RIP 003 + Mbox 2 Family
 

Avid has posted this notice on the blog.......

"Effective 31 March 2011, Avid will discontinue the 003 family products. This includes all 003 Factory, 003 Rack Factory and 003 Rack+ Factory systems. Also effective 31 March 2011, Avid will discontinue Mbox 2 Family Products. This includes all Mbox 2, Mbox 2 Mini, Mbox 2 Pro and Mbox Micro systems."

Will it also include support? :confused:

Re: RIP 003 + Mbox 2 Family
 

a 004 would be on its way ? :)

Re: RIP 003 + Mbox 2 Family
 

As an owner of not one, but two 003's all I can say is....

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gimmee dat 004! :D:p:D

Re: RIP 003 + Mbox 2 Family
 

Hahahah .... Well ... I am still waiting for that 004 !! :) Only that ... I might consider an Onyx 1640i ...
Rumors? News? DigitechSupport ?? Any Help ?

Re: RIP 003 + Mbox 2 Family
 

Might be a good time to buy the soon to be discontinued products at a reduced price!

Re: RIP 003 + Mbox 2 Family
 

This was expected for a loooooong time.

With all ASIO interfaces now enabled who even want an 004?

Re: RIP 003 + Mbox 2 Family
 

Discontinuing sales and discontinuing support are two different matters. I wonder how far into the update/upgrade cycle they'll continue to support these interfaces. Are we going to get a 9.1 out of them or be jettisoned at 9.03. I don't really care - 9 did it for me. But maybe going forward, features like track folders and freeze will force me into a new interface. It will be interesting to see if/what they fill the hole between the MBox 3 series and HD Native. It's a pretty rough playing field out there. On Board effects are pretty hot these days.

Re: RIP 003 + Mbox 2 Family
 

Seems to be what people are overlooking.
PT9 has reshaped the Avid product line requirements dramatically.

Re: RIP 003 + Mbox 2 Family
 

It won't surprise me if they instead release a thunderbolt interface. I don't expect HD to go thunderbolt for another year or two, and avid did help test thunderbolt alot. So probably an omni looking interface introducing a thunderbolt io ports opposed to FireWire. Time will tell.