ITS appearance is befitting of NASA mission control but this is the Burnley-built sound console that provided the audio “wizardry” for the latest Harry Potter blockbuster.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 had its score recorded on a Neve 88RS console, which was designed and manufactured at the firm’s Billington Road base.

The music for the film was produced at the historic Abbey Road studios in north London, which enjoys near mythic status as the site where The Beatles and Pink Floyd created their greatest works.

The score was recorded using the console by Peter Cobbin, and mixed on another AMS Neve console, the DFC Gemini during a six-week mixing process.

Mark Crabtree, managing director of AMS Neve, said: “The AMS Neve DFC Gemini console was chosen for its huge input capability and unmatched sound, which makes it the perfect solution to cope with such a demanding project.

“We were thrilled to be able to contribute towards such a phenomenal worldwide success as the Harry Potter series and we’re delighted with the finished product.”

The final instalment in the record-breaking Harry Potter franchise made history with the biggest opening weekend ever, grossing around $476m worldwide in its first two days, with ticket sales set to exceed £1 billion.

AMS Neve consoles from Burnley were used to produce 80 per cent of this year’s Oscar winning movies, including The King’s Speech, Black Swan, The Social Network, Alice in Wonderland, Toy Story 3 and Inception, and all of the 2011 BAFTA-winning films.