The ‘Elysium’ soundtrack, with Pro Tools HDX

The prestigious recording engineer, mixing and mastering, John Rodd, chooses Avid solutions to create and produce the soundtrack of the latest Neill Blomkamp movie.

Pro Tools HDX has been the workstation of Avid chosen for the production of the soundtrack of Elysium, one of the most anticipated films of the season. Elysium It is an action film by Sony Pictures, with Matt Damon and Jodi Foster in the leading papers, about the mission of a man to save the earth. It was written, co -produced and directed by Neill Blomkamp, whose previous works include Sector 9, a film nominated for four academy awards. Ryan Amon composed the pieces of the soundtrack.

John Rodd, the film's recording and mixing engineer, chose Pro Tools HDX for this project. Rodd, loyal member of the community of preeminent customers of AVID since 1995, has been known more for his work with composers such as Cliff Martinez (The defender), Jack Wall (theme composed of Trent Reznor, Call of Duty: Black Ops II), Frederik Wiedmann (Justice League: The Time Paradox), Dave Porter (Breaking Bad), Ryan Amon (Elysium) and his continuous work in the series World of Warcraft de Blizzard.

Great productions such as Elysium They require advanced editing tools capable of enduring the passage of the demands of complex mixtures, in which a very large number of clues are handled. Rodd considers that the speed and pure power of Pro Tools HDX, together with the creative workflow it provides, were crucial factors for the successful recording of Ellesium in the ABbey Road studies and his subsequent mixture in his study, Clearstory Sound.

Rodd praised the speed and efficiency of Pro Tools HDX and his support for additional clues, his greater tolerance range between plug-ins and being able to have up to five times more DSP power dedicated: “When collaborating in large and complex mixing projects, such as the musicalization of Elysium, Pro Tools HDX is my obvious choice,” says Rodd. "The system allows me to share, edit and mix audio quickly and efficiently, while optimizing my workflows."

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