Digidesign 003 Rack+ Factory, Music Production Toolkit 2 and Command 8

003 Rack+ Factory, Music Production Toolkit 2 and Command 8 description:

The Pro Tools Command 8 and 003 Rack+ Factory Bundle

The Digidesign Command 8 control surface puts integrated, tactile control of Pro Tools LE, HD and M-Powered systems, running on Windows XP or Mac OS X at your fingertips more affordably than ever before.

Digidesign Command 8 is compatible with all ProTools LE, HD and M-Powered Systems. Through a simple USB connection, Command|8's eight bankable channels of touch-sensitive motorized faders, rotary encoders, and LCD displays enable you to control your LE, HD or M-Powered Pro Tools system with a fully featured, intelligent control surface.

As with other Digidesign control surfaces, Command|8 gives you channel strip mixing functionality along with the ability to view and edit plug-in parameters and to automate sends, pans, track volume, and mutes. Transport controls (Play, Record, etc.) are also included, complete with a footswitch jack for QuickPunch and TrackPunch in, further increasing your independence from mouse-and-keyboard-only interaction with your sessions.

Command|8 also features a 1-IN/2-OUT (16 channels in/32 channels out) MIDI interface for integrating your MIDI-compatible gear into Pro Tools LE, HD and M-Powered systems. The Standalone MIDI controller mode enables you to use Command|8 with your favorite third-party MIDI applications and devices any device or application that accepts MIDI control change messages for level, panning, solo, mute, MIDI Machine Control, and other mappable parameters.

For keeping an ear or two on your mixes, Command|8 includes an onboard monitor system featuring acclaimed Focusrite audio performance and quality. It supports a Main Pro Tools Input, External source (a turntable mixer or CD player, for example) and separate speaker and headphone outputs.

Along with Pro Tools LE, HD and M-Powered systems, Command|8 also supports Avid products natively, including Avid Media Composer. When used with Avid products, Command|8s controls are mapped to the Automation Gain Tool for recording dynamic volume automation as well as Solo, Mute, and Snap Mode on and off. Since it connects via USB, no additional MIDI interface is required. Better yet, when utilized in such a way, Command|8's onboard monitor system alleviates the need for an external mixer for speaker control.

Due to its compact size, affordability, and compatibility with all Pro Tools systems including LE, HD and M-Powered, Command|8 is equally well-suited for project studios and small editing suites in commercial post or music studios.

Digidesign Command 8 main features include:

• Compatible with all ProTools LE, HD and M-Powered systems
• 8 touch-sensitive, motorized faders, and 8 automatable rotary encoders with LED rings; channels bankable in groups of eight
• Big, bright, 110-character (55 characters x 2 rows) backlit LCD display for easily viewing track and parameter information
• Integrated 1-IN/2-OUT MIDI interface (16 channels in, 32 out)
• Standalone MIDI controller mode Easy to map controls to software or devices
• Flexible Focusrite onboard monitoring section
• Works natively with the Avid family of products' Automation Gain Tool
• Simple USB connection to your PC or Mac
• Compact size Perfect for space-challenged professional and project studios

Digidesign 003 Rack+ Factory is ideal for musicians, recording engineers, and producers looking for a professional Pro Tools music recording and production solution that’s more affordable and portable.

Digidesign 003 Rack+ Factory features best-in-class sound quality, eight premium mic preamps, and a wide variety of I/O to connect instruments, MIDI gear, and other analog and digital devices.

Digidesign 003 Rack+ Factory comes with everything you need to compose, record, sequence, edit, mix, master, and promote your music. It includes award-winning Pro Tools software, the most popular and widely-used professional music production application in the world, along with a huge collection of studio-quality sound processing and effects plug-ins, virtual instruments, compatible applications, and sound libraries to get you started creating right away.

Plus, the included Factory collection of professional plug-ins (worth over $3,000 USD just on its own) will help you enhance tracks and achieve impeccable, polished mixes quickly and easily.

Digidesign 003 Rack+ Factory main features include:

• 18 simultaneous channels of audio I/O
• 24-bit/96 kHz resolution
• 8 professional mic preamps; 48V phantom power on all channels
• 8 analog DI/line inputs (including 1 on the front panel); 8 analog outputs
• 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
• Alternate Source input for external device monitoring
• Dual headphone outputs
• High-speed FireWire connectivity
• 2U rackmountable chassis
• 8 individual input gain controls
• 8 discrete high-pass filter switches
• Individual headphone source and level controls
• Mute switch
• Dynamic Range: 110 dB / 113 dB A-weighted
• THD + N: 0.0007% (-103 dB)
• Supported Sample Rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96 kHz
• Maximum Word Length: 24-bit
• S/PDIF: 2-channel optical or RCA jack pair
• Digital Optical: TOSLINK (ADAT, max 48 kHz sample rate)
• Host Connection: Two IEEE-1394a (FireWire) ports (6-pin-to-6-pin FireWire cable included)
• Weight: 11.22 lbs / 5.09 kg

The Digidesign Music Production Toolkit 2 is a complete package of dedicated tools for professional music creation and/or post-production, for Pro Tools LE and Pro Tools M-Powered users.

Not only do the Digidesign Music Production Toolkit 2 comes packed with essential plug-ins and specialized tools to help you work more creatively and faster than ever, it also boosts the audio track capabilities of your Pro Tools system, allowing you to create larger mixes than ever.

Digidesign Music Production Toolkit 2 allows you to create huge mixes with up to 64 simultaneous mono or stereo audio tracks using your Digidesign or M-Audio interface.

Create music with any type of instrument using the Structure LE advanced sample player. Crank up the unmistakable tone of the world’s greatest vintage and modern guitar amps with Eleven LE. Play the Hybrid 1.5 high-definition synthesizer to re-create your favorite synth sounds or something unique.

Fix off-beat performances with the Beat Detective rhythm analysis, extraction, and correction tool. Then polish your mixes with the Smack! LE compressor and TL Space—Native Edition convolution reverb plugins, export your session using the Pro Tools MP3 Option, and send your music to the masses.

Digidesign Music Production Toolkit 2 system requirements:

• Digidesign-qualified Windows Vista-(32-bit Ultimate or Business), Windows XP-, or Mac OS X-based Pro Tools LE or Pro Tools M-Powered system (Music Production Toolkit 2 only) running Pro Tools 7.3 or higher
• Pro Tools 8 software required to achieve up to 64 mono or stereo tracks; Pro Tools 7.3–7.4.x can achieve up to 48 mono or stereo tracks

Digidesign Music Production Toolkit 2 main features include:

• Mix up to 64 mono or stereo audio tracks
• Comes with over $1,600 worth of professional plug-ins: Digidesign Eleven LE, Digidesign Hybrid 1.5, Digidesign Smack! LE, Digidesign Structure LE, Digidesign TL Space—Native Edition.
• Multitrack Beat Detective
• Pro Tools MP3 Option