KORN RAISE THE FREQUENCY ON THEIR FORTHCOMING ALBUM WITH PRODUCER MICHAEL BEINHORN

DATE: DECEMBER 18, 2001
FROM: KRISTINE ASHTON/MAGGIE WANG/MITCH SCHNEIDER

KORN
RAISE THE FREQUENCY
ON THEIR FORTHCOMING ALBUM
WITH PRODUCER MICHAEL BEINHORN

News is beginning to emerge from the Los Angeles recording studio where KORN are putting the finishing touches on their forthcoming album with producer Michael Beinhorn. As befits the trend-setting rock pioneers, KORN are recording their fifth (as-yet-untitled) album–due out Spring 2002 on Immortal/Epic–in a way that no rock artist has done before.

By utilizing the new Euphonix R1 Digital Hard Disk Recorder with a 96k, 24 BIT sampling rate–which is twice the highest rate that's normally used for recording–KORN and Beinhorn are able to create a rich sonic panorama which accentuates clarity as well as harmonics that are perceived rather than heard as musical sounds. This process–steering clear of the limitations of analog and various other types of recording–has only been used by classical and jazz artists in the past. "With this system, we're able to gain something that no other rock recording in history has," says the innovative producer Beinhorn. "Rock music is very dense. Digital tends to make things sound very thin, antiseptic, crunchy and non-musical. We're able to capture the actual attack of the instruments–the moment they're played–on this album. Usually, the leading edge of the sound gets shaved.

"You can pick out and hear each individual instrument while everything's going on," says Beinhorn about the album's clarity. "Considering how dense the recording is–how thick it is, how many instruments are playing any given time–it's pretty remarkable." Beinhorn adds that the R1 Recorder is "sonically the best in the world. It's similar to pixels in a television. Greater resolution results in a nicer picture. The same is true for recording."

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