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 plethora 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 then some) to compose, perform, record, edit, mix, and master audio for music and desktop post production projects — with truly professional results.

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.
 

Features

Hardware

• Integrated Control Surface
• 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
• *To use MIDI Mode on 003, you must first download and update the firmware on your 003
• Wide Range of I/O
• 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

Software

• 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
• * Requires optional Music Production Toolkit or DV Toolkit™ 2
• In addition to Pro Tools LE® software, all Digidesign® 003™ and Mbox® 2 systems include an unprecedented, comprehensive bundle of valuable software and services
• 003 Factory, 003 Rack Factory, and Mbox 2 Pro Factory include over 80 professional plug-ins, incredible virtual instruments, high-quality sound libraries, compatible creative applications, special artist promotion services, and other handy tools. 003 Rack, Mbox 2, Mbox 2 Factory, Mbox 2 Mini, and Mbox 2 Pro include much of the same bundled software and resources, offering over 60 plug-ins, instruments, applications, services, and more
• Many of these outstanding plug-ins have been used on countless professional recordings — and many are exclusive to Pro Tools® systems