The Digi 003 had the same type of motorised faders as the C24, same digital dual-line scribble strip, same mushroom encoder caps but at a fraction of the price, and it was also an all-in-one solution including a very usable audio/MIDI interface and monitor control section. The 003 desk felt like a mini C24, which at the time cost over £7,000. When I took delivery of it back in 2007 it felt like a proper premium product, in many ways it still does today. Modern third-party control surfaces, of course, have to be cross-compatible with a range of popular DAWs, which is completely understandable, but the magic I feel when I use the Digi 003 isn’t in any of the offerings we have available today.
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The top products available to us today, listed earlier, are all proof that these types of control surfaces are in fact quite popular in the audio production industry, but I feel none of them really captured the essence of the Digi 003, which I think is a real shame.ĭon’t get me wrong, the Digi 003 wasn’t without its faults but what made it special was its deep integration with Pro Tools. After the Digi range of Digidesign audio interfaces and control surfaces were discontinued by Avid, a gap in the market opened up for third-parties to release their own takes on an 8 fader compact control surface. I consider the Digi 003 Factory to be the best motorised 8 fader control surface for Pro Tools of all time.