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The Complexity of Listening
Our blog articles primarily cover audio production technology and techniques, but for this article we’re going to turn the attention from hardware and software to the “human-ware”. We will explore how we listen, and how we can better understand what we hear. Listening is of course the endgame of music…
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GiGi FM on the trinity of Sound, Movement and Emotion
DJ, producer, and multidisciplinary artist GiGi FM invites listeners into a deeply personal world where sound, movement and emotion intertwine. In our interview with her, she opens up about her creative roots, her intimate home studio, and the inspirations behind her latest work on her own label, Sea~rène. For…
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Understanding Phase Response Charts [Part 1]
In a previous blog post we described how to interpret the frequency response curves that often accompany technical specifications of studio monitors. When we talk about frequency response curves, we generally concentrate on what is known technically as the “magnitude frequency response”, however there is another element to a…
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Active vs. Passive Loudspeakers – What’s the difference?
Despite the fact that the majority of loudspeakers designed for studio monitoring, including all ADAM Audio studio monitors, are active, the world of consumer hi-fi is still dominated by passive loudspeakers. So, in this blog post we’re going to unpack the differences between active and passive loudspeakers, and unpick some…