Prism Sound helps Peter Jackson create soundtrack for new ‘King Kong’ movie

With director Peter Jackson’s latest movie ‘King Kong’ due to hit cinema screens on December 14, the sound team working on the project are currently in New Zealand completing the music and effects for the film.
Included in the extensive list of equipment being used on this project are six Prism Sound ADA-8XR multi-channel converters and processors – units that were recently awarded the coveted PAR Excellence Award 2005 by Pro Audio Review and nominated for the 2006 TEC Awards.
Los Angeles-based equipment rental company Advanced Audio Rental, which recently began stocking the new ADA-8XRs, supplied the converters to the music scoring team.
Paul Levy, head of Advanced Audio Rental, said: “We’ve stocked Prism ADA-8 converters for some time, but when the company brought out the new ADA-8XR units we realised they were perfect for the film community because they operate at sampling rates of up to 192kHz and boast even greater analogue performance. They are also 100% compatible with Pro Tools HD and, because they do not require a Digidesign 192 I/O interface, they are ideal for people working on location or moving around from studio to studio – as is the case with the King Kong crew.”
John Kurlander, Chief Recording Engineer for the music score of the movie, chose Prism Sound converters because they had proved so useful during the recording of Jackson’s ‘Lord Of The Rings’ trilogy.
“Our main reason for choosing Prism Sound converters was continuity,” he explained. “They performed brilliantly during our Lord Of The Rings recordings because they work so well with the Avalon mic pre’s we use and, indeed, with the whole signal chain. Therefore it made sense to use them again. The only problem we had was sourcing the new ADA-8XRs because none were available in New Zealand, which is where we have been trying to source most of our equipment for this film. Luckily, Frank Oglethorpe, Prism Sound’s representative in the US, was able to help by putting me in touch with Advanced Audio Rental, which has recently started stocking the units. Between Advanced Audio Rental and Prism Sound we were able to access the six units we needed.”
For the King Kong project, Peter Jackson is working with the same music team that were involved with the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, but this time rather than scoring in London he has kept the entire production to New Zealand, which is where two of the three batches of recording sessions are taking place.
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