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Rack Up Success With The Latest Pro Tools LE Interface!!
Sweetwater has sold and configured more Pro Tools systems than virtually anybody on the planet. From pre-sales questions to lifetime technical support, you can be sure that Sweetwater has the Digidesign 003 Rack answers you need today! FireWire connectivity makes for an adaptable, portable solution - perfect for your laptop or desktop - while offering high data-transfer speeds and plug-and-play capability. Check out the Digidesign 003 Rack and see why Pro Tools continues to be the industry standard.
With the Digidesign 003, the latest generation of Pro Tools LE interfaces has arrived! Building on the success of the hugely successful 002, the 003 takes all the built-in functionality of its predecessor and ups the ante with redesigned preamps and superior A/D conversion. The 003 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 is also equipped with word clock I/O making it super-easy to sync Pro Tools LE with external digital devices. Also new to the 003 Rack is a pair of control room outputs in addition to the dedicated monitor outputs. The 003 revolutionized the home studio, and the 003 continues that with additional "wow"-factor features.
Digidesign 003 Rack at a Glance:
- 003 Rack hardware features FireWire convenience & a TON of I/O
- Exclusive 24/7 Sweetwater Support
- Includes dozens of plug-in effects and instruments
- Professional Pro Tools Software
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 the same I/O as its cousin, the 003! This 2U rack mount marvel features four redesigned microphone preamps (with front panel gain control), eight line inputs and outputs, 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 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 software bundle called Ignition Pack 2 to help turn your creative ideas into reality quickly and easily.
The Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 includes:
- Ableton Live Lite 6 Digidesign Edition: Compose, record, remix, improvise, and edit musical ideas easily with this intuitive sampler/sequencer. Live's audio sequencing can modify loops in real time - just drop any loops you like into a song, regardless of their pitch or tempo.
- Propellerhead Software Reason Adapted 3: Specially developed for Pro Tools systems, this latest version of Reason Adapted includes a serious virtual rack of synthesizers, samplers, and effects that you can stream directly into the Pro Tools mixer through ReWire.
- FXpansion BFD Lite (3 kits): FXpansion BFD Lite puts a full drum studio within easy reach, letting you work with virtual acoustic drum kits and individual samples - all produced in pristine fidelity with multiple velocity layers.
- IK Multimedia AmpliTube LE: AmpliTube LE is a flexible plug-in with a variety of amp and cabinet models, classic stomp boxes, and other effects. AmpliTube LE sounds great on guitar or anything else.
- Celemony Melodyne essential: Melodyne essential enables you to tune mono audio tracks, edit the timing of melodic lines, or completely rearrange parts through an intuitive interface.
- iZotope Ozone 3 Lite, Trash Lite, and Spectron Lite: With this collection of iZotope's acclaimed plug-ins, you have a powerful range of tools to sculpt your sound. There's Ozone 3 Lite for mastering your mixes, Trash Lite for an array of top-notch classic guitar amp tones and stomp box effects, and Spectron Lite for advanced signal processing and spectral effects.
- Arturia Analog Factory SE: With Analog Factory SE, you'll enjoy hundreds of high-quality vintage and modern analog synth sounds - plus the ability to tweak them to sonic perfection!
- Digidesign Xpand! by A.I.R.: Xpand! is a powerful virtual instrument with a host of sounds designed to inspire your creativity, and help you polish your tracks. Cellos, string ensembles, a grand piano, multiple synth beds, chimes, bells, acoustic and electric basses, and more - with Xpand! you can quickly create fully realized soundscapes and backing tracks.
- Way Out Ware TimewARP 2600 Lite: A spot-on emultion of the vintage ARP 2600 analog synth (endorsed by the ARP's original creator, Alan Robert Pearlman), you can choose from more than 60 preset patches for instant, 70s vibe.
- M-Audio ProSessions SE Sound Library: ProSessions SE offers up its collection of high-quality samples so you can build up deep mixes right away.
- Pro Tools Method One Instructional DVD: Learn Pro Tools system essentials, from setting up sessions and recording audio to editing MIDI, working with loops and plug-ins, automating mixes, and more.
- One-year Membership to Broadjam.com: Promote your music around the world with a free one-year membership to Broadjam.com, an easy-to-use web service for independent musicians.
- One-year Subscription to Sonicbids.com: With this one-year standard subscription, you have the tools you need to promote yourself to the media, record labels, booking agents, and more with your own personal Electronic Press Kit.
- 1 free contest entry on GarageBand.com: Take your music to the next level, and submit a contest entry on GarageBand.com for a chance to be signed.
Though the software applications included in the Pro Tools Ignition Pack are "lite" versions, they are fully functional tools that pack in serious features for music creation and production. They are not demos. What's more, many of the software manufacturers offer upgrades to the full versions of their respective products at discounted prices.
The same software the pros use
Of course, the heart of the 003 Rack 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 eleven professional Bomb Factory plug-ins - all the tools you need to create radio-ready tracks right from the moment you open the box.
Digidesign 003 Rack Features:
- 8 redesigned discrete analog inputs (4 mic/line/instrument (DI) preamps; phantom power selectable in two channel increments)
- Alternate Source Input for monitoring -10 dBV audio equipment (tape players, CD players, etc.) directly to the monitor outputs
- 8 discrete analog outputs, all balanced +4 levels, plus a separate balanced monitor output
- Improved 24-bit/96 kHz converters
- Monitor output includes dedicated volume control knob
- 2 Headphone outputs include dedicated volume control knobs
- Word Clock
- 8 channels of ADAT optical I/O
- 2 channels of S/PDIF I/O
- MIDI I/O - 1 input port/2 output ports (16 channels in/32 out)
Included Bomb Factory Plug-ins:
- BF76 Compressor
- BF Essential Clip Remover
- BF Essential Correlation Meter
- BF Essential Meter Bridge
- BF Essential Noise Meter
- BF Essential Tuner
- Funk Logic Masterizer
Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 Includes:
- Ableton Live Lite 6 Digidesign Edition
- Reason Adapted 3
- FXpansion BFD Lite (3 kits)
- Arturia Analog Factory SE
- Digidesign Xpand! by A.I.R.
- Way Out Ware TimewARP 2600 Lite
- Celemony Melodyne essential
- IK Multimedia AmpliTube LE
- iZotope Ozone 3 Lite
- iZotope Trash Lite
- iZotope Spectron Lite
- M-Audio ProSessions SE
- Broadjam.com - one-year membership
- 3 Garageband.com contest entries
- Sonicbids.com - one-year standard subscription
- Pro Tools Method One Instructional DVD
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: Professional results from a professional package!
| Customer Reviews |
 Sounds amazing!
by B.C. from Orange County, CA, August 24, 2007
Music Background: Recording Engineer, Producer, Musician, etc.
“I recently purchased the new 003 rack and couldn't be happier! The sound quality is night and day compared to the M-box 2 (which I traded in through Digi). The A/D and D/A conversion quality is amazing for this price range. Even music I have recorded with my earlier M-Box 2 sounds better when played back through the 003. The new control room monitoring features are awesome. The multiple speaker...” Read More
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"Here it is - the venerable 003 Rack you've heard so much about. I utilize one in my studio, and have produced stellar sounding tracks mixing "in the box". The preamps sound great. At this price, it's easy to get started with Pro Tools quality, and with Sweetwater's award winning service, it's the perfect solution. "
Brian Cravens
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