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.
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:
003 Firmware Update for MIDI Mode

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:

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 7.3
• Added Features in Pro Tools LE 7.0

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

* Requires optional Music Production Toolkit or DV Toolkit™ 2

Specifications:

• Mic Inputs Line Outputs (1-8) 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
• 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 Monitor Outputs (Main & Alt) 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
• 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 Headphone Outputs 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
• 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 Digital Specifications 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 OhmSupported 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)