Digidesign 003 Rack Factory & Focusrite Dynamic Octopre
- 1 x Digidesign 003 Rack Factory FireWire-Based Pro Tools 8 LE Audio/MIDI Workstation
- 1 x Focusrite OctoPre 8-Channel Mic Preamp / Compressor / Limiter
- 1 x Focusrite OctoPre ADAT ADC Digital Board
With 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, the Digidesign 003 Rack Factory empowers you to achieve the same professional audio results as commercial facilities in your own personal studio.
Digidesign 003 Rack Factory comes with Pro Tools LE software, supporting 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.
The Bomb Factory and Digidesign plug-ins included in the Factory plug-in bundle are considered among the best in the industry, offering intuitive interfaces and delivering outstanding sonic results. This high-end bundle — valued at over £1,400 — comes with all 003 family “Factory” systems.
Digidesign 003 Rack Factory main features include
- High-speed FireWire connectivity
- 18 simultaneous channels of audio I/O
- 24-bit/96 kHz resolution
- 8 analog inputs, 8 analog outputs
- 4 professional mic preamps with individual gain and high-pass filter; 48V phantom power enabled on channel pairs
- 8 channels of ADAT optical I/O or two channels of S/PDIF optical I/O
- 2 channels of S/PDIF digital I/O
- 1 MIDI input, 2 MIDI outputs (16 channels in/32 channels out)
- BNC Word Clock I/O
- Dedicated studio monitor output, plus alternate control room output
- Alternate Source input for external device monitoring
- Dual headphone outputs with individual source and level controls
Pro Tools LE Software main features include:
- Award-winning, industry-standard Pro Tools LE software for composing, recording, editing, mixing, and mastering
- 32 simultaneous audio tracks (128 virtual audio tracks), expandable to 48 tracks
- Fully integrated MIDI sequencing with 256 simultaneous MIDI tracks
- Support for streaming ReWire applications
- Beat Detective LE automatic groove analysis and correction tool
- Supports Digidesign Command|8 and Control|24 control surfaces
- Huge selection of compatible third-party plug-ins and software options
Providing eight pristine discrete channels of Focusrite Class A mic pre and compression, OctoPre routes directly to any digital audio workstation via analogue outputs or a new 24-bit, 96kHz A/D
converter. There are two digital option boards available for the Octopre, the 24/96 ADAT Board with one ADAT optical out and the 24/96 AES/SPDIF/ADAT Board with AES and SPDIF on a 9 pin D-sub connector and ADAT optical out. The new OctoPre offers the unique qualities associated with the Focusrite name at an affordable price.
Each channel also features a revolutionary compressor / limiter circuit, providing a warm-sounding compressor, which morphs into a brick wall limiter to avoid those critical overs, ensuring total
control over all eight channels.
The mic pres featured in OctoPre those featured elsewhere in the award winning Focusrite Platinum range. They are a transistor-based Class A design utilising the same full-bandwidth philosophy as
the legendary Red and ISA mic pres, ensuring detail and clarity without colouration. The first two 'super channels' also feature phase reverse, as well as TRS jack inputs on the front fascia for
quick and easy, DI-free instrument plug-in.
Output can be either analogue or digital; choices include 8 balanced analogue outputs, or an optional A/D, (8 AES, S/PDIF and ADAT lightpipe digital outputs.) An external Wordclock input is also
provided (BNC connector.) The AES-EBU and S/PDIF format outputs all operate at up to 24bit /96kHz and can run simultaneously with the lightpipe outputs, giving up to 16 channels of digital output for
sample rates of 44.1 and 48kHz, at 16, 20 or 24 bit dithered.
With Class A Focusrite processing and almost all the interface options known to man, the Platinum Octopre is the perfect partner for any Pro Tools system or any other Digital audio workstation,
making high quality, multi-channel recording easy. Equally it could be utilised as an instant location recording solution, or as an additional set of mic pres for any analogue or digital console, or
hard disk recorder.
The Focusrite OctoPre ADAT ADC digital board.
This card provides digital outputs for all eight OctoPre channels, which operate over the full sample frequency range (44.1, 48, 88.2 and 96 kHz) and can be dithered to 16-, 20-, or 24-bit depths depending upon the destination.
External word clock synchronisation is possible using the rear panel BNC connector. The card features two ADAT-type lightpipe output connectors. For speeds up to 48KHz both connectors transmit all 8 channels simultaneously. However, ADAT-type connectors are bandwidth limited at sample rates above 48 kHz - each audio channel uses two ADAT digital channels to accommodate the increased quantity of data, hence the need for two ADAT connectors to allow 8 channels of conversion at high speed.
Digidesign 003 Rack Factory & Focusrite Dynamic Octopre (code 76457)
Bundle Includes 003 Rack Factory Pro Tools System & Focusrite Octropre with Dynamics plus Digital Board
£1,121.99 (inc vat)