User Manual

Mastering Piece
The field of audio mastering has emerged with its own set of
standards and criteria. Numerous specialized hardware and
software tools are offered to the mastering engineer nowadays –
tools that can remove unwanted parts of the signal or that can
enhance, optimize or restore sonic elements of the recording
under consideration.
The ADAM MP1 ”Mastering Piece” provides the ultimate monitoring
tool for the final stage of the recording process. Since this is the
last chance anyone has to sculpt, change and fine tune a recording
before it becomes available to the public, it is crucial for a mastering
engineer to know for certain that their monitors provide them with
the most honest and revealing sonic ”picture” possible. It was to
answer this need that the MP1 was created.
The MP1 reveals what is actually present in an audio recording
with an unprecedented degree of sonic precision, offering every
discerning mastering engineer the chance to hear his/her work
more accurately and in greater detail than ever before.
In designing the MP1, we examined the leading edge of today’s
loudspeaker technology at every frequency band. We started with
a 12.5” side-firing HexaCone woofer, driven by a no-compromise
500W PWM amplifier. A very stable bass reflex cabinet, where the
woofer could be mechanically tuned to a 23Hz corner frequency
(-3dB point) is responsible for an extremely pure sound that is free
from overemphasizing artifacts, resulting in especially tight and
solid bass response. One can immediately appreciate the accuracy
of these monitors when listening to an acoustic bass.
The range between 80 and 800Hz is reproduced by ceramic
cones, which exhibit the best stability-to-weight ratio of all solid
diaphragms. Combined with our ART midrange and tweeter units,
these are the most advanced and precise drive units available.
Control panel
The control panel on the front allows the MP1 to adapt to different
room acoustics in order to optimize performance in any given
situation.
In addition to input sensitivity, there are controls to adjust the
individual levels of the tweeter and midrange amplifiers as well as
shelving filters on both ends of the frequency band, thus allowing
for maximum flexibility of positioning within the control room as
different room absorption may be equalized.