🔊 The Next-Generation of Studio Monitoring: Barefoot Footprint® Gen2 Explained 🤓

When you’re serious about how your mixes translate, the monitors you use matter. Barefoot Sound’s new Footprint® Gen2 series offers a radical upgrade over their predecessors – redesigned drivers, refined cabinets, class-D amplification, and proprietary technologies that raise the bar in precision, clarity and performance.

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Hear Them For Yourself

For a deeper look at what makes these Barefoot Sound monitors stand out, explore the in-depth videos below.

🎥 Footprint01 Gen2 Explained ⤵️

🎥 Footprint02 Gen2 Explained ⤵️

Seeing inside the drivers, amplifiers, cabinet build, and DSP tech helps clarify what engineering goes into these reference monitors.

Ready to upgrade your studio’s monitoring game? These Gen2 models are worth hearing and debating.

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Footprint01 Gen2: Flagship Compact Power

The Footprint® 01 Gen2 redefines what a compact three-way active monitor can do. With dual 8″ woofers, a 5″ midrange and a 1″ dual-ring radiator tweeter, plus tri-amplified power (500 W LF, 150 W MF, 60 W HF) it delivers a frequency range of 36 Hz-40 kHz (±3dB) and peak SPL of ≥113 dB.

Beyond raw numbers, the Gen2 model incorporates Barefoot’s Dual Force™ technology (active opposing woofers cancelling cabinet vibration) and SPOC™ (Spectrally Optimised Conversion) filtering ahead of the converters – resulting in improved transient response, lower distortion and a soundstage designed to translate.

For mix engineers, mastering rooms and high-end project studios, the Footprint01 Gen2 offers flagship-level performance in a studio-friendly form factor.

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Footprint02 Gen2: Compact Reference Monitoring, Elevated

For studios with less space – or those seeking high-end monitoring in a smaller footprint – the Footprint® 02 Gen2 delivers the same core DNA in a more modest size. It features dual 6.5″ woofers, a 5″ mid and the same 1″ ring radiator tweeter. Frequency response spans 38 Hz-40 kHz (±3dB) with a maximum SPL of ≥111 dB.

The Gen2 update brings the tri-amplified 3-way architecture, redesigned drivers and the same SPOC™ and Dual Force™ technologies as the flagship. This means you get exceptional definition, clarity, and translation in a smaller studio environment.

For editing suites, smaller mix rooms and mobile rigs, the Footprint02 Gen2 trucks in pro-monitor performance without requiring a cavernous control room.

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Technology Highlights That Matter

What makes the Gen2 models stand out? Technologies like SPOC™ – the analog crossover filter ahead of digital conversion – deliver higher resolution, better signal-to-noise ratio and improved transient response.

And Dual Force™ woofers cancel internal cabinet vibrations before they even develop, giving tighter bass, reduced colouration and more accurate low-end.

Plus, MEME™ (Multi-Emphasis Monitor Emulation) allows selectable voicings like Flat, Hi-Fi, Cube and Old School, so you can reference mixes across different playback scenarios without multiple speaker sets.

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Choosing the Right Monitor for Your Studio

If you’ve got space, want maximum headroom, and mix or master at high levels, the Footprint01 Gen2 is a serious contender. If you’re working in a smaller room or need top-tier reference in a more modest footprint, the Footprint02 Gen2 brings elite-level monitoring in a smaller box.

In both cases, you’re getting monitors built not just to sound impressive, but to deliver translation, meaning how your mix sounds on other playback systems elsewhere. That’s the Barefoot promise.

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Wrap-Up

When your speakers reveal every detail, your mix decisions become more confident. The Barefoot Footprint® Gen2 monitors combine advanced engineering with real-world translation performance.

Whether you go with the Footprint01 Gen2 or the Footprint02 Gen2, you’re investing in monitoring clarity that lasts

👉 Explore them today! 👇