Digidesign 003 Factory & G-Rack

003 Factory & G-Rack description:

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 Factory empowers you to achieve the same professional audio results as commercial facilities in your own personal studio.

The Digidesign 003 Factory 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. Its portable size gives you the freedom to take a professional Pro Tools system anywhere your creative skills are needed—or inspired. 003 offers an extensive array of analog and digital audio and MIDI I/O, making it the ideal hub of any home or project studio, or a powerful complement to an existing setup. And with its studio-grade 24-bit/96 kHz audio resolution, you can expect stunning, high-definition sound every time.

With its touch-sensitive, motorized faders and motion-sensitive encoders, knobs, and switches, 003 gives you direct hands-on access to the power of Pro Tools, enabling you to control multiple aspects of your mix with much more speed and accuracy than mixing with a mouse alone. 003 also provides essential visual feedback through its LCD display and plethora of LED indicators on the control surface so you can see how and what you’re affecting in your session.

003 features multiple options for monitoring your sessions as well as other external devices. Dedicated stereo studio monitor outputs allow you to always have reference monitors connected without sacrificing audio outputs, while a stereo pair of alternate control room outputs let you hook up a second set of speakers to allow easy switching between two studio monitor sources. Two headphone outputs, each with its own level control, enable you to run two discrete monitor headphone mixes separately from your main mix. And an alternate source input allows you to monitor signals from a connected external device.

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Digidesign 003 Factory main features include

• 8 touch-sensitive motorized faders
• 8 motion-sensitive rotary encoders for pan/send/meter/plug-in control
• Dedicated mute, solo, and select/record arm switches per channel
• 6-character, 2-line LCD display per channel displays track name; pan, send, fader, and plug-in values; and timeline position
• 5-segment LED display for viewing metering and automation mode status
• Easily assign inserts and sends from the control surface
• Dedicated automation controls and LEDs
• Dedicated transport control
• Standalone MIDI Mode functionality
• Jog/Shuttle wheel
• 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

Digidesign G-Rack is a unique bundle of effects plug-ins for guitarists that, when combined with Pro Tools, make it easy to record and mix your own pro-sounding rock ‘n roll album.

Meet your rig’s new best friend: Digidesign G-Rack — an amazing collection of nine Pro Tools effects plug-ins aimed specifically at recording guitarists. Forget having to find and mic that perfect guitar amp tone. Just add the G-Rack bundle to your Pro Tools LE setup and you’ll get ultra-precise emulations of your favorite stompboxes and studio effects, enabling you to crank up everything from classic vintage tones to edgy modern sounds — all right within Pro Tools!

It’s well known that Pro Tools has been used to record and mix many of the best-selling rock albums in the world. But did you also know that Digidesign has a wide-range of affordable Pro Tools systems that make it simple to produce a professional-quality album in the comfort of your home?

Don’t have Pro Tools? Every Digidesign Pro Tools LE personal studio system comes with award-winning, easy-to-use Pro Tools LE software that works on Windows- and Mac-based computers, allowing you to record and mix your music using many of the same tools the pros use in major music recordings. Plus, each Pro Tools LE system comes with over 50 additional professional effects and instrument plug-ins, including the amazing Pro Tools Ignition Pack. Put it all together with the G-Rack bundle and you have the perfect rock combo to record and showcase your music to the masses!

With the G-Rack bundle’s incredible effects plug-ins, you can:

• Crank your amp up to 11 with Bomb Factory SansAmp PSA-1
• Put the wobbly Bomb Factory Tel-Ray Variable Delay to work in your mix
• Warm up your tone with the vintage vibes of the Bomb Factory Moogerfooger Bundle, featuring Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser, Analog Delay, Ring Modulator, and Lowpass Filter
• Twist your sound with Voce Spin and Chorus/Vibrato
• Dial in the perfect amount of reverb with the studio favorite TL Space Native Edition convolution reverb