GRAMMY-Nominated Producer John Schneider Relies On AKG K40 Studio Headphones

February 2013

Nominated for a GRAMMY for Best Classical Compendium in 2013, producer, engineer, artist and internationally recognized performer John Schneider has relied on AKG K240 headphones for the last five years in his studio when recording and mixing the unique music of Harry Partch with his band, PARTCH. The bands most recent 3-disc album Partch: Bitter Music was produced by Schneider with AKG headphones as they offer the most realistic sound available.

Harry Partch was an innovator in the world of classical music, creating custom-made, unique instruments, including the Boo II, Quadrangularis Reversum and Harmonic Canons, among a vast list of others, which play notes scaling a 43-note octave.

Bitter Music was recorded and mixed at the Architecture studio in Los Angeles, utilizing the K240s recommended to Schneider when he was a radio broadcast engineer. He adopted the K240 headphones for their true sound during recording and playback.

I wanted the flattest, best and most realistic sound when I was in the studio, Schneider said. There is no other type of music like the sound of Harry Partch, so to understand the beauty of the scales and intricate instruments, the sound must be exactly as it was intended. AKGs K240s are honest, with no extra sound boosting. Other headphones are used for that experience, but the K240s provide me with the true sound of a mix; everything I put into it no more, no less.

For more information or videos of PARTCH, please visit http://www.myspace.com/partchensemble/videos.

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