Digidesign 003 Factory Firewire Sound Card

With an extensive range of audio and MIDI I/O, high-definition audio resolution, the creativity and speed of industry-standard Pro Tools® software, FireWire connectivity, and a big, comprehensive bundle of powerful software included free, 003™ Factory enables you to attain the same high audio production quality as commercial facilities in your own personal or project studio.

Get powerful hands-on control of your Pro Tools LE™ sessions through its integrated control surface and take advantage of the wealth of I/O to connect and monitor your studio gear. Its portable size gives you the freedom to take a professional Pro Tools system anywhere your creative skills are needed — or inspired. And with over 80 powerful plug-ins, virtual instruments, compatible applications, and artist promotion services included, you have everything you need (and more) to compose, perform, record, edit, mix, and master audio for music and desktop post production projects — with truly professional results.

Hardware

003™ is professionally built to feel and act like higher-end mixing consoles, engineered to deliver the stunning clarity of high-definition audio, and durably built to withstand any knocks and bounces it encounters when your creative skills are needed on the road.

• Integrated Control Surface
  • 8 touch-sensitive motorised 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
• Wide Range of I/O
  • High-speed FireWire connectivity
  • 18 simultaneous channels of audio I/O
  • 24-bit/96 kHz resolution
  • 8 analogue inputs, 8 analogue 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

Software

Digidesign® Pro Tools LE® 7 software is the most powerful and easy-to-use application to produce professional-sounding music.

Features

• Award-winning Pro Tools® recording, editing, and mixing
• 32 simultaneous audio tracks (128 virtual audio tracks), expandable to 48 tracks*
• Fully integrated MIDI sequencing with 256 simultaneous MIDI tracks
• Over 50 processing plug-ins, virtual instruments, and compatible applications
• Support for streaming ReWire applications into Pro Tools
• Unique Beat Detective™ LE automatic groove analysis and correction tool
• Support for the Digidesign Control|24™ and Command|8® control surfaces
• Huge selection of compatible third-party plug-ins and software options
• Works on Windows XP and Mac OS X computers

• Mic Inputs
  • Connector: Four balanced XLR jacks
  • Mic Phantom Power: 48V
  • Equivalent Input Noise: -129 dBu
  • Frequency Response: +/- 0.1 dB, 20 Hz - 20 kHz
  • Dynamic Range: 105 dB / 107 dB A-weighted
  • THD + N: 0.0007% (-103 dB)
  • Mic EIN: -129 dBu
  • Input Sensitivity: +2.2 dBu
  • Input Impedance: 2K Ohm
  • Gain Range: +18 – +65 dB
• Line Inputs
  • Connector: Four balanced 1/4" jacks
  • Frequency Response: +/- 0.1 dB, 20 Hz - 20 kHz
  • Dynamic Range: 111 dB / 113 dB A-weighted
  • THD + N: 0.0007% (-103 dB)
  • Input Sensitivity: +17.38 dBu
  • Input Impedance: 22K Ohm
  • Gain Range: 0 – +50 dB
• DI Inputs
  • Connector: Four balanced 1/4" jacks
  • Frequency Response: +/- 0.1 dB, 20 Hz - 20 kHz
  • Dynamic Range: 104 dB / 106 dB A-weighted
  • THD + N: 0.0008% (-102 dB) - Balanced input
  • Input Sensitivity: +17.16 dBu
  • Input Impedance: >300K Ohm
  • Gain Range: 0 – +50 dB
• Aux Inputs
  • Connector: Two balanced 1/4" jacks
  • Frequency Response: +/- 0.1 dB, 20 Hz - 20 kHz
  • Dynamic Range: 111 dB / 113 dB A-weighted
  • THD + N: 0.00055% (-105 dB)
  • Input Sensitivity: +17.16 dBu
  • Input Impedance: 10K Ohm
• Line Outputs (1-8)
  • Connector: Eight impedance balanced 1/4" jacks
  • Frequency Response: +/- 0.5 dB, 20 Hz - 20 kHz
  • Dynamic Range: 110 dB / 113 dB A-weighted
  • THD + N: 0.0007% (-103 dB)
  • Output Sensitivity: +18 dBu
• Monitor Outputs (Main & Alt)
  • Connector: Two impedance balanced 1/4" jacks
  • Frequency Response: +/- 0.5 dB, 20 Hz - 20 kHz
  • Dynamic Range: 110 dB / 112 dB A-weighted
  • HD + N: 0.0008% (-102 dB)
  • Output Sensitivity: +18 dBu
• Headphone Outputs
  • Connector: Two unbalanced 1/4" jacks
  • Frequency Response: +/- 0.5 dB, 20 Hz - 20 kHz
  • THD + N: 0.0009% (-101 dB)
  • Dynamic Range: 110 dB / 112 dB A-weighted
  • Output Sensitivity: +23 dBu
• Digital Specifications
  • 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)
  • Word Clock: Two BNC jacks
  • Host Connection: Two IEEE-1394a (FireWire) ports (6-pin-to-6-pin FireWire cable included)
  • MIDI: 5-pin MIDI DIN connectors - one input, two outputs
• Size / Weight / Power
  • Height: 5.125 inches / 13 cm
  • Width: 19.25 inches / 48.90 cm
  • Depth: 19.25 inches / 48.90 cm (including all connectors)
  • Weight: 16.1 lbs / 7.3 kg
  • Power Requirements: 100 - 240V, 50 - 60 Hz A/C (power cable included)
  • Max Power Consumption: 1A / 110 watts @ 110 volts

Windows Vista

Windows Vista Now Supported with Pro Tools LE 7.4 & Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4
Digidesign strives to support a wide variety of host computers and operating systems with our Pro Tools® product line, and we’re excited to support Windows Vista (32-bit) Ultimate and Business* operating systems with Pro Tools LE® 7.4 and Pro Tools M-Powered™ 7.4 software. However, at this time Pro Tools HD® 7.4 software is not compatible with Windows Vista. Customers using Pro Tools HD 7.4 wishing to upgrade to Windows Vista should wait until support is officially announced.

Please note that at this time, Avid video peripherals such as Mojo SDI® are not supported with Pro Tools LE 7.4 on Windows Vista. Support for Avid video peripherals with Vista is expected in a future Pro Tools LE compatibility update.

*Windows Vista Home and Home Premium Editions not tested. Although Windows Vista Home and Home Premium Edition have not been tested or qualified by Digidesign, there are currently no known issues with Vista Home and Home Premium 32-bit operating systems and Pro Tools LE and M-Powered 7.4 compared to the officially qualified Windows Vista Business or Ultimate Edition operating systems.

Windows Vista 64-bit OS installation (any version) is not compatible with Pro Tools.

If you are purchasing a new Windows computer and need to use Pro Tools LE or M-Powered 7.3 or earlier, check to see if the manufacturer offers the option to configure with Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional preinstalled.

Digidesign is a subsidiary of Avid Technology and their flagship software product is Protools. There are 3 versions of Prot Tools; Pro Tools HD, Pro Tools LE and Pro Tools M-Powered. Digisdesign also makes a number of products for the Pro Tools platform inclduding several software plug ins. They also manufacture a wide variety of hardware add ons such as audio interfaces, MIDI interfaces, synchronisers and control surfaces.

Digidesign branded products will be phased out during 2010 and in future carry the Avid brand name.