Audio Mixing & Mastering

Here is how this works in practice. We set up audio mixing and mastering sessions on Park Road Post's Wellington stages, the same rooms that finished the Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong, The Hobbit trilogy, Avatar: The Way of Water, District 9, Mortal Engines, and Power of the Dog. Park Road runs Avid S6 desks, Pro Tools HDX, Avid MTRX interfaces, and Nuendo with iZotope RX for restoration, supporting stereo masters, 5.1 surround, 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos beds, and stem-based deliveries.

Here is how this works in practice. We also book Avalon Studios and Department of Post in The capital, Native Audio for ADR-led mixes, and Imagezoo or The Outfit in Auckland for North Island productions. Mastering passes lock to streaming targets — Netflix -27 LUFS dialogue-anchored, Apple TV+ Dolby Atmos, Amazon HDR10+, and HLG broadcast — with delivery masters QC'd against AS-11 for TVNZ and Three, and against IMF for global SVOD sites. Pop Productions, Resolved Pictures, and Top Films round out the supply chain when boutique post pipelines suit the project scale.

Here is the short of it. Wellington's audio post lineage holds three Howard Shore Oscar wins for Best Original Score on Lord of the Rings. The Return of the King 2003 Sound Editing and Sound Mixing Oscars, with Park Road Post the consistent finishing site. The Plan 9 collective extended that lineage across Peter Jackson's filmography. Today's scoring talent — Karl Sölve Steven, Jonathan Crayford, Don McGlashan — record at Park Road and Native Audio.

Here is the short of it. NZ music heritage flows through Lorde, Crowded House, Bic Runga, Hayley Westenra, Kimbra, Six60, and the taonga puoro revival movement that integrates classic Māori instruments into scores under iwi consultation. Cross-border mastering with Soundfirm in Sydney and Skywalker Sound on Cameron productions covers route-to-air flexibility. GST 15 percent, NZD invoicing, Privacy Act 2020 stem handling, and ACC cover apply to every studio engagement.