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™ Rack enables you to attain the same high audio production quality as commercial facilities in your own personal or project studio.

Take advantage of the plethora of I/O to connect and monitor all of your studio equipment. Its streamlined design will help save space in even the most gear-packed studio, and give you the freedom to take a professional Pro Tools system anywhere your creative skills are needed — or inspired. And with over 60 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™ Rack is professionally 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.

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; 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

Streamlined Interface

• 2U rackmountable chassis
• 4 individual input gain controls
• 4 discrete high-pass filter switches
• Individual headphone source and level controls
• Mute switch

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

• New in Pro Tools LE 7.4
• Added Features in Pro Tools LE 7.3
• Added Features in Pro Tools LE 7.0

Features

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.

Structure Free Sample Player for Pro Tools

Developed by the acclaimed Digidesign® Advanced Instrument Research (A.I.R.) group, Structure Free is a free sample player that allows you to quickly and easily integrate a wide range of sounds into your Pro Tools sessions and tweak them to make them your own.

Xpand! Sample-Playback/Synthesis Workstation

The first plug-in from Digidesign`s Advanced Instrument Research group, Xpand!™ is a powerful instrument plug-in that puts more than 1,000 professional sounds at your fingertips.

Ignition Pack 2/Ignition Pack 2 Pro

The newly enhanced Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 and premium Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 Pro bundles provide a wealth of professional plug-ins, virtual instruments, compatible applications, and sounds to inspire your creativity and refine your talents. Both bundles also include special artist promotion services to help you make your talents known to the industry and new fans around the world.

Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 comes with 003 Rack, Mbox 2, Mbox 2 Factory, Mbox 2 Mini, and Mbox 2 Pro. The bigger Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 Pro comes with 003 Factory, 003 Rack Factory, and Mbox 2 Pro Factory.

Free Bomb Factory® Plug-ins

The Free Bomb Factory plug-ins offer powerful effects and utilities from the makers of some of the very best digital emulations of classic analog processors in the industry. All Pro Tools LE systems include these seven plug-ins.

• Bomb Factory BF76 Compressor
• BF Essential Clip Remover
• BF Essential Correlation Meter
• BF Essential Meter Bridge
• BF Essential Noise Meter
• BF Essential Tuner
• Funk Logic Mastererizer

DigiRack Plug-ins

Bring your mixes alive with the DigiRack™ plug-in collection, which offers a wide variety of professional real-time and file-based effects, signal processors, and studio utilities. All Pro Tools LE systems include these 39 plug-ins.

• 1-Band EQ
• 4-Band EQ
• Chorus
• Click
• Compressor
• D-Verb™
• D-Verb-AS
• DC Offset Removal
• DeEsser
• Delay
• DigiReWire
• Dither
• Duplicate
• Dynamics II
• Dynamics III
• EQ II
• EQ III
• Expander-Gate
• Extra-Long Delay
• Flanger
• Gain
• Gate
• Invert
• Limiter
• Long Delay
• Medium Delay
• Mod Delay II
• Multi-Tap Delay
• Normalize-Gain Change
• Ping-Pong Delay
• Pitch Shift
• POWr Dither
• Reverse-DC Removal
• Signal Generator
• Short Delay
• Slap Delay
• Time Comp-Exp-Pitch Shift
• Time Shift
• Trim

Specification

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 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

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

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
• THD + N: 0.0008% (-102 dB)
• Output Sensitivity: +18 dBu

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 – +50dB

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

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

Digital Specification

• 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: 2U rack (3.5 inches / 8.89 cm)
• Width: 19 inches / 48.26 cm
• Depth: 13.5 inches / 34.29 cm (including all knobs / connectors)
• Weight: 11.22 lbs / 5.09 kg
• Power Requirements: 100 - 240V, 50 - 60 Hz A/C (power cable included)
• Max Power Consumption: 1A / 110 watts @ 110 volts