User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Installation QuickStart
- Welcome to 003 and 003 Rack
- Windows Configuration
- Mac Configuration
- Launching and Configuring Pro Tools LE
- 003 Top Panel
- 003 Operating Modes
- 003 Top Panel Overview
- Display Section
- Fader Section
- Console/Channel View Section
- Transport and Navigation Controls
- Automation Section
- Modifiers Section
- Mic/DI Input Controls
- Monitor Section
- 003 Rack Front Panel
- 003 and 003 Rack Back Panels
- Making Studio Connections
- Getting Sound In and Out of Your 003 or 003 Rack
- Connecting a Microphone
- Connecting Instruments to 003 or 003 Rack
- Connecting Equipment with Digital Ins and Outs
- Word Clock
- Using External Effects Devices
- Monitoring and Recording from Alternate Sources
- Recording from a Digital Device
- Connecting a Recorder for Mixdowns
- MIDI Connections
- Common Tasks with Pro Tools LE
- Pro Tools Mode with 003
- Saving a Session
- Working in Console View
- Working in Channel View
- Display Options in Console and Channel View
- Navigating and Editing Values in Entry Fields
- Working with Tracks
- Assigning Pro Tools Paths (Input, Output, Sends, Inserts)
- Working with Output Windows
- Recording
- Navigating in the Edit Window
- General Editing
- Working With Memory Locations
- Controlling Track Display on the Control Surface
- Working with Automation
- 003 Top Panel Shortcuts
- Configuring MIDI Studio Setup (Windows Only)
- Configuring AMS (Mac OS X Only)
- Utility Mode (003 Only)
- Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
003 & 003 Rack Getting Started Guide4
• Aux Input pair (+4 dBu) for direct monitoring
of tape or CD input sources.
• Two 1/4-inch stereo headphone outputs
(Headphone 1 and 2) with level controls.
Headphone 2 can monitor Main Outputs 1–2
like Headphone 1, or be switched to monitor
Outputs 3–4 for a discrete cue mix.
• Optical connectors for 8 channels of Optical
(ADAT) I/O (supporting up to 48 kHz) or 2
channels of Optical S/PDIF I/O.
• RCA connectors for 2 channels of S/PDIF dig-
ital I/O supporting up to 24-bit, 96 kHz audio.
• Word Clock In and Out ports, to receive or
send 1x Word clock.
• 1 MIDI In port and 2 MIDI Out ports, provid-
ing up to 16 channels of MIDI input and up to
32 channels of MIDI output.
• Footswitch jack for punching in and out while
recording.
• Monitor section with Mute switch and
switches for routing input and output signals.
Control Surface Features
(003 Only)
003 provides an integrated control surface that
includes the following:
• Eight motorized touch-sensitive faders for
controlling track volume and other parame-
ters. Includes ability to disable faders during
playback of automated mixes.
• Dedicated Solo, Mute and Channel Se-
lect/Record Arm switches.
• Eight multifunction rotary encoders for oper-
ating pan, send, and plug-in controls.
• Fast and convenient access to sends, inserts,
plug-in pages, pan settings, and other track
functions.
• Automation Mode switches for selecting and
displaying Automation modes.
• Large, bright LCD for data display.
• Transport controls, plus Transport mode
switches for loop playback, loop record, and
QuickPunch.
• Dual-concentric Jog/Shuttle wheel.
• Save, Undo, and Enter switches. Memory Lo-
cation switch for recalling Memory Locations
or opening the Memory Location window.
• Windows switches for Pro Tools display of
plug-in, Mix, and Edit windows.
• Navigation and Zoom controls.
• MIDI mode switches for MIDI mapping.
• Utility mode switch for testing 003.