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You know, I was thinking, I wonder if this has something to do with DIGI and Focusrite parting ways and DIGI not having Pre-amps or not being able to use them. So they go with a different pre and call it new. Any thoughts or confirmation on that?
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Digi did not use Focusrite's preamps in the Digi002R either. Yes, they're very upfront that the preamps (and converters) are different and improved. I have one of their "Pre" preamps, which is a very nice transparent preamp. If the preamps in the 003 sound close to those it will be a good thing. They don't have the personality of, say, a Neve or an API, but in a box like this you typically don't want a preamp with too much color or personality...you want a clean, neutral preamp that will do a fine job of amplifying whatever you feed it with without adding much of its own sonic signature to it.
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The "partnering" of Digi and Focusrite was based on a licensing agreement allowing Digi to use the Focusrite name...so those "Focusrite" preamps are really just BASED on Focusrite designs but entirely manufactured by Digi.
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Of course Digidesign manufactured them, but they were designed by Focusrite.
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The only thing i can't do now that i could do on hd was to use hd plugs... Big deal... Now if i was doing post work... I probably would have stuck out the digi bs with hd... But for music production? Get real... Who really needs an hd3?
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I do...when I track my five-piece band I need to be able to have separate headphone mixes as like to have a lot of plugins up as well, with no latency issues...even if I'm just tracking drums an HD system is the only system I've come across that can do that without relying on outboard gear, etc. I've heard good things about the Symphony system (and I use Apogee converters already, so switching over wouldn't be a huge deal) but am still not sure how it would handle tracking like that...
-Duardo