003 Rack+ Factory turns your PC or Mac into a full-fledged recording studio that's packed with many of the same tools the pros use. 003 Rack also comes with an incredible suite of virtual instruments, including the Boom drum machine and sequencer, the DB-33 tonewheel organ emulator, the Mini Grand acoustic grand piano, and the Vacuum tube synthesizer. Plus, you also get the Structure Free sampler player, the Xpand!2, multitimbral synthesizer and sample workstation, and the BFD Lite acoustic drum virtual instrument.

The same software the pros use
Of course, the heart of the 003 Rack+ Factory system is Digidesign Pro Tools LE software - the same software used in countless professional recording studios and post houses across the world. Plus, the tracks that you create in Pro Tools LE can be instantly opened and used in those same pro studios - take your sessions to a Pro Tools|HD-equipped studio and have them mixed by a pro, or enjoy having your entire body of work be fully compatible and usable whenever it's time to make the move into a larger system - with Pro Tools LE, you become a part of the largest community of digital audio workstation users in the world.

This version of the industry standard gives you incredible recording, mixing, and editing power, offering 32 simultaneous audio tracks (with 128 virtual audio tracks), fully integrated MIDI sequencing with 256 simultaneous MIDI tracks, the ability to stream ReWire applications, and the unique Beat Detective LE automatic groove analysis and correction tool. Pro Tools LE also includes 37 DigiRack plug-ins, including EQ, dynamics, delays, reverb, and much more, plus seven professional Bomb Factory plug-ins - all the tools you need to create radio-ready tracks right from the moment you open the box.

003 Rack+ Factory Plug-in Bundle Includes:
  • Bomb Factory BF-2A
  • Bomb Factory BF-3A
  • Fairchild 660 and 670
  • Purple Audio MC77
  • Cosmonaut Voice
  • JOEMEEK SC2 Photo Optical Compressor
  • JOEMEEK VC5 Meequalizer
  • Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser
  • Moogerfooger Analog Delay
  • Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter
  • Moogerfooger Ring Modulator
  • SoundReplacer
  • TL EveryPhase
  • Tel-Ray Variable Delay
  • Voce Chorus/Vibrato
  • Voce Spin
Digidesign 003 Rack+ Factory Features:
  • Professional sound quality, including world-class converters and up to 24-bit/96 kHz resolution
  • Record the whole band: includes 18 simultaneous channels of I/O
  • 8 professional mic preamps built in, featuring
  • High-quality analog high-pass filters switchable on every channel
  • Easily accessible trim controls on the front panel
  • Phantom power and switchable 20 dB pads on every channel
  • 8 DI/line inputs, including 1 DI on the front panel for quick and easy plug-and-play recording
  • 8 channels of ADAT optical I/O
  • 2 channels of S/PDIF digital I/O
  • 1 MIDI I/O (16 channels in/16 channels out)
  • BNC Word Clock I/O
  • Dedicated studio monitor output, plus alternate control room output controllable via easily accessible front-panel switch
  • Alternate Source input for external device monitoring
  • Dual discrete headphone outputs with easily accessible, individually-controllable volume levels on the front panel
  • Streamlined, 2U rackmountable chassis
DigiRack Plug-ins:
  • 1-Band EQ
  • 4-Band EQ
  • Chorus
  • Click
  • Compressor
  • D-Verb
  • D-Verb-AS
  • DC Offset Removal
  • DeEsser
  • Delay
  • DigiReWire
  • Dither
  • Duplicate
  • Dynamics II
  • Dynamics III
  • EQ II
  • EQ III
  • Expander-Gate
  • Extra-Long Delay
  • Flanger
  • Gain
  • Gate
  • Invert
  • Limiter
  • Long Delay
  • Medium Delay
  • Mod Delay II
  • Multi-Tap Delay
  • Normalize-Gain Change
  • Ping-Pong Delay
  • Pitch Shift
  • POWr Dither
  • Reverse-DC Removal
  • Signal Generator
  • Short Delay
  • Slap Delay
  • Time Comp-Exp-Pitch Shift
  • Trim
The Digidesign 003 Rack+ Factory: Professional results from a professional package!

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  • Manufacturer Part Number: 9900-59356-00

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